University of Connecticut Athletics
Men's Tennis Falls to St. John's 6-1
4/13/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
UConn Falls to St. John's 6-1
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (April 12, 2007) - The University of Connecticut men's tennis team fell to St. John's, 6-1, on Thursday afternoon at the East Hartford Racquet Club in East Hartford, Conn.
The Red Storm captured the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3. Freshman Joe Goldstein (Tucson, Ariz.) and sophomore Ben Schueler (Arlington, Mass.) battled Louis Desmarteaux and Martin Kosut at No. 1, but fell in a tight match 8-7.
The Huskies only winner on the day was freshman Tom Cook (Pittsford, N.Y.) who captured a 7-6, 5-7, 10-8 victory over Claudio Halim at No. 5 singles.
UConn will take on DePaul on Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Storrs, Conn.
St. John's 6, UConn 1
Singles
No. 1 Louis Demarteaux (STJ) def. Joe Goldstein (UC) 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 Artem Vlasenko (STJ) def. Joey Michaels (UC) 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 Martin Kosut (STJ) def. Ben Schueler (UC) 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 Jordan Talbot (STJ) def. Christian Malerba (UC) 6-1, 5-7, 10-4
No. 5 Tom Cook (UC) def. Claudio Halim (STJ) 7-6, 5-7, 10-8
No. 6 Derek Wallensteen (STJ) def. Aaron Ribchinsky (UC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 Demarteaux/Kosut (STJ) def. Goldstein/Schueler (UC) 8-7
No. 3 Wallensteen/Talbot (STJ) def. Joel Gamoran/Michael Bobitski (UC) 8-5
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