Women's Tennis Downs Alabama

The No. 6 Vanderbilt women's tennis team posted a 6-1 victory Sunday afternoon over No. 41 Alabama at the Currey Tennis Center. The Commodores improve to 22-3 overall and 8-2 in the SEC win.

The 'Dores opened up a 1-0 lead as they took the doubles point. The team of Jenny Miller (Savannah, Ga.) and Audra Falk (Cincinnati, Ohio) woin at No. 3 doubles before Kate Burson (Washington, D.C.) and Annie Menees (St. Louis, Mo.) won at No. 2 doubles to clinch the point. The win was Burson's 100th career doubles win and was the first part of a record setting day for the senior. In singles play, Vanderbilt pushed their lead to 2-0 on Burson's win at No. 3 singles. It was her 198th career win (singles and doubles) which set a new Vanderbilt school record (previous record was 197 held by Julie Ditty). Miller won at No. 2 to make the score 3-0 before Aleke Tsoubanos (Chesterfield, Mo.) clinched the match with her win at No. 5 singles. Sarah Riske won at No. 1 singles and Falk won at No. 6 to complete the 6-1 Commodore win.

"I am pleased with our effort today against a quality team like Alabama," stated Vanderbilt head coach Geoff Macdonald. "I hope we can continue to improve because we play two tough teams this week in Texas and Kentucky."

The Commodores continue their homestand on Tueday as they host No. 14 Texas at 2:30 p.m. at the Currey Tennis Center.

No. 6 Vanderbilt 6, No. 41 Alabama 1
Singles:
1) Sarah Riske (VU) def. Selia Mathew (ALA) 6-2, 6-3
2) Jenny Miller (VU) def. Jenny Ketchum (ALA) 6-0, 6-1
3) Kate Burson (VU) def. Millie Begovic (ALA) 6-2, 6-0
4) Weyli Chang (ALA) def. Annie Menees (VU) 6-2, 6-3
5) Aleke Tsoubanos (VU) def. Becca Baum (ALA) 6-2, 6-3
6) Audra Falk (VU) def. Stef Leung (ALA) 7-5, 5-7, 10-5

Doubles:
1) Begovic/Chang (ALA) def. Riske/Tsoubanos (VU) 8-6
2) Burson/Menees (VU) def. Ketchum/Mathew (ALA) 8-6
3) Miller/Falk (VU) def. Baum/Leung (ALA) 8-1