NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Despite a trio of three-set singles matches at the top of the lineup, the Belmont University men's tennis team was unable to record a point in a 7-0 loss at Southeastern Conference neighbor Vanderbilt Saturday. The Bruins (2-3) fell at second and third doubles before junior
Esunge Ndumbe, junior
Sabi Roi, senior
Diego Castro and junior
Eli Mizerski tested their opponents in singles at the Lummis Family Tennis Center in Nashville.
The Commodores (4-2) took No. 2 doubles 6-2 and No. 3 doubles 6-3, while the tandem of freshman
Esteban Ortiz and sophomore
Stefan Vedovelli were deadlocked at 5-5 with Vanderbilt's Nathan Cox and Michael Ross at the top doubles spot.
After the Commodores took a 3-0 lead in the match with straight-set wins at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, Ndumbe and Roi had set leads on their opponents on courts one and two. Against the No. 100 ranked player in the country, the Commodores' Cox, Ndumbe earned a 7-5 opening set win at the top singles spot. However, Cox topped Ndumbe 6-4, 6-1 in the second and third sets. Roi cruised to a 6-1 first-set win against Vanderbilt's Ross at No. 2 singles, but was defeated 6-2, 6-2 in sets two and three.
At the sixth singles spot, Mizerski played the Commodores' Callum Markowitz in a close 6-3, 7-5 affair but was unable to win a set.
Castro recovered from a 6-1 first-set loss to Vanderbilt's Pablo Martinez-Gomez at No. 3 singles with a 7-5 second set triumph. Playing the third set out and the match going the distance, Castro came up just short in a decisive tiebreaker with Martinez-Gomez prevailing 8-6.
Up Next
Belmont returns to action Sunday at the University of Louisville. First serve from the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center in the Bluegrass State is slated for 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET. Next weekend, the Bruins travel to Mississippi where they will take on Alcorn State Friday and Ole Miss Saturday.
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