MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell to crosstown rival Temple, 4-0, at the SJU Tennis Complex on Tuesday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Temple (7-1) jumped out to the early lead with wins in all three doubles flights.

• The Owls swept the third, fourth, and fifth singles flights to secure the win, and the remaining matches went unfinished.  In the top flight, Nathan Perrone won the first set, 6-0, for Saint Joseph's (5-2) before falling in the second before play was halted.

HAWK TALK
"The guys did not find their best feelings in doubles today; however, in singles, they played better tennis and the energy was much better," assistant coach Marc Pibernat said.  "When we play strong teams, for us to have a chance not only to compete but to win, the best tennis needs to come out of the players' rackets, because if not, it becomes almost an impossible task to achieve, trying to win these kind of matches."

UP NEXT
The Hawks hit the road, heading to Pittsburgh to take on Carnegie Mellon on Friday before meeting Duquesne on Saturday.

RESULTS

Temple 4, Saint Joseph's 0

Doubles
1. Thibault Frumholz / Léo Raquin (TU) def. Eshan Kanetkar / Nathan Perrone (SJU), 6-3
2. Eric Biscoveanu / Louis Gorregues (TU) def. Nickolas Frisk / Francesco Mowrey (SJU), 6-1
3. Juan Araoz / Marin Delmas (TU) def. Alex MacNeil / Johnnie Massart (SJU), 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles
1. Perrone (SJU) vs. Delmas (TU), 6-0, 3-6, DNF
2. Raquin (TU) led Frisk (SJU), 6-4, 1-2, DNF
3. Biscoveanu (TU) def. Mowrey (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Gorregues (TU) def. Kanetkar (SJU), 6-2, 6-4
5. Frumholz (TU) def. Massart (SJU), 6-0, 6-2
6. Araoz (TU) led Sam Sauter (SJU), 6-2, 3-2, DNF
Order of Finish: 3, 4, 5

Game Scores
Singles: Temple 58, Saint Joseph's 30
Doubles: Temple 18, Saint Joseph's 7
Total: Temple 76, Saint Joseph's 37