Boston College
Denver
Men's Tennis Falls To Drake, Denver
March 08, 2004 | Men's Tennis
March 6, 2004
DENVER, Colo. - Justin Slattery (Hampton, N.H.) defeated Felipe Montenegro of Drake, 6-4, 7-6, then knocked-off 63rd-ranked Nejc Smole of Denver in straights sets, 7-6, 6-3, to earn his sixth and seventh singles victories in the last eight matches and pace Boston College in a 4-1 loss to Drake and a 6-1 loss to the University of Denver at Meadow Creek Raquet Club on Friday, March 5.
The two losses drops the Eagles' record to 3-8.
In the second match of the day, Denver won the doubles' point and swept all three matches. Slattery and Chris McCoy (Pittsburgh, Pa.) fell to Smole and Viktor Zetterholm of Denver, 8-6, at No. 1 doubles. Ross Pytko (Oxford, Mass.) and Paul Colahan (Beverly, Mass.) were defeated by Hans Peter Gaber and Niki Popovic, 8-5 at No. 2, while Soma Kesthely (Budapest, Hungary) and Derrick Chou (Great Neck, N.Y.) dropped their match to Urban Ljubic and Jason Tan, 8-3 at No. 3.
In the first match, Drake captured three of four singles matches played and the match was called with Drake ahead, 4-1. Slattery paced the Eagles with the lone victory.
Drake 4, Boston College 1
SINGLES RESULTS
Justin Slattery (BC) d. Felipe Montenegro (Drake), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
Anthony Perkins (Drake) d. Chris McCoy, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
Frankowicz (Drake) d. Kiernan Laughlin, 6-4, 6-2
Vila (Drake) d. Derrick Chou, 6-3, 6-0
DOUBLES RESULTS
Perkins/McClure (D) d. Slattery/McCoy, 8-5
Montenegro/Vila (D) d. Laughlin/Chou, 8-2
Frankowicz/Tishler (D) d. Kesthely/Pytko, 8-6
No. 75 Denver - 6, Boston College - 1
SINGLES RESULTS
Justin Slattery (BC) d. #63 Nejc Smole (DU), 7-6, 6-3
Hans Peter Gaber (DU) d. Kiernan Laughlin (DU), 6-3, 7-6
Viktor Zetterholm (DU) d. Soma Kesthely (BC), 6-0, 6-3
Urban Ljubic (DU) d. Paul Colahan (BC), 6-0, 6-1
Jason Tan (DU) d. Ross Pytko (BC), 6-3, 6-4
Niki Popovic (DU) d. Dennis Reardon (BC), 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES RESULTS
Smole/Zetterholm (DU) d. Slattery/Chris McCoy (BC), 8-6
Gaber/Popovic d. Pytko/Colahan (BC), 8-5
Ljubic/Tan d. Kesthely/Derrick Chou, (BC) 8-3
