The St. John’s men’s tennis team captured its third straight Big East Championship on Sunday, defeating Marquette 4-0 to earn the fifth conference title in the program’s history. The Red Storm got things going early on the doubles courts, as Michael-John Every and Dusan Vukicevic rolled past Mackenzie Sterns and Kris Trukov 6-2 at third…
The St. John’s women’s tennis team reached the Big East Tournament semifinals on Friday afternoon, moving past Seton Hall 4-0 in a quarterfinal match up at the Caye Tennis Center in Cayce, South Carolina. The Red Storm looked to be falling behind early as Seton Hall captured the win at first doubles, but the second…
For the third consecutive year, the Columbia Men’s Tennis team captured the Ivy League Championship, beating Penn 5-1 to clinch the championship and earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Championships. After beating Princeton 4-0 on Saturday afternoon, the Lions had clinched at least a share of the conference title. It followed that victory up…
The Columbia men’s tennis team improved to 5-0 in Ivy League play this season, notching victories over Yale and Brown over the weekend. On Saturday afternoon, Columbia defeated Yale 5-2. After dropping the top doubles match, Shawn Hadavi and Victor Pham won at second doubles and Christopher Grant & Richard Pham clinched the doubles point…
Both the Columbia men’s and women’s tennis teams opened up Ivy League play over the weekend in grand fashion as both teams notched wins over Dartmouth and Harvard. On Saturday afternoon, the men took on 40th-ranked Dartmouth in its first Ivy League contest of the season. Dartmouth jumped out to the early 1-0 by taking…
The St. John’s men’s tennis team won its fourth straight match over the weekend, downing Yale 4-3 in New Haven, Conn. The Red Storm would drop the opening doubles flight, but responded by winning the next two doubles flights, led by Lucas Hejhal & Vaidik Munshaw at first doubles, to snag the key doubles point….
The USTA announced on Thursday that the USTA Pro Circuit is launching the USTA Pro Circuit Collegiate Series, a circuit of more than 10 tournaments held on or near college campuses nationwide to provide a platform for college players to gain pro experience and transition to the pro ranks. The USTA Pro Circuit Collegiate Series…
On April 22, 1892, 13 initial members organized the West Side Tennis Club with the modest goal of renting ground on Central Park West, between 88th and 89th Streets, for three clay courts. The courts opened on June 11, 1892, and Club membership required a $10 initiation cost, a $10 annual fee, and the ability…
Columbia men’s tennis continued its Texas road trip on Thursday, defeating Southern Methodist University (SMU) 4-2 to improve to 10-4 on the season. Columbia would fall behind early as SMU’s Yates Johnson and Hunter Johnson paired up to knock off Shawn Hadavi and Richard Pham 6-2 at the top doubles position. But the Lions responded…
The Columbia women’s tennis team is down in Florida this week for three road contests, and following the Lions’ 6-1 defeat to the University of Miami on Monday, the squad bounced back for a 4-3 victory over Florida International on Tuesday. The day started off with Columbia securing the doubles point thanks to the second…