The Vanderbilt Commodores tennis -- women's team -- is quite a bit stronger than the men's. In fact, in the SEC tennis pre-season poll, the coaches predicted the Vandy women will end up 3rd in the SEC East in 2008; the men in 6th in the East.
At the end of the 2007 college tennis season, the Vanderbilt women were ranked 16th; the men 37th.
The coaches for the Vanderbilt Commodores men's tennis team are Ian Duvenhage who is the head coach, and Tom Boysen who is the assistant coach. The 2007-2008 roster for the Dores' men's tennis team will be:
- Adam Baker a 6'5 freshman out of Nashville, Tennessee.
- Nick Cromydas a 6'0 junior out of Glenview, Illinois.
- Evan Dufaux a 6'4 senior out of Tampa, Florida.
- Scott Lieberman a 5'10 sophomore out of Riverwoods, Illinois.
- James Moye a 5'10 sophomore out of Winter Park, Florida.
- Vijay Paul a 5'9 sophomore out of Medford, New Jersey.
- Ryan Preston a 6'2 senior out of Northbrook, Illinois.
- Andy Pulido a 6'2 freshman out of Texarkana, Texas.
- Bryant Salcedo 5'11 freshman out of Boardman, Ohio.
- Alex Zotov a 6'0 freshman out of Minsk, Belarus.
Vanderbilt Commodores Women's Tennis
When you talk about Vanderbilt women's tennis, you have to mention former Lady Commodore Julie Ditty who went on to have a great pro tennis career after graduating from Vanderbilt. In fact, Ditty won 6 singles and 22 doubles titles during her outstanding professional career.
The roster for the 2007-2008 season for the Vanderbilt Commodores women's tennis team is-
- Taka Bertrand/senior from Great Falls, Virginia.
- Caroline Ferrell/senior from Blythewood, South Carolina.
- Katie Kilborn/freshman from Marietta, Georgia.
- Catherine Newman/sophomore from Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Liberty Sveke/junior from Sarasota, Florida.
- Amanda Taylor/senior from Richland, Washington.
- Courtney Ulery/junior from Wellington, Florida.
- Keilly Ulery/freshman from Wellington, Florida.
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