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No. 3 Vanderbilt Defeats No. 52 Louisville, 6-1

No. 3 Vanderbilt Defeats No. 52 Louisville, 6-1

1/25/2004

Chad Harris defeated Louisville Jhonny Berrido in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3

No. 3 Vanderbilt Defeats No. 52 Louisville, 6-1
VU men’s tennis cruises through opening weekend.

NASHVILLE — The third-ranked Vanderbilt men’s tennis team defeated No. 52 Louisville today, 6-1, at the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center. The Commodores rallied to win the doubles point before earning straight-set wins in the top three singles matches to seal the dual-match victory.

The Commodores began rather slowly in doubles, but were able to fight through to earn the team point. Junior Matt Lockin and freshman Nathan Sachs were defeated at three, 8-4, but senior Chad Harris and junior Scott Brown struck back with an 8-6 win at one.

Seniors Zach Dailey and Lewis Smith, ranked No. 45 in the nation, were facing a match point, down 7-6, but rallied to win their match, 9-7, and clinch the doubles point for the Commodores.

Harris made sure that the Commodores got off to a better start in singles. He defeated Louisville Jhonny Berrido in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3. Lockin and Dailey followed suit with straight-set wins of their own to clinch the match for the Commodores.

At 4-6 singles, there were a total of five tiebreakers played. Brown split 7-6 sets before winning a super-tiebreaker (first to 10 points, by two), 16-14, to claim VU’s fifth point. Smith fought back from losing a first set tiebreaker to win the next two sets, 6-1, 7-5. The only point Vanderbilt lost in that match came at No. 6, where Sachs was defeated, 7-6, 6-3.

The Commodores (2-0) will be back in action next weekend at the Currey Tennis Center, as they play host to UT-Martin and Murray State in a Saturday doubleheader.

Agate:
No. 3 Vanderbilt def. No. 52 Louisville, 6-1
Doubles
1. Harris/Brown (VU) def. Nicodim/Berrido (UL), 8-6
2. No. 45 Dailey/Smith (VU) def. Johnson/Gustafsson (UL), 9-7
3. Mayer/Clark (UL) def. Lockin/Sachs (VU), 8-4
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2* 
Singles
1. No. 55 Chad Harris (VU) def. Jhonny Berrido (UL), 6-0, 6-3
2. No. 27 Matt Lockin (VU) def. Damar Johnson (UL), 7-5, 6-3
3. No. 45 Zach Dailey (VU) def. Octavian Nicodim (UL), 7-5, 6-4
4. No. 46 Scott Brown (VU) def. Matt Mayer (UL), 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (16-14)
5. Lewis Smith (VU) def. Jakob Gustafsson (UL), 6-7, 6-1, 7-5
6. Jeremy Clark (UL) def Nathan Sachs (VU), 7-6, 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3*, 4, 5, 6