March 20, 2011

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team had its winning streak ended on Sunday afternoon as Lehigh emerged with a 6-1 victory over the Hawks. Tommy Gates earned the lone point for SJU, notching a victory in the third singles flight.

Gates defeated Lehigh's Matt Savran, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 11-9 in a super tiebreak. He also partnered with Kristian Broaddus at third doubles but fell by a 9-7 score.

The Hawks will be back in action at home on Thursday, March 24, with a 3:00 p.m. match against Fairleigh Dickinson.

Lehigh 6, Saint Joseph's 1

Doubles
1. Troy List / Colin Laffey (LEH) def. Jeff Kessler / Peter Cognetti (SJU), 8-4
2. Matt Savran / Andrew Krentz (LEH) def. Alex Veronis / Dan Barrus (SJU), 8-3
3. Mark Goldberg / Ryan Krueger (LEH) def. Tommy Gates / Kristian Broaddus (SJU), 9-7

Singles
1. List (LEH) def. Veronis (SJU), 7-6, 6-2
2. Laffey (LEH) def. Kessler (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
3. Gates (SJU) def. Savran (LEH), 6-7 (3), 6-3, 11-9 (STB)
4. Krueger (LEH) def. Cognetti (SJU), 7-5, 6-0
5. Krentz (LEH) def. Barrus (SJU), 5-7, 6-2, 13-11 (STB)
6. Timur Chernykh (LEH) def. Broaddus (SJU), 6-4, 6-7 (3), 10-4 (STB)