BATON ROUGE, La. – Louisiana State defeated No. 32 Vanderbilt 6-1 in men’s tennis action Sunday afternoon in Baton Rouge.
The No. 32 Commodores were unable to notch a third consecutive conference victory following wins over Auburn and Alabama to set their overall record at 7-6 and 2-2 in the SEC.
Vanderbilt dropped all three doubles contest to put the Tigers up 1-0.
Freshman Vijay Paul was the only ‘Dore to earn a singles win, improving his singles win streak to seven matches, including four conference victories.
Vanderbilt will take a break from action this week and resume conference play against Ole Miss on the road on Friday, March 23.
#15 LSU 6, #32 Vanderbilt 1
March 11, 2007 at Baton Rouge, La.
Singles competition:
1. #21 Ken Skupski (LSU) def. #32 Ryan Preston (VANDY), 6-3, 6-3
2. #37 Danny Bryan (LSU def. Nick Cromydas (VANDY), 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
3. Colt Gaston (LSU) def. Evan Dufaux (VANDY), 6-4, 6-3
4. Vijay Paul (VANDY) def. #86 Kevin Dessauer (LSU), 6-2, 6-4
5. James Cluskey (LSU) def. Nathan Sachs (VANDY), 6-1, 6-4
6. Jan Zelezny (LSU) def. Andy Mack (VANDY), 7-6, 6-3
Doubles competition:
1. #9 Danny Bryan/Colt Gaston (LSU) def. Evan Dufaux/Ryan Preston (VANDY),8-1
2. #5 James Cluskey/Ken Skupski (LSU) def. Jordan Magarik/Andy Mack (VANDY), 8-3
3. Kevin Dessauer/Jan Zelezny (LSU) def. Vijay Paul/Nathan Sachs (VANDY), 7-6 (5)
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Match notes:
Order of finish: Doubles: (1, 2, 3); Singles: (5, 3, 1, 4, 6, 2)
