PHILADELPHIA – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team took on local rival Penn on Thursday, falling to the Quakers by a 6-1 score.

The Quakers took the early lead via the doubles point, and then clinched the victory in singles play.  Nathan Perrone was a winner for the Hawks, taking his top-flight match in a supertiebreaker, 6-4, 4-6, 10-5.

"We did not play good doubles at all; in singles we found a way to be more competitive," assistant coach Marc Pibernat said.  "A shoutout to Nate, who had another great win, and also to Eshan and Alex who played really good singles matches.

The Hawks will visit Drexel on Saturday before they wrap up the regular season on Sunday afternoon at home against La Salle.

RESULTS

Penn 6, Saint Joseph's 1

Doubles
1. Zach Smith / Jason Hildebrandt (PENN) def. Eshan Kanetkar / Nathan Perrone (SJU), 6-2
2. Aditya Gupta / Harsh Parikh (PENN) def. Nickolas Frisk / Sam Sauter (SJU), 6-1
3. Sameer Gangoli / Aleks Huryn (PENN) def. Alex MacNeil / Johnnie Massart (SJU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles
1. Perrone (SJU) def. Hildebrandt (PENN), 7-6 (4), 3-6, 10-5 (STB)
2. Gupta (PENN) def. Kanetkar (SJU), 6-3, 7-5
3. Smith (PENN) def. Sauter (SJU), 6-0, 6-2
4. Jonah Jurick (PENN) def. Massart (SJU), 6-3, 6-0
5. Huryn (PENN) def. Luis Janko (SJU), 6-0, 6-2
6. Jeff Zucker (PENN) def. MacNeil (SJU), 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 5, 4, 2, 6, 1

Game Scores
Singles: Penn 73, Saint Joseph's 33
Doubles: Penn 18, Saint Joseph's 4
Total: Penn 91, Saint Joseph's 37