|
Men’s Netters Head to Lousiville 2/2/2006 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 39 Commodores will play their first road match of 2006 against the No. 32 Cardinals at the University of Louisville on Friday, February 3. The Commodores (2-0) will enter the match with two dual match wins over UT- Martin (7-0) and Tennessee Tech (7-0). The ‘Dores currently boast two ranked singles players, junior Andy Mack (No. 41) and sophomore Ryan Preston (No. 64). Over the weekend Preston played the No. 1 slot and only dropped one game in four singles sets. The Cardinals (3-2) recently dropped two SEC road matches to No. 3 Georgia (7-0) and No. 6 Mississippi (5-1) but have notched a victory over No. 55 Northwestern (5-2). Leading the Cardinals is Junior Damar Johnson who was voted to the Big East All-Conference Team in 2005. Cardinal duo Jakob Gustafsson and Jeremy Clark currently leads the team in doubles with a 47th ITA ranking. “It will be a tough match,” Vanderbilt Head Coach Ian Duvenhage said. “We fully understand that our opponents are only going to get tougher from here. We handled ourselves this weekend and we should be able to play that way on the road or at home.” Log onto VuCommodores.com/sports/mtennis/ and click the Live Stats button to check out match results as they happen from Louisville. The doubles round kicks off at 3 p.m. in Cardinal country. |
