Men's Tennis tops St. John's 7-2

February 23, 2003
The St. Thomas men's tennis team improved to 4-0 in season duals and 3-0 in the MIAC with Sunday's hard-fought 7-2 victory over visiting St. John's in Coughlan Fieldhouse. UST won three three-set matches in singles to pull out the victory.

The Tommies swept the doubles competition to open the match, then won at Nos. 2-3-5-6 singles. In a three-hour match at second singles, UST's Nick Donohue lost the first set in a tie breaker and was down in the second 5-2 before he rallied to win 7-5 and claim the super breaker for the third set, 10-4.

St. Thomas hosts Macalester Friday.

St. Thomas 7, St. John's 2
Singles

-No. 1: Mike Solum (SJU) def. Matt Kramer, 6-4 6-4
-No. 2: Nick Donohue(UST) def. Scott Loe 6-7 7-5 (10-5)
-No. 3: Brian Thomas(UST) def. Sean Borg 4-6 6-1 (10-4)
-No. 4: Ryan Orwell (SJU) def. Tut Fuller, 6-2 6-3
-No. 5: John Thomas(UST) def. Adam Putschoegl 6-4 6-1
-No. 6: Blair Madsen (UST) def. Matt Carlson 6-3 3-6 (11-9)

Doubles
-No. 1: John Ryan/Kramer(UST) def. Solum/Borg 8-4
-No. 2: Fuller/B. Thomas(UST) def. Carslon/Rock 8-1
-No. 3: Madsen/J. Thomas(UST) def. Orwell/Loe 8-5