April 20, 2010

Queens, N.Y. - Stony Brook University's men's tennis team dropped its final non-conference match of the season to St. John's, 5-2, on Monday afternoon.The loss snaps an eight-match winning streak for the Seawolves, who are now 13-5 overall.

The Seawolves nearly earned the doubles points as seniors Jon Epstein (Silver Spring, Md.) and Halvar Dil (Amersfort, Netherlands) won at No. 1, 8-7. But freshman Palash Tiwari (Delhi, India) and Mitch Wong (Tampa, Fla.) lost 8-4 at No. 2 and junior Ivan Rummel (Budapest, Hungary) and sophomore Max Sxtabholz (Paris, France) then fell 8-6 at No. 3.

Rummel and Epstein then each lost at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, but Dil won a three-setter at No. 3 for Stony Brook's first point of the match. St. John's then clinched the match at No. 4 as Mike Lampa defeated Wong, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Tiwari earned the Seawolves other point at No. 6 singles, winning 10-3 in a super-tiebreaker. Senior Ilan Shvartz (Haifa, Isreal) lost in straight sets at No. 5.

The Seawolves return to action on Saturday, traveling to take on Binghamton.

St. John's 5, Stony Brook 2
Doubles
1. Epstien/Dil (SBU) def. Hauk/Cerny (SJU), 8-7
2. Honig/Wallenstein (SJU) def. Wong/Tiwari (SBU), 8-4
3. Lampa/Bojic (SJU) def. Rummel/Sztabholz (SBU), 8-6

Singles
1. Milo Hauk (SJU) def. Ivan Rummel (SBU), 7-6, 6-3
2. Asaf Honig (SJU) def. Jon Epstein (SBU), 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
3. Halvar Dil (SBU) def. Pavel Cerny (SJU), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Mike Lampa (SJU) def. Mitch Wong (SBU), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
5. Stefan Bojic (SJU) def. Ilan Shvartz (SBU), 6-1, 6-3
6. Palash Tiwari (SBU) def. Martin Kosut (SJU), 4-6, 6-2, 10-3