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VU KO’s No. 4 Georgia 7-0 4/10/2005 The No. 6 Vanderbilt Commodores nabbed a huge conference victory Sunday as they upset No. 4 Georgia in Athens, 7-0. “It was unbelievable,” said Assistant Coach Meike Babel. “Anytime you beat a team 7-0 at their place, that’s a statement. But to come out and beat Georgia 7-0, that’s phenomenal. The girls just came out and played well today. It was huge.” In the doubles draw, the Dores chalked up the first point of the day with wins at Nos. 2 and 3. At the second position, Taka Bertrand and Amanda Fish dropped UGA’s combo of Kelley Hyndman and Evgenia Subbotina, 8-3. Vanderbilt’s duo of Caroline Ferrell and Annie Menees kept their perfect record intact after clinching the doubles point over UGA’s Natalie Frazier and Jitka Schonfeldova in a thriller, 9-8 (7-5). The Dores fought back from a 7-4 deficit to take the match in the decisive tiebreaker. With the win, Ferrell and Menees move their record to 8-0 in 2005. VU’s No. 11 Audra Falk upset UGA’s No. 7 Shadisha Robinson in convincing fashion at the top singles slot to give the Dores their second point, 6-2, 6-2. At No. 5, VU’s Amanda Taylor brought the Dores to within one point of victory with her 6-1, 6-2 showing over Caroline Basu. Vanderbilt’s Bertrand clinched the matchup for Head Coach Geoff Macdonald’s club with her win at the third slot over Georgia’s Hyndman, 6-4, 6-1. The Commodores No. 39 Fish also netted a win for the Dores, dropping UGA’s No. 26 Frazier to improve her SEC record to a perfect, 10-0. Senior Annie Menees and freshman Caroline Ferrell added the sixth and seventh points to the Commodore victory, both taking impressive wins in super-tiebreakers. The Commodores return to action at Kentucky on Saturday. The showdown is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Doubles Singles |
