Men's Tennis suffers setback against SEC opponent Vanderbilt

Friday, February 7

Nashville, Tenn.

3:00 p.m.

University of Memphis

Vanderbilt

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Men's Tennis suffers setback against SEC opponent Vanderbilt

Feb 07, 2020 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After winning the doubles point, the Memphis men's tennis team wasn't quite able to carry the win into singles, falling 5-2 to Vanderbilt Friday evening.

Doubles play took finishes from all three courts after the first two split results After Court 1 finished in Vanderbilt's favor, Jan Pallares and Patrick Sydow responded with a 6-4 win on Court 2.

The final court, played by James and Matt Story, went to a tiebreaker to decide which team earned the doubles point. The brothers took control of the tiebreak, winning 7-2 to win the point for Memphis.

The Tigers weren't able to maintain that momentum into the singles portion of the match, winning only one bout of singles in Oscar Cutting's three-set victory on Court 3.

Memphis remains in Nashville for a neutral site match against Harvard on Saturday. Match time against the Crimson is set for an adjusted 2 p.m.

Results
Singles
1. Billy Rowe (VANDY) def. Jan Pallares (MEM) 6-7, 6-1, 6-3
2. George Harwell (VANDY) def. James Story (MEM) 6-1, 6-2
3. Oscar Cutting (MEM) def. Max Freeman (VANDY) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
4. Marcus Ferreira (VANDY) def. David Stevenson (MEM) 3-6, 7-6, 7-5
5. Panu Virtanen (VANDY) def. Jeremy Taylor (MEM) 6-1, 6-4
6. Joubert Klopper (VANDY) def. Patrick Sydow (MEM) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
(Order of finish: 2, 5, 3, 4, 1, 6)

Doubles
1. Billy Rowe/Panu Virtanen (VANDY) def. Oscar Cutting/David Stevenson (MEM) 6-2
2. Jan Pallares/Patrick Sydow (MEM) def. Macsen Sisam/George Harwell (VANDY) 6-4
3. James Story/Matt Story (MEM) def. Max Freeman/Christiaan Worst (VANDY) 7-6 (7-2)
(Order of finish: 1, 2, 3)