MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team turned in another dominant performance on Wednesday afternoon as the Hawks cruised past Villanova, 6-1, at the SJU Tennis Complex.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Hawks rolled through doubles play with Justus Agbo and Alp Sentay in the second flight and Nassim Fenjiro and Alex MacNeil in the third combining to drop just one game en route to securing the point.

• On the singles side, Nathan Perrone extended his single-season wins record in quick fashion while Nickolas Frisk was a straight-sets winner in the second.

• Sentay and Agbo claimed wins in the third and fourth flights, while Eshan Kanetkar added one in the fifth to finish off a strong day for the Hawks.

HAWK TALK
"We showed great teamwork today; I'm very proud of how the guys handled this match against Villanova," head coach Marc Pibernat said.  "It always feels good to beat them, especially the way we did today.  We were unfortunate that Nassim had a small problem during his singles match and was not able to play at 100% and could not finish the match.  A shoutout to the whole team again for this amazing regular season they have had so far.

"A special to mention to Nate that with his win today he just broke his own record of most singles wins in a season with 25 and counting, and lastly to Eshan who played a very good match and gave the team an important win."

UP NEXT
The Hawks host another local rival on Monday as the Drexel Dragons visit the SJU Tennis Complex.

RESULTS

Saint Joseph's 6, Villanova 1

Doubles
1. Nickolas Frisk / Nathan Perrone (SJU) vs. Matthew Jones / Justin Suarez (VU), 4-4
2. Justus Agbo / Alp Sentay (SJU) def. Trey Fourticq / Anthony Prokurat (VU), 6-1
3. Nassim Fenjiro / Alex MacNeil (SJU) def. Will Gatti / Alex KIm (VU), 6-0

Singles
1. Perrone (SJU) def. Jones (VU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Frisk (SJU) def. Fourticq (VU), 6-2, 6-1
3. Sentay (SJU) def. Suarez (VU), 6-0, 6-2
4. Agbo (SJU) def. Ryan Nguyen (VU), 6-2, 6-1
5. Eshan Kanetkar (SJU) def. Prokurat (VU), 6-3, 6-3
6. Noah Winton (VU) def. Fenjiro (SJU), 6-2, 4-2, retired

Game Scores
Singles: Saint Joseph's 64, Villanova 28
Doubles: Saint Joseph's 16, Villanova 5
Total: Saint Joseph's 80, Villanova 33