St. John's to Face Three Opponents at Army West Point This Weekend

    QUEENS, N.Y. (Jan. 24, 2020) – After wrapping up its first home stand of the 2020 season with two lopsided wins against Sacred Heart and Wagner, the St. John's men's tennis team will hit the road for the first time this spring to battle three opponents in two days on the campus of the Army West Point in West Point, N.Y.

    The Johnnies will square off with Marist on Saturday at noon, followed by two contests on Sunday against Army West Point and UConn at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.

    Marist enters the 2020 spring campaign 1-0 after compiling an 11-10 overall record and 5-1 mark in conference play a year ago. The Red Foxes are anchored by senior captain Lars Schouten, who won his opening match of the season in the No. 1 slot and had an overall record of 12-7 last campaign.

    Army West Point has yet to win a contest in 2020, losing contests to Harvard and Purdue at last week's Arthur Ashe Invitational in West Point, N.Y. Senior Myles Conlin has featured in the No. 1 position for the Black Knights since the beginning of last year. The Alameda, Calif., native finished with a singles record of 11-9 and has been an All-Patriot League First Team selection the past two seasons.

    UConn will be making its 2020 debut on Sunday when it faces the Johnnies at 3 p.m. ET. The Huskies opened the 2019-20 campaign with two matches on October 13, 2019, falling to Sacred Heart, 4-3, before knocking off Holy Cross, 4-1. Junior John Michael Holtmann leads a UConn squad that features four freshmen this season. The Coral Gables, Fla., native was triumphant in his last match on the No. 1 court against Holy Cross' Will Chen, 6-3, 7-6(4).

    The Red Storm picked up its second win of the 2020 campaign with a 6-1 decision over Wagner on Wednesday afternoon at Cunningham Park. The win, which improved St. John's to 2-0 on the year, marked the first time the St. John's men's tennis program has started the spring season with back-to-back wins since 2011.

    The Red Storm clinched the opening point in doubles play by comfortably winning all three matches. For the second match in a row, Dylan Loru and Udayan Bhakar opened doubles play with a victory in the No. 3 slot, sweeping Wagner's Abhinav Magow and Mohammed Hussain, 6-0. Giuseppe De Camelis and Ignacio Garcia secured the first point of the afternoon for the Johnnies as they knocked off Wagner's Omar Loutfy and Dylan Walters on the No. 2 court, 6-0. Charlie James and Igor Maslov picked up St. John's third doubles triumph, defeating Wagner's No. 1 duo, 6-1.

    The Johnnies took five of six singles matches; all in straight sets, to cruise to the 6-1 win over the Seahawks. De Camelis picked up his second singles victory of his collegiate career with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep on the No. 5 court.

    Bhakar, Garcia, Maslov and Loru continued their winning ways with four straight-set victories from the No. 3, 1, and 4 positions respectively, pushing the Red Storm to a quick 5-0 lead. Loru secured the sixth and final point of the contest for the Red Storm, sweeping Wagner's Hussain on the No. 6 court, 6-0, 6-0.

    After the weekend road trip, the Johnnies will return to Flushing Meadows, N.Y. to host Drexel at the USTA National Tennis Center on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m. ET.

St. John's to Face Three Opponents at Army West Point This Weekend

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Udayan Bhakar

Giuseppe De Camelis

Ignacio Garcia

Charlie James

Dylan Loru

Igor Maslov

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