April 7, 2010

MERION STATION, Pa. - The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team dropped its Wednesday afternoon match with the rival Temple Owls, 6-1, at the SJU Tennis Complex on the Maguire Campus. Senior Lucho Perez-Abreu earned SJU's point with a win in the sixth singles flight.

Perez-Abreu was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Luv Sodha. He also paired with Peter Cognetti at second doubles, but they fell to Sodha and Andrey Morozov, 8-6.

The Hawks return to action Thursday with a match at Fairleigh Dickinson.

Temple 6, Saint Joseph's 1

Doubles
1. Filip Rams / Dmitry Vizhunov (TU) def. Michael Stauble / Matt Prusack (SJU), 8-4
2. Andrey Morozov / Luv Sodha (TU) def. Peter Cognetti / Lucho Perez-Abreu (SJU), 8-6
3. Kacper Rams / Mansur Gishkaev (TU) def. Alex Veronis / Tommy Gates (SJU), 8-5

Singles
1. F. Rams (TU) def. Stauble (SJU), 6-0, 6-3
2. Morozov (TU) def. Veronis (SJU), 6-4, 6-3
3. Vizhunov (TU) def. Prusack (SJU), 6-3, 6-0
4. Gishkaev (TU) def. Nick Tuxen (SJU), 6-3, 6-0
5. Stanislav Stekolshikov (TU) def. Gates (SJU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Perez-Abreu (SJU) def. Sodha (TU), 6-3, 6-3