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Tyler Stice. Photo courtesy of Shana Lockwood/AU Athletics.

Stice, Maclean and Murgett Lead Tigers in Vanderbilt Invitational

AUBURN, Ala. (EETV) - Freshman Tyler Stice was the overall singles winner and Tad Maclean and Finn Murgett were Auburn’s winners in doubles at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

Stice went 3-0 in singles, defeating competitor Maxim Verboven of Arkansas with a score of 6-1, 6-2. He topped George Harwell of Vanderbilt with a score of, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Ending with another three-set win over Millen Hurrion of Kentucky, 2-6, 7-6, 6-0.

Maclean and Murgett went 2-1 in doubles; with Arkansas defeating then 8-1 followed up with a8-5 win over Vanderbilt.

The Auburn Tigers posted 16 wins in singles and totaled six doubles victories. The competition featured Vanderbilt, Auburn, Arkansas and Kentucky.

Singles

Tyler Stice (Aub) def. Maxim Verboven (Ark) 6-1, 6-2

Tad Maclean (Aub) def. Nico Rousset (Ark) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3

Aleksa Bucan (Ark) def. Tim Dollman (Aub) 6-2, 6-3

Melvin Manuel (Ark) def. Maxwell Giddens (Aub) 6-4, 7-5

Finn Murgett (Aub) def. Hunter Harrison (Ark) 6-4, 6-2

Tom Wright (Aub) def. Avery Zavala (Ark) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

Josh Bortnick (Ark) vs. Spencer Gray (Aub) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

Diego Chavarria (Aub) def. Foster Rogers (Ark) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles

Maxim Verboven/Hunter Harrison (Ark) def. Maxwell Giddens/Tom Wright (Aub) 8-6

Tad Maclean/Finn Murgett (Aub) def. Nico Rousset/Alex Reco (Ark) 8-1

Anders Fry/Diego Chavarria (Aub) def. Melvin Manuel/Avery Zavala (Ark) 8-5

Tim Dollman/Spencer Gray (Aub) def. Aleksa Bucan/Josh Bortnick (Ark) 8-3