St. John's Defeats Men's Tennis, 5-2

Saturday, February 18

Queens, NY

7 PM

Boston University

St. John's

Cole Knutsen follows through on a forehand shot with his racquet

Photo by: Matt Woolverton

February 18, 2023 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

QUEENS, N.Y. – Opening a two-match weekend trip to New York, the Boston University men's tennis team fell to St. John's, 5-2, at the USTA Tennis Center on Saturday night.

The Red Storm (9-1) earned their seventh straight victory by winning the first two doubles matches by a combined score of 12-5 and then capturing four singles points in straight sets against the Terriers (4-4), who won a combined 39 singles games after winning just 22 a year prior.

Sophomore Cole Knutsen led BU with a dominating 6-2, 6-2 victory in the No. 6 singles slot against St. John's Roger Rogowski. He earlier teamed with junior Jonah Dickson to win the most doubles games for the Terriers in a 6-3 loss at line 2.

Dickson almost rallied to force a third set in his No. 4 singles match but was broken late in a 6-3, 7-5 defeat to Giuseppe De Camelis. Classmate Ben Letzer also had a tough battle, dropping a 6-3, 6-4 decision at line 5 to Ryota Kaneda.

Freshman Alejandro Licea received the second singles point in the No. 3 position after Anton Stendal retired due to injury with a 6-3, 1-0 lead.

The Terriers will next visit Wagner on Sunday (Feb. 19) at 6 p.m.

St. John's - 5, Boston University - 2

SINGLES
1) Carl Gustafsson (SJU) def. Dion Loutas (BU): 6-3, 6-3
2) Sergio Molina (SJU) def. Corey Craig (BU): 6-2, 6-1
3) Alejandro Licea (BU) def. Anton Stendal (SJU): 3-6, 0-1, won by retirement
4) Giuseppe De Camelis (SJU) def. Jonah Dickson (BU): 6-3, 7-5
5) Ryota Kaneda (SJU) def. Ben Letzer (BU): 6-3, 6-4
6) Cole Knutsen (BU) def. Roger Rogowski (SJU): 6-2, 6-2

DOUBLES
1) Molina/De Camelis (SJU) led Loutas/Licea (BU): 5-2
2) Gustafsson/Stendal (SJU) def. Knutsen/Dickson (BU): 6-3
3) Kaneda/Adam Groves (SJU) def. Adrian Pawlowski / Johann Sajonz (BU): 6-2