ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team opened its spring campaign on Saturday afternoon, falling to Navy by a 5-2 score at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Navy (5-5) got on the board with a pair of doubles victories.  Inigo Diaz and Nassim Fenjiro earned a win for the Hawks, notching a 6-4 result in the third flight.
 
• Saint Joseph's (0-1) leveled the match through Alejandro Vedri, who secured a 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 win in the first flight, but the hosts would win four of the next five to claim the match victory.  Fenjiro won his fifth-flight match, 6-3, 3-6, 10-6, in a supertiebreaker.

HAWK TALK
"Not the best start to the season for us against a very strong Navy team," head coach Marc Pibernat said.  "Our overall performance was good, however, there's still a lot of room to improve, especially in the competitive aspect of a collegiate match.  A big shout out to Alejandro, who beat their top player, and also to our captain, Nassim, for winning both his singles and doubles matches."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks host Coppin State next Saturday at the Legacy Indoor Tennis Facility.
 
RESULTS
 
Navy 5, Saint Joseph's 2
 
Doubles
1. Luke Garner / Sasha Panyan (USNA) def. Justus Agbo / Alejandro Vedri (SJU), 6-2
2. Christian Pumpelly / Gavin Segraves (USNA) def. Mark Rubin / Oscar Serra (SJU), 6-3
3. Inigo Diaz / Nassim Fenjiro (SJU) def. Herrick Legaspi / Nicholas Nguyen (USNA), 6-4
 
Singles
1. Vedri (SJU) def. Panyan (USNA), 6-7, 6-1, 6-2
2. Segraves (USNA) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-1, 6-1
3. Garner (USNA) def. Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-3, 6-0
4. Legaspi (USNA) def. Diaz (SJU), 6-1, 6-4
5. Fenjiro (SJU) def. Nguyen (USNA), 6-3, 3-6, 10-6 (STB)
6. Pumpelly (USNA) def. Serra (SJU), 6-1, 6-2
 
Game Scores
Singles: Navy 67, Saint Joseph's 41
Doubles: Navy 16, Saint Joseph's 11
Total: Navy 83, Saint Joseph's 52