AUBURN, Ala. — The Wisconsin men's tennis team (2-1) battled to the end in their first neutral-court match of the season but came up short to the Vanderbilt Commodores (1-0) Saturday afternoon in a 5-2 loss at Auburn's Yarbrough Tennis Center.  

Wisconsin trailed 1-0 after the doubles competition but sophomore Tim Dzhurinskiy put the Badgers on the board at No. 6 singles by blanking Macsen Sisam 6-0 in the first set and emerging from a back-and-forth battle in the second with a 7-5 edge. 
 
Sebastian Vile also scored a victory for UW at No. 5 singles, defeating Siim Troost — his former teammate at Minnesota — 6-4, 6-2.
 
Up Next: The Badgers wrap up their weekend in Alabama by taking on Auburn at noon on Sunday. 
 
Vanderbilt 5, Wisconsin 2
 
Doubles Results
1. Michael Ross/Siim Troost (VAN) vs. Jared Pratt/Gabriel Huber (WIS) 5-5, unfinished
2. George Harwell/Max Freeman (VAN) def. Robin Parts/Sebastian Vile (WIS) 6-1
3. Joubert Klopper/Marcus Ferreia (VAN) def. Lenard Soha/Tim Dzhurinskiy (WIS) 6-4
 
Singles Results
1. #34 George Harwell (VAN) def. Jared Pratt (WIS) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
2. #93 Joubert Klopper (VAN) def. Gabriel Huber (WIS) 6-2, 6-2
3. Marcus Ferreia (VAN) def. Lenard Soha (WIS) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
4. Max Freeman (VAN) def. Robin Parts (WIS) 6-1, 6-1
5. Sebastian Vile (WIS) def. Siim Troost (VAN) 6-4, 6-2
6. Tim Dzhurinskiy (WIS) def. Macsen Sisam (VAN) 6-0, 7-5
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3); Singles (4, 6, 2, 5, 1, 3)