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Men's Tennis Splits Play Over The Weekend
3/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 10, 2008
QUEENS, N.Y. - The St. John's men's tennis team split play this weekend, taking a match from Bingamton, 6-1, on Saturday in Brooklyn, before falling to Cornell, 5-2, at Army's Lichtenberg Tennis Center in West Point, N.Y. on Sunday. The split gave the Red Storm a 4-5 overall record, while Binghamton dropped to 6-7 and the Big Red improved to 4-4.
The match in Brooklyn started with a doubles-point win for the Red Storm, as the team defeated the Bearcats at Nos. 1 and 2. St. John's nearly swept the singles points, but a loss at No. 6 gave Binghamton its only tally of the night. Juniors Artem Vlasenko, Alex Svetlakov and Gustavo Loza led the charge with wins at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Sophomore Martin Kosut picked up the win at No. 4 and freshman Pavel Cerny rounded out the scoring for the Red Storm with a 6-4, 6-5 straight-set win over Arnav Jain.
St. John's then traveled up the Thruway to take on the Cornell Big Red on Sunday for a neutral site matchup. The match started the same as Saturday's, with the teams of Svetlakov/Vlaskenko and sophomore Derek Wallensteen/Kosut winning at Nos. 1 and 2 again, and to grab the doubles point for the Red Storm. In singles, Vlasenko was the only player to win a point for St. John's with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win over Army's top man, Kyle Doppelt, at the No. 1 position. The Big Red took the points at Nos. 2-6.
The men's tennis team returns to action on Saturday, March 15, when the Red Storm travels down to the nation's capital for a pair of matches. St. John's will open with a match against BIG EAST opponent Georgetown before an afternoon tilt with Boston College.
Results
St. John's 6, Binghamton 1
Bridgeview Racquet Club - Brooklyn, N.Y.
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Doubles (St. John's wins the doubles points, leads the match 1-0)
1. Alex Svetlakov / Artem Vlasenko (STJ) def. Faisal Mohamed/Sebastian Dietz (BU), 8-5
2. Gustavo Loza / Pavel Cerny (STJ) def. Arnav Jain/Gregoire Berner (BU), 8-4
3. Moshe Levy/Sven Vloedgraven (BU) def. Derek Wallensteen / Martin Kosut (STJ) , 8-5
Sinlges
1. Artem Vlasenko (STJ) def. Faisal Mohamed (BU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Alex Svetlakov (STJ) def. Moshe Levy (BU), 6-2, 6-7, 7-5
3. Gustavo Loza (STJ) def. Sven Vloedgraven (BU), 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
4. Martin Kosut (STJ) def. Sebastian Dietz (BU), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
5. Pavel Cerny (STJ) def. Arnav Jain (BU), 6-4, 6-3
6. Gregoire Berner (BU) def. Asaf Honig (STJ) , 7-6, 6-0
Cornell 5, St. John's 2
Lichtenberg Tennis Center - West Point, N.Y.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Doubles (St. John's wins the doubles point, leads the match 1-0)
1. Alex Svetlakov / Artem Vlasenko (STJ) def. Kyle Doppelt/Weston Nichols (CU), 8-3
2. Gustavo Loza / Pavel Cerny (STJ) def. Rory Heggie/Josh Goldstein (CU), 8-5
3. Marc Asch/Mirza Klis (CU) def. Derek Wallensteen / Martin Kosut (STJ) , 8-5
Sinlges
1. Artem Vlasenko (STJ) def. Kyle Doppelt (CU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
2. Josh Goldstein (CU) def. Alex Svetlakov (STJ) , 6-2, 6-3
3. Jonathan Jaklitsch (CU) def. Gustavo Loza (STJ) , 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
4. Rory Heggie (CU) def. Martin Kosut (STJ) , 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
5. Jonathan Fife (CU) def. Pavel Cerny (STJ) , 6-2, 7-5
6. Andy Gauthier (CU) def. Derek Wallensteen (STJ) , 6-1, 7-6
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