BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The 35th-ranked Vanderbilt men’s tennis team picked up a 5-2 road win over the Indiana Hoosiers Sunday afternoon.
The Commodores started the match by taking the doubles point, marking a 1-0 advantage. Vanderbilt capitalized on courts one and two with 6-4 wins on both thanks to Cameron Klinger and Billy Rowe and Panu Virtanen and Lachlan McPhee. Maxwell Freeman and Daniel Valent fell on court three 6-2.
VU took first-set advantages on four singles courts. Harwell defeated Brandon Lam 7-5, 7-5 for Vandy’s first singles win of the day. The freshman now rides an undefeated, nine-match win streak.
At No. 2 singles position, No. 50 Klinger defeated Antonio Cembellin in a three-set victory to give the Dores a 3-0 advantage thanks to a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory.
Indiana picked up its two wins on courts five and one in tight three-set competitions. Zac Brodney defeated Freeman, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, while No. 52 Valent fell to Indiana’s Raheel Manji in a close 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 battle.
The Dores battled back in search of their fourth and final point, winning out on courts four and three to complete the 5-2 victory.
Vandy’s Rowe defeated a tough opponent in Bennett Crane on court four 6-7, 6-4, 7-5. Baker Newman rounded out the Vanderbilt victory with a tough 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(2) win over Keivon Tabrizi.
Vanderbilt will open Southeastern Conference play next weekend on the road facing Alabama at 6:00 p.m. CT on Friday.
#35 Vanderbilt 5, Indiana 2
- Cameron Klinger/Billy Rowe (VANDY) def. Afonso Salgado/Antonio Cembellin (IND) 6-4
- Panu Virtanen/Lachlan McPhee (VANDY) def. Bennett Crane/Keivon Tabrizi (IND) 6-4
- Raheel Manji/Zac Brodney (IND) def. Maxwell Freeman/Daniel Valent (VANDY) 6-2
- Raheel Manji (IND) def. #52 Daniel Valent (VANDY) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- #50 Cameron Klinger (VANDY) def. Antonio Cembellin (IND) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Baker Newman (VANDY) def. Keivon Tabrizi (IND) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
- Billy Rowe (VANDY) def. Bennett Crane (IND) 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, 7-5
- Zac Brodney (IND) def. Maxwell Freeman (VANDY) 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
- George Harwell (VANDY) def. Brandon Lam (IND) 7-5, 7-5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (6,2,5,1,4,3)
