HAMPTON, Va. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team opened its three-day stay in Virginia on Friday, falling to Hampton, 4-2, at Neilson-Screen Stadium.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Saint Joseph's took the lead via the doubles point.  John Butler and Eli Gan-Dy won at love in the second flight before Othman Bezzaz and Ernesto Ruy took a 6-3 result in the first.
 
• Gan-Dy blanked his opponent in the sixth singles flight as well to double the advantage for the Hawks, but the Pirates won the remaining four completed matches to gain the overall victory.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks visit VCU on Saturday and Richmond on Sunday.
 
RESULTS
 
Hampton 4, Saint Joseph's 2
 
Doubles
1. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU) def. Donte Armbrister / Emiliano Jorquera (HU), 6-3
2. John Butler / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU) def. Benjamin Mwanza / Shine Tokas (HU), 6-0
3. Justus Agbo / Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU) vs. Aryan Arora / Daniel Flynn (HU), 4-4 (unfinished)
Order of Finish: 2, 1
 
Singles
1. Jorquera (HU) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
2. Flynn (HU) def. Ruy (SJU), 7-5, 6-0
3. Armbrister (HU) def. Papadopoulos (SJU), 6-3, 6-3
4. Tokas (HU) def. Jack Campbell (SJU), 6-4, 6-2
5. Arora (HU) led Mark Rubin (SJU), 6-4, 4-2 (unfinished)
6. Gan-Dy (SJU) def. Mwanza (HU), 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2, 3, 4