Score: St. John's 4, VCU 0
Location: Queens, N.Y.
Records: VCU 4-4 (2-0 Atlantic 10), St. John's 6-1
The Short Story: The Rams came up short 4-0 in a road test against St. John's on Friday afternoon.
Quote from Coach Kutrovsky: "We weren't good enough today and we lost. Actions have consequences, looking to bounce back in the next match."
Opening Serve
- The Rams entered the match after splitting contests the previous weekend with a 4-0 win over Davidson and a 4-1 loss to Gardner-Webb. St. John's came in following midweek victories over Adelphi 5-2 and Binghamton 7-0.
Doubles
- St. John's secured the doubles point with 6-1 wins on courts three and one, while Gevorg Mnatsakanyan and Nicolo Consonni's match on court two was halted with the pair trailing 3-2
Singles
- Singles play featured several tight matches, but the Rams were unable to sustain their early momentum in the later sets
- Both Nicolo Consonni and Mats Bredschneijder claimed opening-set victories in their respective matches before ultimately falling in three-set contests
- On court four, Gevorg Mnatsakanyan split the first two sets with St. John's Armando Sotelo before the match was left unfinished with Sotelo leading 3-2 in the third set
- On court five, Patrik Petera's contest remained level at 2-2 when play was halted
Singles results
1. Radomir Tomic (St. John's) def.
Mats Bredschneijder (VCU) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. David Petrovic (St. John's) def.
Nicolo Consonni (VCU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
3. Semen Agynskyy (St. John's) def.
Erwann Bouchet (VCU) 6-2, 6-4
4.
Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) vs. Armando Sotelo (St. John's) 6-2, 6-8, 2-3 (Unfinished)
5.
Patrik Petera (VCU) vs. Taichi Wakamatsu (St. John's) 2-2 (Unfinished)
Doubles results
1. Armando Sotelo / Taichi Wakamatsu (St. John's) def.
Erwann Bouchet /
Mats Bredschneijder (VCU) 6-1
2.
Nicolo Consonni /
Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) vs. Danilo Raicevic / Radomir Tomic (St. John's) 2-3 (Unfinished)
3. Semen Agynskyy / Adam Groves (St. John's) def.
Kostiantyn Mantach /
Patrik Petera (VCU) 6-1
Order of Finish: Doubles: 3, 1
Singles: 3, 2, 1
Up Next: The Rams return to Virginia and will travel to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech on Sunday, February 21 at 2 p.m.