Men's Tennis Claims 4-3 Win at Sacred Heart

Sunday, March 20

Trumbull, CT

6 PM

Boston University

Sacred Heart

Jonah Dickson heads to his doubles partner for a high five.

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

March 20, 2022 | Men's Tennis

Box Score Results

TRUMBULL, Conn. – In a tightly-contested matchup that saw four singles matches go to three sets, the Boston University men's tennis team came out ahead with a 4-3 victory over Sacred Heart at the Tennis Club of Trumbull.

The Terriers (1-12) won a tiebreaker in doubles for the first point and then captured three singles points, including two in three-set thrillers, to defeat the Pioneers (3-11).

Freshman Adrian Pawlowski and sophomore Johann Sajonz teamed together for a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles. After SHU posted a 6-2 victory in the No. 3 slot, sophomore Jonah Dickson and freshman Dion Loutas edged SHU, 7-6(3), for the early 1-0 advantage.

Dickson carried momentum from his doubles win to a 6-4, 7-5 victory at No. 2 singles. The Pioneers won in straight sets in the top slot and added two more points in three-set wins at lines 3 and 4.

BU though came out the victor, as freshman Gabe Brown earn a 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4 win at No. 5 and Sajonz rallied for the 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory at No. 6.

The Terriers will next visit Georgetown on Saturday (March 26) at 11 a.m.

Boston University - 4, Sacred Heart - 3

SINGLES
1) Lefteri Apostolou (SHU) def. Dion Loutas (BU): 6-2, 7-5
2) Jonah Dickson (BU) def. Matyas Vencl (SHU): 6-4, 7-5
3) Kevin Chao (SHU) def. Adrian Pawlowski (BU): 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
4) Antoine Hernandez (SHU) def. Ben Letzer (BU): 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
5) Gabe Brown (BU) def. Ayman Khan (SHU): 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4
6) Johann Sajonz (BU) def. Darius Eftekhar (SHU): 1-6, 6-4, 6-3

DOUBLES
1) Pawlowski/Sajonz (BU) def. Apostolou/Tyler Lowe (SHU): 6-3
2) Dickson/Loutas (BU) def. Vencl / Matthew Nagel (SHU): 7-6(3)
3) Hernandez/Philip Lynch (SHU) def. Cole Knutsen / Owen Voigt (BU): 6-2