COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Vanderbilt men’s tennis team defeated South Carolina 5-2 in Columbia, S.C. on Sunday.
The Commodores (9-11, 3-7) earned their first conference doubles shutout of 2007, with wins from Ryan Preston/Vijay Paul, Evan Dufaux/Nik Cromydas, and Andy Mack/Jordan Magarik.
Vanderbilt was able to keep up its momentum through singles, going up 5-0 with straight set wins from Cromydas, Mack, Magarik and Paul.
Following the clinching match, South Carolina (11-11, 2-8) earned scoreboard time when Yevgeny Supeko defeated Vandy’s Ryan Preston in a super tiebreaker at No. 1.
Vandy’s Evan Dufaux finished the afternoon play with a thrilling 7-6 third set loss to South Carolina’s Pedro Campos at No. 3.
The Sunday win snapped an eight-match conference drought for the Commodores. The ‘Dores will play their final regular season match in Nashville next Saturday, April 14 against Kentucky at 2 p.m.
FINAL RESULTS
Vanderbilt 5, South Carolina 2
DOUBLES
1. Preston/Paul (VU) d. Stoddard/Veeder (USC) 8-4
2. Dufaux/Cromydas (VU) d. Supeko/Wolff (USC) 8-6
3. Mack/Magarik (VU) d. Campos/Cressoni (USC) 8-2
SINGLES
1. Yevgeny Supeko (USC) d. #46 Ryan Preston (VU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0
2. Nik Cromydas (VU) d. Pedro Rodrigues (USC) 6-0, 6-1
3. Pedro Campos (USC) d. Evan Dufaux (VU) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6
4. Vijay Paul (VU) d. Ivan Cressoni (USC) 6-2, 6-2
5. Andy Mack (VU) d. David Wolff (USC) 6-1, 6-4
6. Jordan Magarik (VU) d. Spencer Feldman (USC) 6-4, 6-3
