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Men's Tennis Falls at BIG EAST Championship
The fourth-seeded Blue Demons suffered a 4-3 loss to fifth-seeded St. John's in Friday's opening round. DePaul faces eighth-seeded Villanova in Saturday's consolation play at 11 a.m. (CST).
2007 BIG EAST Championship Central

 

TAMPA, Fla. – The DePaul men’s tennis team lost, 4-3, to St. John’s in Friday's opening round play of the 2007 BIG EAST Championship.  The fourth-seeded Blue Demons won three singles matches but the fifth-seeded Red Storm took the doubles point and clinched the dual with three singles wins.

 

DePaul came up short in the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches.  George Wang and Alasdair Graetz suffered an 8-4 loss to Louis Desmarteaux and Martin Kosut at No. 2.  Danny Wilson and Vanja Grgec lost, 8-4, to Artem Vlasenko and Claudio Halim at No. 3.  The top match saw Jose Moncada and Austin Doerner locked in a 6-6 tie with Alex Svetlakov and Tom Green when the doubles point was clinched.

 

Moncada gave DePaul a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Svetlakov at No. 3 singles, while Graetz defeated Green, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 4 singles.  No. 6 singles saw Jack Komar rally from a first-set loss to knock off Jordon Talbot, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2.

 

With each team holding three points, the entire dual came down to the third set of the top singles flight.  Wang fell, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5 (4), to Desmarteaux.

 

DePaul (17-6) faces eighth-seeded Villanova in consolation play on Saturday at 11 a.m. (CST).

 

(5) St. John’s 4, (4) DePaul 3

 

Doubles

No. 1-Moncada/Doerner (DePaul) vs. Svetlakov/Green (St. John’s) 6-6 DNF

No. 2-Desmarteaux/Kosut (St. John’s) def. Wang/Graetz (DePaul) 8-4

No. 3-Vlasenko/Halim (St. John’s) def. Wilson/Grgec (DePaul) 8-4

 

Singles

No. 1-Louis Desmarteaux (St. John’s) def. George Wang (DePaul) 6-7, 6-1, 7-5 (4)

No. 2-Artem Vlasenko (St. John’s) def. Austin Doerner (DePaul) 7-6, 7-6

No. 3-Jose Moncada (DePaul) def. Alex Svetlakov (St. John’s) 6-3, 6-2

No. 4-Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) def. Tom Green (St. John’s) 6-3, 6-3

No. 5-Martin Kosut (St. John’s) def. Vanja Grgec (DePaul) 6-4, 7-6 (6)

No. 6-Jack Komar (DePaul) def. Jordan Talbot (St. John’s) 2-6, 6-0, 6-2