Penn Defeats St. John's, 5-2

Saturday, March 23

Flushing Meadows, N.Y. (National Tennis Center)

2:30 PM

St. John's University

Penn

Senior Vasko Mladenov picked up his second consecutive All-BIG EAST selection of his career yesterday.

3/24/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

March 24, 2013

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y.- After picking up a big 4-3 win over Binghamton on March 17, the St. John's men's tennis team fell to Penn, 5-2, yesterday afternoon at the National Tennis Center.

Senior Vasko Mladenov picked up his seventh straight victory in a straight set, 6-2, 6-2, win over the Quakers' Nikola Kocovic. Mladenov, whose string of wins have all come at the No. 1 slot, now holds the longest winning streak in the BIG EAST.

Senior Mike Lampa also notched a straight set victory, 6-3, 6-2, to give the Red Storm its final point of the contest.

After Lampa and classmate Valentin Mihai gave the Red Storm a chance to take an early advantage in the match with an 8-6 win at No. 1 doubles, classmates Hugo Morth and Mark Mozer and senior and freshman Michael-John Every and Mladenov could not convert as they both duos fell 9-7 and 8-6 respectively.

The Red Storm will return to the courts on Saturday, March 30, where they will take on Yale in a 5 p.m. match at the National Tennis Center.

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Penn 5, St. John's 2

Singles competition

1. Vasko Mladenov (STJ) def. Nikola Kocovic (PENN) 6-2, 6-2

2. Jeremy Court (PENN) def. Valentin Mihai (STJ) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

3. Ismael Lahlou (PENN) def. Mark Mozer (STJ) 7-6, 6-3

4. Mike Lampa (STJ) def. Zach Katz (PENN) 6-3, 6-2

5. Blaine Willenborg (PENN) def. Hugo Morth (STJ) 7-6, 5-7, 11-9

6. Vim De Alwis (PENN) def. Michael-John Every (STJ) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Valentin Mihai/Mike Lampa (STJ) def. Nikola Kocovic/Mark Milbrandt (PENN) 8-6

2. Austin Kaplan/Zach Katz (PENN) def. Michael-John Every/Vasko Mladenov (STJ) 9-7

3. Kyle Roth/Jeremy Court (PENN) def. Hugo Morth/Mark Mozer (STJ) 8-6