NEWARK, Del. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 result at Delaware on Tuesday.

Delaware took the upper hand in doubles play, winning two of the three flights.  Eshan Kanetkar and Nathan Perrone won the first flight, however, 7-5.

Perrone then led his first-flight match, 6-4, 5-4, when his opponent retired, but the Blue Hens swept the remaining five flights to secure the match victory.

"We faced a strong team today that is very well-coached and has good players at every position," assistant coach Marc Pibernat said.  "We had our chances in doubles at #2, but we couldn't capitalize on it.  In singles, we fought hard, but we are coming short of expectations in a couple of positions and the team is in desperate need of those points if we want to have a chance to beat these strong teams."

The Hawks are back in action on Thursday at Penn.

RESULTS

Delaware 6, Saint Joseph's 1

Doubles
1. Eshan Kanetkar / Nathan Perrone (SJU) def. Pierre-Louis Dodens / Pierce Gilheany (UD), 7-5
2. Liam Hedlund / James Wilkinson (UD) def. Nickolas Frisk / Francesco Mowrey (SJU), 7-5
3. Justice Jones / Luis Marcano (UD) def. Alex MacNeil / Johnnie Massart (SJU), 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. Perrone (SJU) def. Dodens (UD), 6-4, 5-4, ret.
2. Wilkinson (UD) def. Kanetkar (SJU), 7-5, 6-3
3. Hedlund (UD) def. Frisk (SJU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Gilheany (UD) def. Mowrey (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
5. Guilherme Valdoleiros (UD) def. Massart (SJU), 5-7, 6-3, 10-3 (STB)
6. Luis Molina (UD) def. Luis Janko (SJU), 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 3, 4, 2, 1, 5

Game Scores
Singles: Delaware 69, Saint Joseph's 39
Doubles: Delaware 18, Saint Joseph's 15
Total: Delaware 87, Saint Joseph's 54