NASHVILLE, TENN.-- The 75th-ranked Furman men's tennis team (3-2) was stopped shy of winning its fourth straight match when the 28th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores shut out the Paladins 7-0 this afternoon in Nashville.

The Commodores started the day by sweeping the Paladins in doubles action. At No. 1, Vanderbilt's 27th-ranked duo of Bobby Reynolds and Lewis Smith held off James Cameron and Patrick Fillnow, 8-5. While Scott Brown and Chad Harris handed Andrew Rogers and Dasef Weems an 8-4 defeat at No. 2, Zach Dailey and Jens Pilgram-Larsen beat Chris Henderson and Allen Simmons at No. 3, 8-2.

Vanderbilt then won all six singles matches to finish off the Paladins. The lone three-set match of the day came at No. 4, where Dailey overpowered Rogers in the third set to claim a 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 victory. Perhaps the most competitive match occurred at the No. 1 position, where Reynolds, who is ranked No. 8 in the country, needed two tiebreaks to fend off Cameron, 7-6, 7-6.

Furman will look to rebound when it travels to Columbia to face in-state rival South Carolina on February 23 at 10:00 a.m.

No. 28 Vanderbilt 7, No. 75 Furman 0
February 15, 2003
Singles Results
1. No. 8 Bobby Reynolds (VU) def. James Cameron (FU), 7-6, 7-6
2. No. 14 Chad Harris (VU) def. Patrick Fillnow (FU), 6-2, 6-3
3. No. 99 Matthew Lockin (VU) def. Chris Henderson (FU), 6-3, 6-4
4. Zach Dailey (VU) def. Andrew Rogers (FU), 6-2, 3-6, 6-0
5. Scott Brown (VU) def. Ryan McCarthy (FU), 6-4, 6-3
6. Lewis Smith (VU) def. Allen Simmons (FU), 6-2, 6-2
Doubles Results
1. No. 27 Reynolds/Smith (VU) def. Cameron/Fillnow (FU), 8-5
2. Brown/Harris (VU) def. Rogers/Dasef Weems (FU), 8-4
3. Dailey/Jens Pilgram-Larsen (VU) def. Henderson/Simmons (FU), 8-2