St. John’s Loses Spring Opener to Brown, 4-0

Saturday, January 19

Providence, R.I.

12 P.M.

St. John's University

Brown University

1/19/2019 7:59:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Scoresheet

By: Nicholas Diamantis

In its first spring match of the season, the St. John's men's tennis team lost a tough battle to Brown University (1-0) on the road, 4-0, Saturday morning. St. John's (0-1) took all four of its singles matches to a deciding third set but was unable to take victories in three of them, giving the Bears a 4-0 victory.

In doubles action, Brown was able to corral the Johnnies as the Bears swept St. John's in all three matches. Playing at the No. 1 position, defending Co-BIG EAST Player of the Year, Alan Nunez Aguilera paired with Aditya Vashistha. The pair forced a tiebreaker but would go on to drop the match 7-6(4) to Ching Lam and Peter Litsky.

Brown won singles matches at the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 positions to secure a victory over the Johnnies.

At the No. 1 spot, senior Luka Sucevic was in a tough battle against Litsky. After winning the first set six games to three, Litsky battled back to win the second set, 6-4. In the deciding third set, Sucevic lost in dramatic fashion in a tiebreaker, 7-6(2).

Senior Andrei Crapcenco won the first set in his No. 2 singles match against Ching Lam, 6-4. The No.2 match ended in similar fashion to the No. 1 match as Lam defeated Crapcenco in three sets, (6-4, 3-6, 7-5).

In the No. 3 match, Aguilera went unfinished at the No. 3 spot, battling tough against Roger Chen, (7-6(2), 0-6, 4-5).

In the deciding match, Vashistha took the first set against Charles Tan, 7-6(6), Tan proved to be too much to handle as he won the last two sets and the match, (7-6(6), 6-3, 6-4).

St. John's returns to action on Friday at 7 p.m. as the host Boston College at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.

Singles:
1. Peter Litsky (BRO) def. Luka Sucevic (SJU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(2),
2. Ching Lam (BRO) def. Dani Andrei Crapcenco (SJU) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
3. Roger Chen (BRO) vs. Alan Nunez Aguilera (SJU) 7-6(2), 0-6, 4-5, Unfinished
4. Charles Tan (BRO) def. Adiyta Vashistha (SJU) 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4
5. Jacob Walker (BRO) vs. Dusan Vukicevic (SJU) DNP
6. Rob Siniakowicz (BRO) vs. Daniel Skripnik (SJU) DNP

Doubles:
1. Ching Lam/Peter Litsky (BRO) def. Alan Nunez Aguilera/Adiyta Vashistha (SJU) 7-6(4)
2. Jacob Walker/Ted Van Eck (BRO) def. Luka Sucevic/Dusan Vukicevic (SJU) 6-2
3. Charles Tan/RogerChen (BRO) def. Daniel Skripnik/Andrei Crapcenco (SJU) 6-3

Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (1,2,4)