PRINCETON, NJ – The Monmouth University men's tennis team competed in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Regional this weekend. Senior
Srdjan Jakovljevic became Monmouth's first student-athlete to advance to the round of 16 in singles play. After receiving a first round bye, he defeated Brown's Charles Tan in the round of 32 by a score of 6-2, 7-6 (8). Jakovljevic and sophomore
Will Cooke Wharton also advanced to the round of 32 of doubles play after defeating Princeton, 8-5. In singles play, Cooke Wharton won two matches in qualifying before taking down Drexel's Sinan Orhon in the main draw. Both he and Jakovljevic lost to #40 Jackie Tang of Columbia. Freshman
Sasha Pachnev earned a win in qualifying singles, beating Wagner's Dylan Walters 3-6, 6-4, 10-7.
NUMBERS CRUNCH
ITA Northeast Regional
Oct 11-15, 2018 at Princeton, NJ
Singles competition
QUAL Martinovic (Quinnipiac) def. Giuffrida, Alberto (Monmouth) 6-0, 6-2
QUAL Pachnev, Sasha (Monmouth) def. Walters (Wagner) 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
QUAL Pandole (Columbia) def. Pachnev, Sasha (Monmouth) 6-1, 6-1
QUAL Lui (Columbia) def. Benaim, Max (Monmouth) 6-3, 7-5
QUAL Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) def. Gonzalez (Wagner) 7-6, 5-7, 10-5
QUAL Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) def. BUDINSZKY, Moric (Fairleigh Dickinson) 6-2, 7-6
QUAL Peters (Princeton) def. Klapman, Austin (Monmouth) 6-2, 3-6, 12-10
MAIN Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) def. Orhon (Drexel) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
MAIN Tang (Columbia) def. Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) 6-2, 6-4
MAIN Jakovljevic, Srdjan (Monmouth) def. Tan (Brown) 6-2, 7-6
MAIN Tang (Columbia) def. Jakovljevic, Srdjan (Monmouth) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6
Doubles competition
MAIN Crapcenko/James (Saint John's) def. Benaim, Max/Pachnev, Sasha (Monmouth) 8-6
MAIN Jakovljevic, Srdjan/Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) def. Holden/Poling (Princeton) 8-5
MAIN Sun/Zhou (Harvard) def. Jakovljevic, Srdjan/Cooke Wharton, Will (Monmouth) 8-3
UP NEXT
The Hawks will compete in the Army Invite from Friday, October 26 to Sunday, October 28.
