St. John’s Topples Bryant, 4-1

Sunday, February 16

Cumberland, R.I. / Fore Court

10 A.M. ET

St. John's University

Bryant

2/16/2020 3:15:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Match Results vs. Bryant

The Johnnies earn their 10th win of the season with their second-consecutive road victory

By: Nicholas Diamantis

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (Feb. 16, 2020) – The St. John's men's tennis team picked up its second victory of the weekend and tenth win of the 2020 campaign on Sunday, defeating Bryant, 4-1, at Fore Court.

The Red Storm clinched the doubles point in comeback fashion, winning bouts on the No. 1 and 3 courts after losing the first contest in the No. 2 slot. After Igor Maslov and Ignacio Garcia fell in their No. 2 tilt, Charlie James and Aditya Vashistha knocked off Bryant's Grant Pertile/Alexander Schou, 6-4, in the No. 3 slot. St. John's claimed the second doubles triumph on the No. 1 court as Djuro Opacic and Louis-nils Michel defeated Wilson Dong and J.I. Ortiz-Garcia, 7-6.

The Bulldogs leveled the match at one point apiece with a Guido Argentini straight-set victory over Michel in the No. 2 singles contest.

No. 40 Aditya Vashistha earned the Johnnies' first singles triumph of the day, bouncing Wilson Dong in the No. 1 slot, 6-4, 7-6.

Opacic and Garcia would need three sets in their victories to secure the Red Storm's 4-1 triumph over Bryant. In the No. 4 bout, Opacic was forced into a third set by Alexander Schou but settled down to clinch St. John's third point, taking the match, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Garcia sealed the victory for the Johnnies on the No. 3 court, outdueling J.I. Ortiz-Garcia in a dramatic three-set thriller, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6.

Head Coach Dillon Pottish's squad will continue its seven-match road swing next weekend with two road contests against BIG EAST foes Xavier and Butler on Friday, Feb. 21, and Sunday, Feb. 23, respectively.