RICHMOND, Va. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell at 39^th-ranked VCU by a 7-0 score at the Thalhimer Tennis Center on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Rams were able to secure the doubles point with wins in the second and third flights.  Othman Bezzaz and Ernesto Ruy were locked in a tight battle in the first flight, trailing 6-5 when play was halted.
 
• VCU, the defending Atlantic 10 champions, finished off the win with a sweep of the singles flights.  Eli Gan-Dy followed up his victory on Friday with a solid performance on Saturday, battling from a set down before ultimately succumbing in a supertiebreaker.
 
HAWK TALK
"The guys came out focused and ready," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "It was a solid doubles performance.  A lot of good things came out of today; we just need to keep getting better.  We have another opportunity to build on the good things tomorrow against another Atlantic 10 opponent in Richmond."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will visit the Richmond Spiders on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
 
RESULTS
 
#39 VCU 7, Saint Joseph's 0
 
Doubles
1. Romain Gales / German Samofalov (VCU) led Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU), 6-5 (unfinished)
2. Matisse Bobichon / Mathis Bondaz (VCU) def. John Butler / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-0
3. Hamza El Amine / Gray Voelzke (VCU) def. Justus Agbo / Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU), 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3
 
Singles
1. #92 Bobichon (VCU) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
2. #60 Bondaz (VCU) def. Ruy (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
3. Gales (VCU) def. Bezzaz (SJU), 6-4, 6-3
4. El Amine (VCU) def. Papadopoulos (SJU), 6-0, 6-1
5. Samofalov (VCU) def. Jack Campbell (SJU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Voelzke (VCU) def. Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-1, 6-7 (5), 10-2 (STB)
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 2, 1, 3