BATON ROUGE, La. – After a fiery streak at the Women’s ITA Southern Regional Championship, Ole Miss Rebel Lillian Gabrielsen saw her time come to an end at the championship match. Gabrielsen went up against LSU’s Anastasiya Komar and battled head-to-head with the Tiger, but ended with a 7-6(5), 1-6, 1-6 defeat.
The match opened with both players trading games back and forth all the way to 6-6. With the set forced to a tiebreaker, Gabrielsen forced her way to a 7-6(5) win to go up early in the match. However, the Tiger did not back down easily and took the next two sets 6-1 to clinch the match.
As the regional finalist, the senior Rebel qualifies for the singles competition of the ITA Fall National Championship set to take place between November 2nd to November 6th at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, California.
Up next for the Rebels, Ole Miss travels to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to take part in the Roberta Alison Invite (Oct. 28-30).
Final Singles Result
Anastasia Komar (LSU) def. Lillian Gabrielsen (UM) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-1
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