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Men's Tennis Tops No. 70 St. John's, 4-3
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Senior Yan Levinski outlasted his St. John's opponent to win in three sets at No. 1 singles.
 
Senior Yan Levinski outlasted his St. John's opponent to win in three sets at No. 1 singles.
  

March 19, 2011

Results

FLUSHING, NY - The George Washington men's tennis team battled strong winds to work together for the, 4-3, win over No. 70 St. John's on Saturday to improve to 8-6 on the season.

GW No. 1 doubles duo Ugur Atalay and Erik Hannah had a 7-4 lead on their St. John's opponents, but fell 9-7 to drop the point. The Colonials were able to pick up wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches to go up 1-0 on the Red Storm.

In singles action, Hannah won quickly at the No. 3 match, 6-2, 7-5, to keep the GW momentum going. Christopher Kushma battled back after dropping the first set at the No. 2 match, 6-2, to tie the second set at 5-5, but fell 7-5 to relinquish the point to his SJU opponent.

Yan Levinski picked up an important point with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, win at the No. 1 match, while Viktor Svensson dropped his first No. 6 singles match of the season, 6-2, 7-5.

Alexander van Gils secured the match for the Colonials at the No. 5 singles match. van Gils fell in the first set, 3-6, but was able to outlast his Red Storm opponent to take the match 7-5, 6-3.

Once the Colonials secured the 4-3 victory over the Red Storm, freshman Ulrik Thomsen retired his No. 4 singles match, 7-5, 2-6.

The Colonials head to Annapolis, MD to take on the Navy Midshipmen on Wednesday, March 23. Matches are set to start at 2:30 pm on the USNA outdoor courts.

Doubles
#1 Atalay/Hannah (GW) lost Kallen/Hauk (SJU) 9-7
#2 Kushma /van Gils (GW) def Lamps/Bojic (SJU) 8-5
#3 Thomsen /Svensson (GW) def Najfeld/Goldenberg (SJU) 9-7

Singles
#1 Levinski (GW) def Bojic (SJU) 1-6 6-3 6-4
#2 Kushma (GW) lost Hauk (SJU) 6-4 7-5
#3 Hannah (GW) def Kallen (SJU) 6-2 6-2
#4 Thomsen (GW) lost Lampa (SJU) 7-5 2-6 ret.
#5 van Gils (GW) def Najfeld (SJU) 3-6 7-5 6-3
#6 Svensson (GW) lost Koran (SJU) 2-6 5-7

 

 

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