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Marquette Falls 7-0 At No. 16 Vanderbilt
1/19/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 19, 2014
The Marquette University men's tennis team (1-1) opened the dual portion of its 2013-14 campaign this weekend with a pair of matches in Nashville, Tenn., against Lipscomb and Vanderbilt.
The Golden Eagles defeated Lipscomb 5-2 on Saturday evening before falling to the No. 16 Commodores 7-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Lipscomb's lineup featured just four healthy players, so the Golden Eagles were able to claim default wins at No. 3 doubles and the bottom two singles positions. Senior Dan Mamalat picked up a straight-set win at the No. 1 spot and freshman Kristiyan Trukov did the same at the No. 4 slot. Marquette also claimed both doubles matchups.
"It was a difficult situation and we tried to adjust the lineup to get some of the younger guys some experience," head coach Steve Rodecap said. "It was a little closer than I would have liked, but I was happy with the effort by the guys."
After Vanderbilt swept a pair of doubles matches to claim the point and a 1-0 advantage, the Commodores claimed each of the singles matchups on the day as well. Junior Vukasin Teofanovic put up a fight against No. 9 Alex Gonzales at the No. 1 position, falling 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Mamalat was also edged at No. 2, dropping the match 10-7 in the set tiebreaker after the match had been decided.
Teofanovic and Mamalat also teamed up at No. 1 doubles and gave the second-ranked tandem of Gonzales and Ryan Lipman a battler before falling 6-4.
Vanderbilt Tennis
Marquette vs Vanderbilt (Jan 19, 2014)
#16 Vanderbilt 7, Marquette 0
Jan 19, 2014 at Nashville, Tenn. (Currey Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. #9 Gonzales Austin (VU) def. Vukasin Teofanovic (MU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 2. Ryan Lipman (VU) def. Dan Mamalat (MU) 5-6 (6-8), 6-5 (7-2), 10-7 |
| 3. #57 Rhys Johnson (VU) def. Logon Collins (MU) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 4. Anton Kovrigin (VU) def. Nick Dykema (MU) 6-2, 6-4 |
| 5. Kris Yee (VU) def. Cameron Tehrani (MU) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 6. Jeffrey Offerdahl (VU) def. Kristiyan Trukov (MU) 6-3, 6-1 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. #2 Gonzales Austin/Ryan Lipman (VU) def. Vukasin Teofanovic/Dan Mamalat (MU) 6-4 |
| 2. Rhys Johnson/Ryan Smith (VU) def. Logon Collins/Gleb Sklyr (MU) 6-4 |
| 3. Suresh Eswaran/Kris Yee (VU) def. Nick Dykema/Cameron Tehrani (MU) 6-4 |
| Match Notes |
| Marquette 0-1 |
| Vanderbilt 1-0; National ranking #16 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,4,3,1,2,6) |
| T-2:41 |
Generated on 1/19/2014
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