MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team featured two singles finalists and a doubles finalist as play concluded at the sixth annual Saint Joseph's Invitational on Sunday afternoon. Senior Jason Sisti and sophomore Tristan Boustany reached the finals of their singles flights, while junior Renier Moolman and freshman Peter Dewitt teamed up to reach the finals of the first doubles flight.
Sisti was a 2-6, 6-4, 10-5 winner over Dewitt in the third flight semifinals before falling to Justin Burrus of Villanova, 6-1, 6-0, in the final. Boustany earned a spot in the second-flight final with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Bucknell's Dan Wright but went down to Army's Peter Sienko, 7-6 (2), 6-2.
In doubles action, Moolman and Dewitt topped Bradley Noyes and Chris Seitz of Villanova, 8-5, in the quarterfinals, before getting past Loyola's Jordan Kuchta and Greg Olesnycky, 8-6, in the semis. In a hard-fought final, the Hawk duo succumbed in a tiebreak, falling to Bucknell's Nick Bybel and Max Kane, 9-8 (9).
In the quarterfinals of the first doubles flight, sophomore Kyle Chalmers and junior Andres Urrea were 8-5 victims of Drexel's Kashyap Ashok and Alex Fioravante. In the second flight quarters, Boustany and junior Kevin Gates fell to Army's Peter Sienko and Cam Voigt, 8-6, while freshmen Grant Boyle and Nick Ringle fell to Octavio Canibe and Ben Gerber of Bucknell, the eventual flight champions, 8-2.
In consolation singles play, Boyle was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over John Rast of Loyola. Moolman fell to Delaware's Mike Furr, 6-2, 6-4, while senior Mike Fallone went down by a 6-2, 6-0 score to Loyola's Blest Jones and junior Clark Ruiz fell to William Elmore of Villanova, 6-1, 6-0.
Ruiz and sophomore Valentijn van Erven won two matches in doubles consolation play, defeating Timber Erskine and William Szamosszegi of Bucknell, 8-5, and Tim Puterio and Alex Sweet of Delaware, 9-8 (4).
Fallone and senior Pierre Brondeau were also winners, taking down Delaware's Furr and Tyler Flematti in a tiebreak, 9-8 (3), while Sisti and junior Sam Cadwell fell to Puterio and Sweet, 8-3.
The Hawks are back in action on Friday, September 26, at the Penn Invitational.
