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The St. John's Prep tennis team celebrates its state title victory. (SJPTennis via X)

Team of the Week – St. John’s Prep tennis

June 24, 2025 by Joey Barrett

You know what I’ve been thinking? A lot of things can happen when student-athletes “put the time in,” as said by St. John’s Prep tennis coach Mark Metropolis, a Peabody resident.

Well, that’s exactly what his players did. The result: a 44-match winning streak (across two seasons), 22-0 record, and Division 1 state championship.

The top-ranked Eagles defeated No. 6 Lexington, 3-1, on MIT’s duPont Tennis Courts to capture back-to-back titles (Metropolis’ sixth).

“They’re one of the hardest-working groups I’ve had in a long time. They showed how tough and resilient they were and 22-0 isn’t an easy thing to do with the schedule we play,” Metropolis said. “When we got to the end of the season, they were ready because we played some great teams . . . It just worked out.”

Rudr Malayya won his first-singles match, while the doubles teams of Luke Prokopis/Boris Kouzminov and James de Buy Wenniger/Wade Evitts helped put a lid on Lexington.

Jack Prokopis split the first two sets of his second-singles match and was ahead, 4-1, in the third, but once the doubles team of Wenniger and Evitts clinched the championship, the match was suspended.

St. John’s Prep went 10-0 in-conference, picking up tournament wins against No. 33 Methuen, No. 17 Belmont, No. 8 Needham, and No. 5 Concord-Carlisle en route to Sunday’s victory.
Eagles, good week.

  • Joey Barrett
    Joey Barrett

    Joey Barrett is the Daily Item's sports editor. He reports on local high schools, colleges, and professional teams. Prior to his current position, he worked for UMass Athletics, the Cape Cod Baseball League, and Gannett Media, among others. Barrett was also sports editor at Endicott College and treasurer of Endicott's Society of Professional Journalists branch.

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