VU Men Fall at Arkansas, 4-3

VU Men Fall at Arkansas, 4-3

3/25/2005

The No. 40 Vanderbilt men’s tennis team dropped its second heartbreaker of the week on Friday afternoon, as the No. 71 Razorbacks edged the Dores, 4-3.

The Razorbacks notched the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2. 

VU senior Matt Lockin and freshman Ryan Preston grabbed the lone Commodores doubles win with an 8-5 decision at No. 3.

Arkansas pushed the lead to 2-0 with their win at the No. 6 slot.  UA’s Michael Jung tripped VU’s Andy Mack in straights, 6-2, 6-2.

Vanderbilt’s Preston earned the first Commodore point of the day at the fifth slot, knocking off Imran Ismail, 6-3, 6-1.

The Commodores and the Razorbacks traded the next two matchups and Arkansas took a 3-2 lead.

UA’s Adrians Zguns clinched the matchup for the Razorbacks at the second position.  Zguns outlasted VU’s Lockin, 7-5, 6-4.

Sophomore Nathan Sachs and senior Scott Brown both garnered victories for the Dores at Nos. 1 and 4.

The Dores will have to rebound quickly as they travel to Baton Rouge for a showdown with the LSU Tigers on Sunday.  Match time is set for 1:00 p.m.

Doubles
1. Gajjar/Zguns (UA) def. Brown/Pinsky (VU), 9-7
2. Ismail/Roberts (UA) def. Mack/Sachs (VU), 8-5
3. Lockin/Preston (VU) def. Talley Parker/Evan Clark (UA), 8-5
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. #38 Scott Brown (VU) def. #57 Rohan Gajjar (UA), 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
2. Adrians Zguns (UA) def. Matthew Lockin (VU), 7-5, 6-4
3. Matt Roberts (UA) def. Jason Pinsky (VU), 6-2, 6-4
4. Nathan Sachs (VU) def. Jimmy Khougassian (UA) 6-3, 7-6(8-6)
5. Ryan Preston (VU) def. Imraan Ismail (UA), 6-3, 6-1
6. Michael Jung (UA) def. Andy Mack (VU), 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: 6, 5, 3, 4, 2*, 1
*-clinched match