St. John's University Athletics
Men's Tennis Drops Two Matches To Ranked Opponents
3/12/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 12, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. - The St. John's men's tennis team fell to a pair of nationally ranked opponents in consecutive days, No. 48 Radford and No. 50 USF, continuing its Spring Break trip in the Sunshine State. The Highlanders blanked the Red Storm, 7-0, while the Bulls edged STJ, 4-3, in both teams' BIG EAST openers.
Both opponents swept doubles play, forcing the Red Storm to play from behind in each match.
Radford's singles lineup was strong, as each played defeated their St. John's counterparts in straight sets.
Against USF, the Bulls clinched the match with wins at the top three singles spots. For the Red Storm, freshman Milo Hauk, sophomore Pavel Cerny and junior Martin Kosut were victorious in the second half of the lineup, each winning in third-set tiebreakers. Hauk defeated USF's Romain Deridder at No. 4, 3-6, 6-4, (10-7), while Cerny won 6-7, 6-2, (10-5) at No. 5 over Mark Oljaca. Kosut picked up a 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(10-7) win at No. 6 over the Bulls' Thomas Estrada, after suffering his first lost the day before against Radford.
St. John's continues its Spring Break trip on Saturday, when the squad will take on Florida Atlantic at 3:30 p.m., at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.
No. 48 Radford 7, St. John's 0
March 11, 2009
USF Varsity Tennis Courts - Tampa, Fla.
Doubles
1. Martin Sayer/Zack Watson (RU) def. Pavel Cerny/Gustavo Loza (STJ), 9-8
2. Ivan Salec/Mehdi Benhammou (RU) def. Asaf Honig/Martin Kosut (STJ), 8-3
3. Igor Ogrizek/Stefan Bojic (RU) def. Milo Hauk/Derek Wallensteen (STJ), 8-6
Radford won the doubles point and led the match, 1-0.
Singles
1. Martin Sayer (RU) def. Asaf Honig (STJ), 6-1, 6-0
2. Ivan Salec (RU) def. Gustavo Loza (STJ), 6-2, 6-1
3. Stefan Bojic (RU) def. Stefan Nikolic (STJ), 6-2, 6-2
4. Igor Ogrizek (RU) def. Milo Hauk (STJ), 6-2, 6-3
5. Mehdi Enhamou (RU) def. Pavel Cerny (STJ), 6-3, 6-1
6. Zack Watson (RU) def. Martin Kosut (STJ), 6-4, 6-3
No. 50 USF 4, St. John's 3
March 12, 2009
USF Varsity Tennis Courts - Tampa, Fla.
Doubles
1. No. 28 Lucas Jovita/Thomas Estrada def. Pavel Cerny/Gustavo Loza (STJ), 8-2
2. Wael Kilani/Yannick Yoshizawa def. Asaf Honig/Martin Kosut (STJ), 8-4
3. Arzhang Derakshani/Jamal Adderley def. Milo Hauk/Derek Wallensteen (STJ), 8-6
USF won the doubles point and led the match, 1-0.
Singles
1. No. 92 Wael Kilani (USF) def. Asaf Honig (STJ), 6-0, 6-1
2. Mahmoud Hamed (USF) def. Gustavo Loza (STJ), 6-3, 6-1
3. Jamal Adderley (USF) def. Stefan Nikolic (STJ), 6-0, 6-0
4. Milo Hauk (STJ) def. Romain Deridder (USF), 3-6, 6-4, (10-7)
5. Pavel Cerny (STJ) def. Mark Oljaca (USF), 6-7, 6-2, (10-5)
6. Martin Kosut (STJ) def. Thomas Estrada (USF), 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(10-7)
