Feb. 15, 2009

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Memphis men's tennis team (5-2) picked up a 7-0 victory over cross-town rival Rhodes on Sunday afternoon at the Dunavant Tennis Center on the Rhodes campus.

The match opened with the U of M taking the doubles point. At the No. 1 position, Jorge Vazquez and Spencer Heflin upended Tyler Snedden and Grayson Lucas, 8-3. Vazquez and Heflin move their record to 1-1 in only their second match of the dual season together. The tandem fell to their opposition from No. 28 Vanderbilt on Friday.

At the No. 2 slot, Jordan Smith and Benedikt Fischer upender Jon Moreno and Brad Pennington, 8-5. Smith and Fischer improved to 5-1 on the season.

At No. 3 doubles, Leon Nasemann and Charlie Ramsay moved to 1-1 with the defeat of Morgan Slevin and Matt Westbrook, 8-6.

Memphis swept the competition at singles play, as well. At No. 1 singles, Vazquez moved to 6-2 on the season with the win. The Tiger senior is currently ranked as the 102nd-best singles player in the nation. Earlier this season Vazquez beat the No. 23 and No. 26 ranked singles players.

At No. 2 singles, Nasemann, a sophomore from Wuppertahl, Germany, defeated Snedden, 6-1, 6-0.

At the No. 3 spot, Smith, a Memphis-native, upended Moreno, 6-1, 6-4.

At No. 4 singles, Ramsay won 6-3, 6-2, over Taylor Simmons.

At the No. 5 spot, senior Benedikt Fisher improved to 5-2 with a defeat of Riley Erhardt, 6-0, 7-6.

To wrap up the singles competition, Michael Hayes, a junior transfer from Brunel University in London, England, improved to 4-1 by upending Lucas, 6-3, 6-3.

The Tigers will travel to Mississippi State, Georgia State and Alabama next weekend for road matches.

Memphis 7, Rhodes 0
Feb. 15, 2009
Dunavant Tennis Center
Memphis, Tenn.
Singles
No. 1- Jorge Vazquez (UM) def. Morgan Slevin, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2- Leon Nasemann (UM) def. Tyler Snedden, 6-1, 6-0
No. 3- Jordan Smith (UM) def. Jon Moreno, 6-1, 6-4
No. 4- Charlie Ramsay (UM) def. Taylor Simmons, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5- Benedikt Fischer (UM) def. Riley Erhardt, 6-0, 7-6
No. 6- Michael Hayes (UM) def. Grayson Lucas, 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1- Vazqeuz/Spencer Heflin (UM) def. Snedden/Lucas, 8-3
No. 2- Smith/Fischer (UM) def Moreno/Pennington, 8-5
No. 3- Nasemann/Ramsay (UM) def. Slevin/Westbrook, 8-6