ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Four members of the Saint Joseph's men's tennis team opened the weekend at the Navy Invitational with both singles and doubles action on Friday.
 
Both Eli Gan-Dy and Matthew Cizmarik were in action in the Green singles draw, with Gan-Dy rolling past Oumar Diallo of Bucknell, 6-1, 6-3, while Cizmarik fell to Andre Ajed of Binghamton.
 
John Butler was slotted into the Yellow draw and cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Navy's Marcus Zhang, while Hector Fullone opened play in the Orange flight by falling to Mark Taranov of Richmond.
 
Cizmarik and Fullone had more success in the White doubles draw, beating their opponents by a 6-1 score, while Butler and Gan-Dy fell in their Red flight opener.
 
Play continues through the weekend.
 
Saint Joseph's Results
 
Doubles
Matthew Cizmarik / Hector Fullone (SJU) def. Jonathan Arbittier (Binghamton) / Philip Hilble (LIU), 6-1
Andre Ajed / Zubin Omar (Binghamton) def. John Butler / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-4
 
Singles
Butler (SJU) def. Marcus Zhang (Navy), 6-0, 6-0
Gan-Dy (SJU) def. Oumar Diallo (Bucknell), 6-1, 6-3
Mark Taranov (Richmond) def. Fullone (SJU), 6-3, 6-2
Ajed (Binghamton) def. Cizmarik (SJU), 6-2, 4-6, 5-2, ret.