NASHVILLE, Tenn., – No. 12 Mississippi State men’s tennis claimed its eighth consecutive victory over Vanderbilt 5-2 on Friday.
The Bulldogs dropped a tight doubles point but rallied back with four straight wins in singles to clinch the match against the 70th-ranked Commodores. In fact, MSU won five of six singles matches to improve to 16-3 overall and 4-2 in conference play.
Ewen Lumsden got the Bulldogs on the board first, making short work of Siim Troost 6-0, 6-3. Benito Sanchez Martinez did the same, following up with his fifth straight singles win 6-1, 6-0 over Jeremie Casabon.
State inched closer to clinching when Petar Jovanovic downed Joubert Klopper in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 before No. 123 Nemanja Malesevic sealed the win with his 6-2, 7-6(5) victory over Nathan Cox on Court 1.
No. 108 Carles Hernandez later added another win to the Bulldogs’ ledger as he rallied back against Michael Ross 3-6, 7-5(4), 6-4.
Gregor Ramskogler suffered Mississippi State’s lone singles loss. Ramskogler, competing in his first match since March 4, fell in three sets to Macsen Sisam 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
The Bulldogs’ 74th-ranked doubles tandem of Jovanovic and Lumsden began the day with a 6-3 win over Klopper and Sisam. Vandy evened things as its No. 35 team of Casabon and Troost topped 44th-ranked Hernandez and Malesevic 6-4.
The Commodores (6-11, 1-5 SEC) claimed the doubles point in a tiebreaker as Cox and Ross won 7-6(4) against Ramskogler and Sanchez Martinez.
MSU will continue traveling north as it heads to sixth-ranked Kentucky on Sunday at noon CT.
No. 12 Mississippi State 5, No. 70 Vanderbilt 2
Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center | Nashville, Tenn.
March 24, 2023
Doubles
1. No. 35 Jeremie Casabon/Siim Troost (Vandy) def. No. 44 Carles Hernandez/Nemanja Malesevic (MSU) 6-4
2. Nathan Cox/Michael Ross (Vandy) def. Gregor Ramskogler/Benito Sanchez Martinez (MSU) 7-6 (7-4)
3. No. 74 Ewen Lumsden/Petar Jovanovic (MSU) def. Macsen Sisam/Joubert Klopper (Vandy) 6-3
Order of finish: (3,1,2)
Singles
1. No. 123 Nemanja Malesevic (MSU) def. Nathan Cox (Vandy) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Petar Jovanovic (MSU) def. Joubert Klopper (Vandy) 6-3, 6-3
3. No. 108 Carles Hernandez (MSU) def. Michael Ross (Vandy) 3-6, 7-5 (7-4), 6-4
4. Ewen Lumsden (MSU) def. Siim…
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