PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 result to Duquesne at the Alpha Tennis Club on Saturday in its first Atlantic 10 action of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's (5-4 overall, 0-1 Atlantic 10) went ahead early, earning the doubles point as Eshan Kanetkar and Nathan Perrone won the first flight while Alex MacNeil and Johnnie Massart took the third by identical 6-4 scores.

• Perrone doubled the lead with 6-1, 6-0 win in the top flight, but Duquesne (4-5 overall, 2-4 Atlantic 10) earned victories in the remaining matches to secure the overall win.

HAWK TALK
"We competed better than yesterday, but still not good enough for the expectations that we all have for this team," assistant coach Marc Pibernat said.  "I'm not sure if it was the transition from outdoors to indoors, but overall we did not play and compete at the level that we should.  It was not a good trip for us and we definitely took some steps back as a team.  We have a lot to figure out, especially the players that are capable of making the difference, but they are coming up short when it comes to performing and the team is suffering the consequences, especially the past couple of matches.  A shoutout to Nate and Johnnie, who played excellent tennis on the court and had great energy off the court supporting their teammates."

UP NEXT
The Hawks visit Villanova on Wednesday.

RESULTS

Duquesne 5, Saint Joseph's 2

Doubles
1. Eshan Kanetkar / Nathan Perrone (SJU) def. Alejandro Rodriguez-Vidal / Tamirlan Teberikov (DUQ), 6-4
2. Alex Mascioli / Joey Matthews (DUQ) def. Nickolas Frisk / Francesco Mowrey (SJU), 6-2
3. Alex MacNeil / Johnnie Massart (SJU) def. Jin Dassanayake / Kaipo Marshall (DUQ), 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
1. Perrone (SJU) def. Mascioli (DUQ), 6-1, 6-0
2. Rodriguez-Vidal (DUQ) def. Frisk (SJU), 6-3, 7-6 (8)
3. Marshall (DUQ) def. Kanetkar (SJU), 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
4. Dassanayake (DUQ) def. Mowrey (SJU), 0-6, 6-4, 7-5
5. Teberikov (DUQ) def. Massart (SJU), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 10-8 (STB)
6. Bode Vance (DUQ) def. Sam Sauter (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5

Game Scores
Singles: Duquesne 69, Saint Joseph's 61
Doubles: Saint Joseph's 14, Duquesne 14
Total: Duquesne 83, Saint Joseph's 75