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Commodores host SC and UF

Commodores host SC and UFCommodores host SC and UF

March 15, 2018
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The 20th-ranked Vanderbilt men’s tennis team continues Southeastern Conference play at home this weekend, hosting No. 27 South Carolina Friday at 4 p.m. and 12th-ranked Florida Sunday at noon.

Vanderbilt heads into the third weekend of league play with a 13-2 overall record and a 3-0 SEC slate. Last Friday, the Commodores defeated Ole Miss 4-3 at home with the final point coming down to sophomore Billy Rowe. Sunday, the Dores earned a dominant 6-1 win against Arkansas.

Commodore Notables:

  • The Dores have been ranked in the ITA top 25 for consecutive weeks
  • Vandy is tied for first in SEC standings alongside Kentucky, Mississippi State and Texas A&M
  • VU currently rides a nine-match winning streak
  • Vandy has not been on a nine-match tear since the 2002-03 season when the team went 27-4, won the SEC tournament and reached an NCAA championship final
  • Cameron Klinger and Daniel Valent represent VU in the latest ITA singles poll, coming in at No. 57 and 79, respectively
  • Klinger/Billy Rowe rank 57th in the ITA’s latest doubles poll, while Lachlan McPhee and Panu Virtanen sit at 75th

Scouting South Carolina:

  • South Carolina owns a 12-4 overall record with a 2-2 conference mark
  • The Gamecocks has wins over then-No. 17 Georgia 4-3 and Auburn 5-2
  • SC has been ranked in the ITA top 30 the entire season
  • The Gamecocks have ranked players in the latest ITA singles rankings; No. 29 Gabriel Friedrich and No. 80 Francisco Cerundolo
  • South Carolina has one ranked doubles duo, No. 34 Gabriel Friedrich/Yancy Dennis
  • The Gamecocks pulled off a 4-2 victory against the Commodores in 2017

Gauging the Gators:

  • Florida enters the weekend with an overall record of 8-6 and a 3-1 record in the SEC
  • The Gators face Kentucky on Friday prior to facing the Dores
  • UF is 7-1 when winning doubles but 1-5 when dropping doubles
  • Florida boasts five ranked student-athletes; No. 6 Johannes Ingildsen, No. 7 Alfredo Perez, No. 68 Duarte Vale, No. 93 Oliver Crawford and No. 101 Andy Andrade
  • In doubles play the Gators boast four ranked tandems; No. 1 Alfredo Perez/Johannes Ingildsen, No. 10 Chase Perez-Blanco/Oliver Crawford, No. 12 Duarte Vale/McClain Kessler and No. 33 Andy Andrade/Perez-Blanco
  • The Gators earned a 7-0 victory over VU last season