March 30, 2012

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. - Seeing its two-match win streak snapped, the Boston University men's tennis team fell to No. 58 St. John's, 6-1, on Friday afternoon at the USTA National Tennis Center. The Red Storm swept through doubles and won five of the six singles matches to improve to 14-5 on the season.

Junior Alex Hallenbeck led the Terriers (3-12) with a dominating performance at No. 6 singles, as he dropped just one game for a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Greg Streat.

BU will remain in New York and next visit Stony Brook on Saturday (March 31) at 1 p.m.

#58 St. John's - 6, Boston University - 1

Singles
1) Ilija Vucic (STJ) def. Josh Friedman (BU): 6-2, 2-2, ret.
2) Milo Hauk (STJ) def. Jesse Frieder (BU): 6-2, 6-4
3) Kurt Anbarci (STJ) def. Michael Kopelman (BU): 6-1, 6-2
4) Valentin Mihai (STJ) def. Emilio Teran (BU): 6-1, 6-2
5) Mike Lampa (STJ) def. Regis Chang (BU): 6-1, 6-4
6) Alex Hallenbeck (BU) def. Greg Streat (STJ): 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1) Vasko Mladenov / Matty Najfeld (STJ) def. Frieder/Friedman (BU): 8-4
2) Stefan Bojic/Mihai (STJ) def. Chang / Bill Kring (BU): 8-3
3) Lampa/Streat (STJ) def. Alex Green / Hallenbeck (BU): 8-5