Murali, Nery win doubles title at Princeton
9/20/2004
 

St. Bonaventure senior Nikhil Murali and sophomore Alejandro Nery (pictured) , St. Bonaventure's top doubles team, won 4 doubles matches in the "A" flight of the Princeton Invitational to take home the prestigious title.  The duo beat opponents from Loyola Marymount, Penn, Columbia and St. Joseph en route to the title.  The duo improved their fall doubles record to 6-1 on the year.

 Senior Mario Arce fell in the quarterfinals of the "A" flight singles draw and partnered with sophomore Dejan Stankovic to reach the quarterfinals of the doubles draw.  The Bonnies struggled to find form in singles and dropped early round matches.   Stankovic, Nery, Murali, senior Sajeel Qureshi  and  sophomore Andrew Hart  were all downed in first round singles matches.  Hart was able to continue his solid form of the fall and win 2 matches in the "B" consolation before falling to Columbia's Justin Chow in a 3rd set super tiebreaker.  En route to the final, Hart defeated players from Rutgers and Yale.

LOOKING AHEAD

The Bonnies will hope for speedy recoveries for some of its players during the week so that they will be ready for the Penn State Classic.  The tournament will be played in a mock-duel format.  Rutgers, Temple, Penn State and the Bonnies are scheduled to compete.