Men's Tennis Edged by St. Peter's 4-3

Sunday, February 14

Jersey City, N.J.

1:30 p.m.

Drexel University

St. Peter's

2/15/2010 5:29:59 PM | Men's Tennis

Jersey City, N.J. - Drexel men's tennis fell in a tight 4-3 match at St. Peter's, dropping to 4-2 in dual match play this season. The Dragons lost despite sweeping three doubles matches and taking two of the six in singles play.

Nikoloz Kurdadze improved his team-leading record to 9-6 overall and 4-1 in dual matches this season with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Alex Frakes at second singles. Bryan Nguyen improved to 6-5 on the season by dispatching Andrew Musoyka 6-2, 6-4 at fifth singles.

Drexel's teams of Manu Bajpai and Kurdadze, Jegnathan Srinivasan and Jason Savage Pollock, and Nguyen and Mehdi Rhazali all won in doubles play.

The Dragons rturn to the court on Sunday, Feb. 21 when they travel to play Lehigh in a dual match.

Match Results
St. Peter's 4, Drexel 3

Singles
1. Sergey Igel (SPC) def. Mehdi Rhazali (DU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Nikoloz Kurdadze (DU) def. Alex Frakes (SPC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Robert Forai (SPC) def. Manu Bajpai (DU) 6-3, 6-2
4. J.J. Gramatica (SPC) def. Jason Savage-Pollock (DU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
5. Bryan Nguyen (DU) def. Andrew Musyoka (SPC) 6-2, 6-4
6. Chris Frakes (SPC) def. Jegnathan Srinivasan (DU) 7-6(6) 6-3

Doubles
Bajpai/Kurdadze (DU) def. A. Frakes/C. Frakes (SPC) 8-5
Srinivasan/Savage-Pollock (DU) def. Igel/Forai (SPC) 8-5
Nguyen/Rhazali (DU) def. Gramtica/Musyoku (SPC) 8-4