CUMBERLAND, R.I. – The Bryant University men's tennis team split a pair of matches on Sunday at Fore Court, falling to St. John's, 4-1, before defeating Boston University, 4-3.       

Game Information
St. John's 4, Bryant 1
Bryant 4, Boston University 3
Records: Bryant (6-11), St. John's (10-2), BU (2-4)

Coach Gendron's Comments

"Great day for Guido. Captain put us on his back. He was a star today."

How It Happened

• Guido Argentini (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Trent Massam (Wellington, New Zealand) opened doubles play with a victory against St. John's but the Red Storm rebounded to win at No. 1 and No. 2.
• In singles, Argentini evened the match with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 2.
• St. John's, however, clinched the match with a pair of three-set victories at No. 3 and No. 4.
• Against BU, Argentini and Massam were victorious at No. 1 doubles but the Terriers won at No. 2 and No. 3 to claim the point.
• Bryant bounced back in singles, winning at No. 2, No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 to clinch the match.
• BU went up 2-0 but Massam won at No. 3 and Nick Lorenz (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won at No. 5 to tie the match.
• Grant Pertile (Edgartown, Mass.) made it 3-2 with a win at No. 6 and Argentini clinched the match with a victory at No. 2.  

Results (St. John's)

Singles
No. 1 – No. 40 Vashistha (SJU) def. Dong (BRY), 6-4, 7-6
No. 2 – Argentini (BRY) def. Michel (SJU), 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 – Garcia (SJU) def. Ortiz-Garcia (BRY), 7-5, 2-6, 7-6
No. 4 – Opacic (SJU) def. Schou (BRY), 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
No. 5 – Massam (BRY) vs. James (SJU), unfinished
No. 6 – Pregel (BRY) vs. Maslov (SJU), unfinished

Doubles
No. 1 – Michel/Opacic (SJU) def. Dong/Ortiz-Garcia (BRY), 7-6
No. 2 – Argentini/Massam (BRY) def. Garcia/Maslov (SJU), 6-2
No. 3 – Vashistha/James (SJU) def. Pertile/Schou (BRY), 6-4

Results (BU)

Singles
No. 1 – Bogatin (BU) def. Dong (BRY), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 – Argentini (BRY) def. LU (BU), 2-6, 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 – Massam (BRY) def. Siozios (BU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 – Hartenstein (BU) def. Burger (BRY), 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 – Lorenz (BRY) def. Sable (BU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 – Pertile (BRY) def. Belou (BU), 7-5, 7-6

Doubles
No. 1 – Argentini/Massam (BRY) def. Bogatin/Lu (BU), 6-2
No. 2 – Hartenstein/Belou (BU) def. Schou/Pertile (BRY), 6-3
No. 3 – Kolsky/Tan (BU) def. Dong/Corrado (BRY), 7-6

Up Next

The Bulldogs will split their squad this weekend for a trio of matches. One group will head to North Carolina for matches against East Carolina (Feb. 21) and Georgia Southern (Feb. 22), while a second group will host Babson at Fore Court (Feb. 22).