St. John's Edges Men's Tennis, 4-3

Saturday, February 17

Queens, NY

4 PM

Boston University

St. John's

Corey Craig holds the racquet back for a forehand swing on the tennis ball.

February 17, 2024 | Men's Tennis

Box Score Results

QUEENS, N.Y. – Facing off against the Big East conference, the Boston University men's tennis team came up just short at St. John's, 4-3, on Saturday evening.

The Terriers (6-4) won two of the three doubles matches for the first point and claimed the top two singles points as well, but the Red Storm (9-2) rallied for the one-point decision to improve to 8-0 at home against unranked opponents, highlighted by an earlier 4-0 victory over Penn State..

In doubles action, SJU posted a 6-3 victory on court No. 1, but senior Johann Sajonz and sophomore Alejandro Licea matched their efforts with an identical score at line 2. In the deciding match in the No. 3 slot, sophomores Corey Craig and Jakob Esterowitz prevailed in the tiebreaker for the 7-6(2) victory and early 1-0 lead.

The Red Storm quickly got on the scoreboard with a 6-3, 6-1, victory at No. 4 singles, but Craig quickly retook the lead in the top slot with an impressive 6-3, 6-0, victory over Francisco Bascon, a three-time All-Big Sky First Team honoree and two-time Big Sky Tournament MVP while at Idaho. Esterowitz also won in straight sets at line 2 against All-Big East First Team honoree Carl Gustavsson, 6-4, 6-4.

SJU defeated the Terriers in straight sets on courts 3 and 6 to put the match score at 3-3. With the final point up for grabs, Armando Sotelo earned one more break in the third set to outlast senior Ben Letzer, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.

BU will next face Adelphi on Saturday, Feb. 24, at Fore Court in Cumberland, Rhode Island, with a 12:45 p.m. start time.

St. John's - 4, Boston University - 3

SINGLES
1) Corey Craig (BU) def. Francisco Bascon (SJU): 6-3, 6-0
2) Jakob Esterowitz (BU) def. Carl Gustavsson (SJU): 7-5, 6-4
3) Leonardo Mileikowsky (SJU) def. Onah Dickson (BU): 6-4, 6-1
4) Danilo Raicevic (SJU) def. Cole Knutsen (BU): 6-1, 6-3
5) Armando Sotelo (SJU) def. Ben Letzer (BU): 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
6) Ryota Kaneda (SJU) def. Johann Sajonz (BU): 6-1, 6-2

DOUBLES
1) Basco/Mileikowsky (SJU) def. Dickson / Adrian Pawlowski (BU): 6-3
2) Sajonz/Licea (BU) def. Leon Petko/Ignacio Vinas (SJU): 6-3
3) Craig/Esterowitz (BU) def. Gustavsson/Martin Bugaj (SJU): 7-6(2)