St. John's University Athletics
2005 Men's Tennis Spring Season Review
2/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The St. John's men's tennis team finished the spring season on top with a BIG EAST tournament appearance and a third place finish. The squad fought through tough losses early in season to finish with a 7-13 overall record and was 3-2 in the conference play during regular season.
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| Morgan Bauer |
The Red Storm began the spring with losses in its opening matches to Pennsylvania (Feb. 5) and Army (Feb. 18). The Red Storm fell 2-5 at both events.
St. John's came back to take Air Force 4-3 at West Point, N.Y., on Feb. 19, but then fell in six consecutive matches to Manhattan (Feb. 25), Columbia (Feb. 26), New Orleans (Feb. 28), Louisiana-Lafayette (Mar. 1), Alabama-Birmingham (Mar. 2) and Southern Mississippi (Mar. 4).
A 4-3 win against Binghamton (Mar. 11) broke St. John's six-match losing streak, but the team dropped four straight to Princeton, Stony Brook, Georgetown and Rutgers.
The Red Storm answered with a change in the lineup and finished the season with three straight road conference wins against Villanova (Apr. 11), Boston College (Apr. 15) and Connecticut (Apr. 16).
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| David Nylen |
David Nylen had a standout performance in the spring, compiling a 13-5 overall singles record. Nylen produced an 8-3 record at No. 2 and a 5-2 mark at No. 1, while having success with Bauer at No. 1 and 2 doubles with a 3-1 record. Nylen's perfect 3-0 performance at the BIG EAST tournament earned him All-BIG EAST honors.
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| Claudio Halim |
Sophomore Claudio Halim had one of the best Red Storm showings finishing with a 10-8 overall singles record and a 7-4 doubles mark that included a perfect 4-0 record with Nick Stocker at No. 2.
