March 29, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team lost at George Washington on Tuesday, falling by a 7-0 score. Tommy Gates posted SJU's top performance, stretching his third-flight singles match to a supertiebreaker.

Gates dropped the first set, 6-2, before winning the second, 6-3. Unfortunately for the Hawks, Erik Hannah took the tiebreak by a 10-6 score to win the match.

The Hawks will look to bounce back on Thursday afternoon with a 3:00 p.m. match against Lafayette at the SJU Tennis Complex.

George Washington 7, Saint Joseph's 0

Doubles
1. Erik Hannah / Ugur Atalay (GW) def. Jeff Kessler / Peter Cognetti (SJU), 8-4
2. Christopher Kushma / Viktor Svensson (GW) def. Alex Veronis / Dan Barrus (SJU), 8-5
3. Andy Erickson / Richard Blumenfeld (GW) def. Kristian Broaddus / Tommy Gates (SJU), 8-6

Singles
1. Yan Levinski (GW) def. Veronis (SJU), 7-5, 6-3
2. Kushma (GW) def. Kessler (SJU), 6-0, 6-0
3. Hannah (GW) def. Gates (SJU), 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
4. Svensson (GW) def. Cognetti (SJU), 6-2, 6-0
5. Blumenfeld (GW) def. Barrus (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
6. Erickson (GW) def. Broaddus (SJU), 6-0, 6-3