MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell to St. Bonaventure on Sunday, with the Bonnies taking a 4-1 win at the SJU Tennis Complex.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Othman Bezzaz and Ernesto Ruy rolled to a 6-0 win in the first doubles flight, but the visitors took the second and third flights to get the first point of the day.
 
• Ruy battled back for a 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 win in the second flight, but the Bonnies secured the overall match triumph with victories in the first, third, and sixth flights.  Both the first- and third-flight matches reached a third set.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks return to action on Tuesday afternoon when they host Delaware at 2:00 p.m.
 
RESULTS
 
St. Bonaventure 4, Saint Joseph's 1
 
Doubles
1. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU) def. Hugo Cochlin / Archie Graham (SBU), 6-0
2. Anargha Ganguly / Jean Marrero (SBU) def. John Butler / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-4
3. Rasmus Egehus / Connor Turner (SBU) def. Justus Agbo / Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU), 6-2
 
Singles
1. Graham (SBU) def. Agbo (SJU), 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3
2. Ruy (SJU) def. Ganguly (SBU), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2
3. Cochlin (SBU) def. Bezzaz (SJU), 6-4, 6-7 (0), 6-4
4. Egehus (SBU) led Papadopoulos (SJU), 6-2, 5-5 (unfinished)
5. Turner (SBU) led Jack Campbell (SJU), 7-6 (2), 1-2 (unfinished)
6. Marrero (SBU) def. Mark Rubin (SJU), 6-3, 6-0