FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Vanderbilt men’s tennis team defeated Arkansas 5-2 on the road, improving their SEC record to 2-1.
The Commodores (7-5, 2-1) dropped the doubles point but fired back with five singles wins to take the match victory over the Hogs (6-11, 0-3). Last season Arkansas blanked Vanderbilt 7-0 in Nashville.
Vanderbilt will travel to Baton Rouge to face No. 15 LSU on Sunday.
#32 Vanderbilt 5, Arkansas 2
March 9, 2007
Dills Indoor Tennis Center, Fayetteville, Ark.
Singles
1. #32 Ryan Preston (VU) def. #90 Blake Strode (ARK), 6-3, 7-6(6)
2. Nik Cromydas (VU) def. Colin Mascall (ARK), 6-4, 6-4
3. Evan Dufaux (VU) def. Andrei Nicoara (ARK), 7-6(5), 7-5
4. Vijay Paul (VU) def. Dmitry Vlaskin (ARK), 7-5, 6-4
5. Dmitry Lebedev (ARK) def. Nathan Sachs (VU), 6-2, 4-6, 2-2 (ret.)
6. Andy Mack (VU) def. Jorge Villanueva (ARK), 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Strode/Mascall (ARK) def. Preston/Dufaux (VU), 8-5
2. Villanueva/Vlaskin (ARK) def. Mack/Jordan Magarik (VU), 9-7
3. Sachs/Paul (VU) def. Gabriel Mattos/Bradwin Williams (ARK), 8-2
