Eagles Fall at St. John’s 5-2 in Spring Opener

Friday, January 25

Flushing Meadow, N.Y.

8:30 p.m.

Boston College

St. John's

Photo by: John Quackenbos

Eagles Fall at St. John’s 5-2 in Spring Opener

January 26, 2019 | Men's Tennis

By: Athletic Communications

FLUSHING, N.Y. – The Boston College men's tennis team opened its 2019 spring season on Friday night with a 5-2 loss to St. John's at the USTA National Tennis Center. The Eagles won the doubles point over the Johnnies, who responded by winning five of the six singles matches.

Following a 6-3 victory for Chris Grasel and Max Palmer from the No. 2 slot, Derek Austin and Sean Mullins clinched the doubles point with a tight 7-5 victory over Alan Nunez Aguilera and Aditya Vashistha.

Austin defeated Luka Sucevic in straight sets (6-1, 7-5) from the No. 1 singles position, but the Eagles dropped three different singles matchups in a decisive third set as St. John's clinched the match early on Saturday morning.

BC returns to action on Tuesday (Jan. 29) at home against UConn at 4 p.m.

DOUBLES
S. Mullins/Austin def. Nunez Aguilera/Vashistha (5-7)
Grasel/Palmer def. Crapcenco/Skripnik (6-3)
James/Roszkowski def. C. Mullins/Tutecky (6-2)

SINGLES
Derek Austin def. Luka Sucevic (6-1, 7-5)
Crapcenco def. Chris Grasel (6-4, 6-4)
Nunez Aguilera def. Markus Nordby (6-3, 6-1)
Vashistha def. Max Mendelsohn (4-6, 7-5, 6-1)
Vukicevic def. Sean Mullins (6-1, 6-3)
Skripnik def. Conor Mullins (2-6, 7-6, 6-4)