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No. 5 VU Women’s Tennis Defeats No. 28 Tennessee, 5-2 4/2/2004 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The fifth-ranked Vanderbilt women’s tennis team kept its undefeated home record with a 5-2 win over 28th-ranked Tennessee at the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center Friday. With the win, the Commodores move to 8-1 in the Southeastern Conference and 18-2 overall. Vanderbilt swept the three doubles matches before closing the match out with four singles wins. The senior duo of Kelly Schmandt and Aleke Tsoubanos, ranked No. 3 in the country, defeated Tammy Encina and Majen Immink, 8-4, at first doubles. Juniors Audra Falk and Annie Menees clinched the point for the Commodores with a 9-7 win over Sabita Maharaj and Melissa Schaub at second doubles. VU sophomore Ashley Schellhas and freshman Amanda Fish rallied to an 8-6 victory in a tiebreaker over Blakeley Griffith and Victoria Jones at third doubles. Tennessee would take the first two points in singles play, winning on the second and third courts. Tsoubanos began the Vanderbilt rally with a 6-3, 6-3 win at fourth singles over Immink. Schellhas gave the Commodores a 3-2 advantage by defeating Jones, 6-4, 6-2, at fifth singles. Falk, ranked No. 25 in the nation, clinched the match for Vanderbilt a first singles. She defeated No. 27 Encina, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), to give the Commodores the decisive point. At sixth singles, Menees tacked on another VU point when her opponent, Schaub, retired late in third set with Menees leading 4-1. The Commodores return to action at the Currey Tennis Center on Sunday, April 4, when fourth-ranked Georgia visits Nashville for a Noon CT match. No. 5 Vanderbilt 5, No. 28 Tennessee 2 |
