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St. John's Dominates Temple, 5-2, in Home Finale
4/7/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
QUEENS, N.Y. - In the final home match of the season, the St. John's men's tennis team closed out its home slate in style with a 5-2 victory over Temple on Saturday afternoon at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.
With the victory, the Red Storm (13-5) finishes the season with a 10-1 record on its home court in dual-match play, including nine-consecutive triumphs. The win was also the fourth in the previous five matches for the Johnnies.
St. John's got off to a quick start in doubles play, picking up back-to-back wins to earn the doubles point for the 11th time this season. The Red Storm is 9-2 this season when taking a 1-0 lead after two-man play.
Luka Sucevic and Alan Nunez Aguilera rolled to their fifth victory this season on the top court when playing together with a 6-1 triumph before Andrei Crapcenco and Daniel Skripnik clinched the early 1-0 lead with a 6-3 win at the No. 3 spot. Skripnik moves to 6-1 this season in doubles action and a perfect 3-0 since returning from injury and joining Crapcenco.
On the No. 2 court, Dusan Vukicevic and Alex Roszkowski had a 5-3 lead, but the match went unfinished following the victories on the other two courts.
For the second-straight match, Crapcenco opened singles play with the first victory of the afternoon. The junior picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win for his 14th-consecutive triumph and is now 15-0 this season when playing in the No. 3 position.
Vukicevic pushed the lead to 3-0 for the Johnnies with his fourth win over his last five matches. The Serbian potted a 6-4 victory in the opening set before rolling to a 6-2 win in the second.
Sucevic capped off a perfect weekend with a two-set victory from the No. 1 spot as the junior battled for a 7-6, 6-2 triumph to clinch the dual-match win for the Red Storm. After dropping three-straight matches from March 24-31, the Serbian has now rattled off back-to-back wins to regain form.
Temple collected its first victory of the afternoon on the No. 6 court, but Skripnik continued his stellar play since returning from injury with a 6-4, 6-2 win in the No. 5 spot. The junior is now 3-1 in singles matches following over a year-long break due to injuries.
Aguilera dropped only his third match of the season in the afternoon's finale, falling in three sets. The junior claimed the opening set, 6-4, before falling, 7-6, in the second and 10-5 in the tiebreaker to push the final score to 5-2.
St. John's closes out the regular season on April 15th with a trip to Poughkeepsie to battle Marist.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
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