ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team opened its run at the Joe Hunt Invitational, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy, on Friday.

In the Blue Singles draw, Nathan Perrone won his match over George Mason's Rithik Sardana, 6-0, 6-4.  Alex MacNeil fell in the Orange draw, 6-3, 6-0, to Mason's Chanason Nakurai.

Three Hawk duos played their initial doubles matches on Friday as well, all taking on pairs from Delaware.  Nickolas Frisk and Alp Sentay were 6-4 winners in the Red Doubles draw, while in the Blue Doubles bracket, Perrone and Eshan Kanetkar fell 6-0; MacNeil and Nassim Fenjiro suffered a 6-4 defeat in the White draw.

Play continues at the Naval Academy on Saturday.

SAINT JOSEPH'S RESULTS

Singles
Nathan Perrone (SJU) def. Rithik Sardana (GMU), 6-0, 6-4
Chanason Nakurai (GMU) def. Alex MacNeil (SJU), 6-3, 6-0

Doubles
Nickolas Frisk / Alp Sentay (SJU) def. Luis Molina / Pascal Wagemaker (UD), 6-4
Nicholas Gore / Liam Hedlund (UD) def. MacNeil / Nassim Fenjiro (SJU), 6-4
Pierce Gilheany / James Wilkinson (UD) def. Perrone / Eshan Kanetkar (SJU), 6-0