MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The Vanderbilt men’s tennis team followed a 4-3 upset over No. 23 Clemson on February 18 with a 5-2 win over rival Middle Tennessee State Sunday afternoon.
The Blue Raiders (7-4) swept the doubles point but the Commodores (5-4) earned five singles wins to take the match victory.
The clinching match fell at No. 3, where VU sophomore Nik Cromydas defeated #100 Marc Rocafort for his first ranked win of the season. The two competitors exchanged 6-0 set victories, but Cromydas nailed a 6-4 third set victory to clinch the Vanderbilt match win.
Vanderbilt will face Furman on February 27 before beginning SEC season against Alabama and Auburn on March 2 and 4 in Nashville.
Results
2/25/07: Vanderbilt 5, MTSU 2
Doubles
1.#2 Born-Siljestrom (MT) def. Dufaux- Preston (Vanderbilt) 8-5
2. Boiron- Paoliello (MT) def. Mack-Magarik (Vanderbilt) 8-5
3. Richard- Rocafort (MT) def. Cromydas- Paul (Vanderbilt)7-6 (7)
Order of Finish: 1,2,3
Singles
1. #70 Ryan Preston (Vanderbilt) def. #36 Andreas Siljestrom (MT) 7-5, 6-7, 7-5
2. Marco Born (MT) def. Evan Dufaux (Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-2
3. Nik Cromydas (Vanderbilt) def. #100 Marc Rocafort (MT) 0-6, 6-0, 6-4
4. Vijay Paul (Vanderbilt) def. Morgan Richard (MT) 7-5, 6-2
5. Nathan Sachs (Vanderbilt) def. Marc Boiron (MT) 6-0, 6-4
6. Andy Mack (Vanderbilt) def. Joao Paoliello (MT) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 2,5,4,3,6,1
