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Gevorg and Nico
0
VCU VCU (4-4)
4
Winner St. Johns STJ (6-1)
VCU VCU
(4-4)
0
Final
4
St. Johns STJ
(6-1)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

VCU DROPS 4-0 ROAD MATCH AT ST. JOHN’S

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.
 
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