Tulsa
Vanderbilt
TU Men's Tennis Falls to No. 25 Vanderbilt
2/8/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 8, 2003
Tulsa, Okla. - Tulsa's 51st-ranked men's tennis team fell 5-2 to 25th-ranked Vanderbilt Saturday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on The University of Tulsa campus.
The Golden Hurricane lost all three doubles matches as TU's 19th-ranked doubles team, Dustin Taylor and Ryan Livesay, fell to Vanderbilt's 27th-ranked Bobby Reynolds and Lewis Smith, 8-2 in the No. 1 position.
In singles competition, on the other hand, Tulsa's Taylor and Livesay were successful, defeating 14th-ranked Chad Harris and 99th-ranked Matthew Lockin, respectively. Taylor, with his 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 victory, remains undefeated in the 2003 Spring season, boasting a 5-0 start in singles competition.
The Golden Hurricane lone senior, Livesay, earned a tough 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 victory at the No. 3 singles position.
Tulsa will continue play tomorrow hosting 61st-ranked New Mexico beginning at noon.
#51 Tulsa vs. #25 Vanderbilt - February 8, 2003 Singles - #8 Bobby Reynolds (V) def. #43 Alejandro Tejerina (TU), 6-4, 7-6 Dustin Taylor (TU) def. #14 Chad Harris (V), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 Ryan Livesay (TU) def. #99 Matthew Lockin (V), 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 Zach Dailey (V) def. Shunsuke Shimizu (TU), 6-4, 6-2 Scott Brown (V) def. Aleksander Charpantidis (TU), 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 Lewis Smith (V) def. Olof Sjolund (TU), 6-1, 6-1 Doubles - #27 Reynolds/Smith (V) def. #19 Taylor/Livesay (TU), 8-2 Harris/Brown (V) def. Sjolund/Shimizu (TU), 8-1 Dailey/Jens Pilgram-Larsen (V) def. Tejerina/Charpantidis (TU), 8-5
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