ORLANDO, Fla. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team opened its three-match Spring Break trip to the Sunshine State with a 4-3 win over IUPUI on Monday.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Jaguars took the early lead by virtue of winning the first- and third-flight doubles tilts.  In the second flight, Justus Agbo and Alp Sentay came away with a 6-3 win.

• The Hawks recovered and then some in singles play.  Nathan Perrone was a straight-sets winner in the first flight, while Nickolas Frisk did the same in the second.

• Sentay won his third-flight match in quick fashion, and a come-from-behind three-set win by Nassim Fenjiro in the sixth gave the Hawks the overall match victory.

HAWK TALK
"Great win for the Hawks!" head coach Marc Pibernat said.  "Despite only having one day of practice and very little sleep the last two days because of traveling and an early match this morning, the team did an extraordinary job of adapting to the situation and put their heads down to go to work.  I'm very proud of the guys today.  Huge shoutout to Nassim for clinching the match when the overall score was 3-3, and also to Alp for winning both doubles and singles and the amount of energy that he brings to this team every match!"

UP NEXT
The Hawks will meet North Dakota in Orlando on Wednesday.

RESULTS

Saint Joseph's 4, IUPUI 3

Doubles
1. Emil Jankowski / Alex Jochim (IUPUI) def. Nickolas Frisk / Nathan Perrone (SJU), 7-6 (5)
2. Justus Agbo / Alp Sentay (SJU) def. Blessing Benibo / Colton Morehart (IUPUI), 6-3
3. Sean Bailey / Kamil Kozerski (IUPUI) def. Nassim Fenjiro / Alex MacNeil (SJU), 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1

Singles
1. Perrone (SJU) def. Jochim (IUPUI), 6-1, 6-2
2. Frisk (SJU) def. Bailey (IUPUI), 6-3, 6-3
3. Sentay (SJU) def. Morehart (IUPUI), 6-1, 6-3
4. Kozerski (IUPUI) def. Eshan Kanetkar (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
5. Benibo (IUPUI) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
6. Fenjiro (SJU) def. Nate Day (IUPUI), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 6

Game Scores
Singles: Saint Joseph's 64, IUPUI 51
Doubles: Saint Joseph's 17, IUPUI 17
Total: Saint Joseph's 81, IUPUI 68