PHILADELPHIA – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell to local rival Drexel, 4-0, at the Vidas Courts on Thursday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Drexel earned wins in the first two doubles flights to secure the first point of the day.  Justus Agbo and Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos were in a battle in the third flight, trailing 5-4, when play was halted.
 
• In singles play, Othman Bezzaz was on the cusp of a third-flight win, leading 6-4, 5-0, and Ernesto Ruy had split a pair of 6-4 sets in the second flight, but the Dragons were able to finish off three matches to earn the required points for victory. 
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks are idle until Tuesday, April 16, when they visit Morgan State.
 
RESULTS
 
Drexel 4, Saint Joseph's 0
 
Doubles
1. Alex De Sousa / Alan Jesudason (DREX) def. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU), 6-2
2. Hussein El Tawil / Pierre Humayou (DREX) def. John Butler / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-2
3. Josue Guzman / Egor Kirakosov (DREX) led Justus Agbo / Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU), 5-4 (unfinished)
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
Singles
1. Jesudason (DREX) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-3, 6-0
2. Ruy (SJU) vs. El Tawil (DREX), 4-6, 6-4 (unfinished)
3. Bezzaz (SJU) led De Sousa (DREX), 6-4, 5-0 (unfinished)
4. Kirakosov (DREX) def. Papadopoulos (SJU), 6-0, 6-2
5. Guzman (DREX) def. Campbell (SJU), 6-4, 6-2
6. Humayou (DREX) led Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-2, 4-3 (unfinished)
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 5