ORLANDO, Fla. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team saw its run in the Atlantic 10 Championship come to an end on Saturday as the second-seeded Hawks fell to third-seeded Dayton, 4-0, in the semifinals at the USTA National Campus.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Dayton took the early lead with wins in the second and third doubles flights.  Nickolas Frisk and Nathan Perrone were level at 5-5 in the top flight when play was halted.
 
• The teams split the first set in the singles matches, with the Hawks claiming the lead in the top three flights.  Unfortunately for the Crimson and Gray, the Flyers secured straight-sets wins in the bottom three flights while the Hawks led in the top three to clinch the victory.

HAWK TALK
"First of all I would like to thank each one of my players for giving everything they had on every match this entire season," head coach Marc Pibernat said.  "They have raised the bar of this program to a level that was never reached before and their legacy will definitely remain for what they have accomplished as a team.  As for today's match against Dayton, we knew beforehand that the doubles point was going to be the key for us to have a chance to win and is exactly what happened.  I would like to congratulate Dayton for playing such a fair and professional match and their head coach for the excellent job he did with his team.

"Alex MacNeil (Mac), Eshan Kanetkar (Eshnu), Nathan Perrone (Nate), Nickolas Frisk (Nicko), Alp Sentay (Alpinho), Nassim Fenjiro (Nas), Jack Campbell (Jackson), and Justus Agbo (Juice), 'thank you' will never be enough for what you guys have done this year.  Go Hawks!"

RESULTS
 
#3 Dayton 4, #2 Saint Joseph's 0
 
Doubles
1. Nickolas Frisk / Nathan Perrone (SJU) vs. Connor Bruce / Will Harper (UD), 5-5
2. Matt DeMarco / Steven Karl (UD) def. Justus Agbo / Alp Sentay (SJU), 6-4
3. Joe DeMarco / Ronit Hiryur (UD) def. Nassim Fenjiro / Alex MacNeil (SJU), 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2
 
Singles
1. Perrone (SJU) led Bruce (UD), 6-3, 1-6, 3-2
2. Frisk (SJU) led Hiryur (UD), 6-1, 5-4
3. Sentay (SJU) led Harper (UD), 6-3, 5-4
4. M. DeMarco (UD) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-3, 6-3
5. Eric Perkowski (UD) def. Eshan Kanetkar (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
6. Karl (UD) def. Fenjiro (SJU), 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 6
 
Game Scores
Singles: Dayton 59, Saint Joseph's 46
Doubles: Dayton 17, Saint Joseph's 11
Total: Dayton 76, Saint Joseph's 57