ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Saint Peter's University men's tennis team finished their fall campaign collecting 14 wins, along with six wins by default or walkover, at the Navy Gold Invitational from October 27-29.
Singles Results - Of all the combined wins, the Peacocks tallied 11 on the singles court and nine on the doubles court. Hector Andres Jacome had to retire due to injury in his 11th Place match for the A (red) Singles Draw. John Oxner, similar to Jacome, had to deal with injury, forcing him to walkover his 13th Place Semifinal and 15th Place match for the same draw. In the B (orange) Singles Draw, Ignacio Tintore finished in 10th Place where he fell to Kyle Gower of Loyola. Piotr Sowinski got a bye to finish in 15th Place and he fell to Gower in the Consolation Quarterfinals. Ivan Knezevic finished the highest, fourth, for the team in the C (blue) Singles Draw. Igor Khvorostian defeated Evan Hine of Mount St. Mary to finish in seventh place. Gabriel Russotto fell to Amerigo Valenti of Binghamton to finish off the weekend in 14th Place. Sebastian Ferrer played in a Round Robin and totaled two wins against Peter Kelley and Rodrigo Moreno, both from Loyola.
Doubles Results - The men's tennis team represented well in the consolation draw for the A (green) Doubles Draw. Three of the four teams in the semifinals hailed from Saint Peter's. Unfortunately, Jacome and Oxner had to settle for a 17th Place tie as their match against Seth McNair of Navy and Rosen Naydenov of Longwood was not played. Same thing happened for the 19th Place match with both teams from Saint Peter's in Khvorostian and Russotto playing Knezevic and Sowinski. Ferrer and Tintore finished in 23rd place because they received a walkover due to a no show by their competitors, Andrew Hicks and Gabriel Pilones, from Navy.
Coach Scolamieri on the men's tennis team's fall campaign and expectations for the winter/spring:
"The fall season was the best fall ever. All the returnees realize that the six newcomers have raised the daily competitive level amongst the players at practice and that those newcomers expect to get starting positions. So while I was apprehensive about bringing in six new players, it has turned out much better than I imagined from a competitive perspective and also from a teamwork perspective since the returnees have received them so graciously.
Based on our fall results, everyone also realizes, though we are improved, we still need to improve much more so there is considerable work to be done between now and mid Jan.
For the spring I expect that our lineup will become settled for our conference matches, that we will be much more competitive than in the last two years and that we will improve our standing in the conference."
Sophomore Ivan Knezevic on finishing the highest of the team in the C (blue) Singles Draw:
"It was really hard to play three matches in three sets but that was what we have been preparing for the whole season. It make me very happy to see that the hard word is paying off. Saint Peter's was the underdog in the tournament but I think that we showed everyone that this year we are a very serious competitor and I think that if we continue like this, we can make it really far in our conference."
Navy Gold Invitational (SPU Results Only)
A (red) Singles- Main Draw
First Round
Aries Wong, Navy d. John Oxner, SPU 7-5, 6-2
Raisei Sakai, Longwood d. Hector Andres Jacome, SPU 6-1, 6-4
A (red) Singles - Consolation
Quarterfinals
Alejandro Pena, Binghamton d. John Oxner, SPU 6-2, 6-2
Hector Andres Jacome, SPU d. Brian Hoffarth, Loyola 6-4, 7-6(3)
Semifinals
Kabir Sarita, Princeton d. Hector Andres Jacome, SPU 6-1, 6-1
11th Place Final
Alejandro Pena, Binghamton d. Hector Andres Jacome, SPU 6-0, 4-1 ret (inj.)
13th Place Semifinal
Blest Jones, Loyola d. John Oxner, SPU walkover (inj.)
15th Place Final
Reid Burch, Loyola d. John Oxner, SPU walkover (inj.)
B (orange) Singles - Main Draw
First Round
Juan Farthing, Longwood d. Ignacio Tintore, SPU 6-3, 6-0
Daniel Hernandez, Longwood d. Piotr Sowinski, SPU 7-5, 6-3
B (orange) Singles - Consolation
Quarterfinals
Ignacio Tintore, SPU d. BYE
Kyle Gower, Loyola d. Piotr Sowinski, SPU 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-3
Semifinals
Ignacio Tintore, SPU d. Parth Sharma, MSM 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-4
9th Place Final
Kyle Gower, Loyola d. Ignacio Tintore, 6-3, 6-3
13th Place Semifinal
Andrey Majkic, Navy d. Piotr Sowinski, SPU walkover (inj.)
15th Place Final
Piotr Sowinski, SPU d. BYE
C (blue) Singles - Main Draw
First Round
Ivan Knezevic, SPU d. Amerigo Valenti, Binghamton 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
Jorge Godoy, Longwood d. Gabriel Russotto, SPU 6-0, 6-0
Igor Khvorostian, SPU d. Jean Armstrong, MSM 6-1, 6-3
Quarterfinals
Ivan Knezevic, SPU d. Rosen Naydenov, Longwood 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Peter Lohrbach, Navy d. Igor Khvorostian, SPU 6-4, 6-3
Semifinals
Romesh Kahatapitiya, Navy d. Ivan Knezevic, SPU 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
C (blue) Single - Consolation
3rd Place Final
Jorge Godoy, Longwood d. Ivan Knezevic, SPU 6-2, 7-6(4)
Quarterfinals
Charlie Shanker, Loyola d. Gabriel Russotto, SPU 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
5th Place Semifinals
Josh Martin, Navy d. Igor Khvorostian, SPU 6-4, 6-0
7th Place Final
Igor Khvorostian, SPU d. Evan Hine, MSM 6-1, 6-3
13th Place Semifinals
Gabriel Russotto, SPU d. Jean Armstrong, MSM 5-7, 6-1, 7-5
13th Place Final
Amerigo Valenti, Binghamton d. Gabriel Russotto, SPU 6-0, 6-3
D (yellow) Singles - Main Draw
Round Robin
Peter Kelley, Loyola d. Sebastian Ferrer, SPU 7-5, 6-2
Sebastian Ferrer, SPU d. Jeff Tomchik, Loyola default
Sebastian Ferrer, SPU d. Rodrigo Moreno, Loyola 6-3, 6-3
Seth McNair, Navy d. Sebastian Ferrer, SPU 6-3, 6-3
A (green) Doubles - Main Draw
First Round
Matthew Lee/Andrey Majkic, Navy d. Sebastian Ferrer/Ignacio Tintore, SPU 6-2
Romesh Kahatapitiya/Joshua Martin, Navy d. Ivan Knezevic/Piotr Sowinski, SPU 6-4
Jackson Wood/Brandon Wortkotter, MSM d. Igor Khvorostian/Gabriel Russotto, SPU 6-4
Tyler Blessing/Reid Burch, Loyola d. Hector Andres Jacome/John Oxner, SPU 6-3
A (green) Doubles - Consolation
Round of 16
Sebastian Ferrer/Ignacio Tintore, SPU d. Rodrigo Moreno/Charlie Shanker, Loyola 6-4
Ivan Knezevic/Piotr Sowinski, SPU d. Jean Armstrong/Chris Lindsey, MSM 6-3
Igor Khvorostian/Gabriel Russotto, SPU d. Colin Kanuch/Jack Shortell, Loyola 6-2
Hector Andres Jacome/John Oxner, SPU d. BYE
Quarterfinals
Seth McNair/Rosen Nayendov, Navy/Longwood d. Sebastian Ferrer/Ignacio Tintore, SPU 6-3
Ivan Knezevic/Piotr Sowinski, SPU d. Josh Druger/Amerigo Valenti, Binghamton 6-3
Igor Khvorostian/Gabriel Russotto, SPU d. Andrew Hicks/Gabriel Pilones, Navy walkover (ns)
Hector Andres Jacome/John Oxner, SPU d. Matt Fitzmaurice/Blest Jones, Loyola 6-2
Semifinals
Hector Andres Jacome/John Oxner, SPU d. Igor Khvorostian/Gabriel Russotto, SPU 6-2
Seth McNair/Rosen Nayendov, Navy/Longwood d. Ivan Knezevic/Piotr Sowinski, SPU 6-3
Final
Hector Andres Jacome/John Oxner, SPU vs. Seth McNair/Rosen Naydenov, Navy/Longwood DNP
19th Place Final
Igor Khvorostian/Gabriel Russotto, SPU vs. Ivan Knezevic/Piotr Sowinski, SPU DNP
21st Place Semifinals
Josh Druger/Amerigo Valenti, Binghamton d. Sebastian Ferrer/Ignacio Tintore, SPU 6-1
23rd Place Final
Sebastian Ferrer/Ignacio Tintore, SPU d. Andrew Hicks/Gabriel Pilones, Navy walkover (ns)
