Men’s Tennis Concludes ITA Northeast Regionals

Thursday, October 16

Princeton, NJ

St. John's University

ITA Northeast Regionals

10/20/2025 11:45:00 AM | Men's Tennis

The Red Storm won 11 matches in Princeton over the weekend.

PRINCETON, N.J. — The St. John's men's tennis team traveled down to Princeton, N.J. to compete at the ITA Northeast Regionals over the weekend.

    The Red Storm won 11 matches across singles and doubles competition at the Princeton University Tennis Courts.

    Armando Sotelo delivered an impressive performance over the weekend, earning four total victories, three of which came in singles play. In the second round of the qualification stage, Sotelo cruised past Penn State's David Lindsay with a commanding 7-6, 6-2 victory. In doubles play, he teamed up with Captain Adam Groves to secure a hard-fought 8-7 win over Delaware's Bezianis and Prat Turro.

    Two St. John's doubles teams dazzled in Princeton, advancing to the Round of 16. The tandems of Mats Pottbecker and Sergej Zivkovic, along with Semen Agynskyy and Venedikt Tsirikidze, each delivered standout performances. Pottbecker and Zivkovic opened play with a convincing 8-2 win over Drexel's Guzman and Obrul, while Agynskyy and Tsirikidze matched their teammates' dominance, cruising past UPenn's Sandler and Graziani by the same 8-2 margin.

    In the doubles Round of 64, the duo of Filip Paroulek and Simon Hegarty picked up an 8-6 victory for the Red Storm over the Delaware pair of Tollenaar and Robins. The full results from the weekend are below.

    The Johnnies wrap up their fall campaign on Nov. 7-9 at the Drexel Invitational.

Singles
1^st Round Qualifiers:
Armando Sotelo def. Luka Sauer (Monmouth), 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Adam Groves def. Diego Cueto de Romana (Fordham), 6-2, 6-2
Junghee You (Columbia) def. Filip Paroulek, 4-6, 2-6
2^nd Round Qualifiers:
Armando Sotelo def. David Lindsay (Penn State), 7-6, 6-2
Vojtech Vales (UPenn) def. Adam Groves, 6-3, 0-6, 1-6
Round of 64:
Alex Martinez Sanz (Monmouth) def. Danilo Raicevic, 4-6, 5-7
Armando Sotelo def. Tobey Lock (Delaware), 6-3, 6-3
Euan Mackenzie (Delaware) def. Sergej Zivkovic, 1-6, 1-6
Junghee You (Columbia) def. Adam Kresina, 1-6, 0-6
Nicolas Kotzen (Columbia) def. Semen Agynskyy, 4-6, 1-6
Round of 32:
Manfredi Graziani (UPenn) def. Armando Sotelo, 1-6, 4-6
Qualifying Consolation:
Filip Paroulek def. Matteo Crespi (Temple), 6-2, 6-4
Consolation Round of 64:
Federico Garbero (Delaware) def. Danilo Raicevic, 0-6, 4-6
Michael Wright (Penn State) def. Sergej Zivkovic, 1-6, 4-6

Doubles
Round of 64:
Vales/Baharadwaj (UPenn) def. Raicevic/Kresina, 3-8
Paroulek/Hegarty def. Tollenaar/Robins (Delaware), 8-6
Pottbecker/Zivkovic def. Guzman/Obrul (Drexel), 8-2
Groves/Sotelo def. Bezianis/Prat Turro (Delaware), 8-7
Agynskyy/Tsirikidze def. Sandler/Graziani (UPenn), 8-2

Round of 32:
Mitric/Wen (Princeton) def. Paroulek/Hegarty, 6-8
Zivkovic/Pottbecker def. Lindsay/Hattori (Penn State), 8-7
Rutter/Spurling (UPenn) def. Groves/Sotelo, 2-8
Agynskyy/Tsirikidze def. Glavas/Chesman (Penn State), 8-7
Round of 16:
Palta/Boosarawongse (Columbia) def. Zivkovic/Pottbecker, 6-8
Sec/Bigun (Princeton) def. Agynskyy/Tsirikidze, 1-8