RICHMOND, Va. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team wrapped up its weekend trip to Virginia on Sunday, falling at Richmond by a 6-1 score.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Richmond was the winner in both of the first two doubles flights, clinching the first point of the day.
 
• Ernesto Ruy outlasted his second-flight singles opponent, taking a 5-7, 6-3, 10-0 supertiebreaker victory, but the Spiders would win the remaining flights to claim the match.
 
HAWK TALK
"We came out a little flat in doubles play today," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "We started singles with better energy.  Ernesto played a solid match today.  It was a long weekend, and we'll get ready for our rivals at Villanova on Wednesday."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks host Villanova at the SJU Tennis Complex on Wednesday.
 
RESULTS
 
Richmond 6, Saint Joseph's 1
 
Doubles
1. Cole Brashear / Davis Wiley (UR) def. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU), 6-3
2. Daniel Kliebhan / Sebastian Miano (UR) def. John Butler / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-2
3. Dylan Atkinson / Nick Roddy (UR) led Justus Agbo / Stergios Achilleas Papadopoulos (SJU), 4-3
 
Singles
1. Kliebhan (UR) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-1, 7-5
2. Ruy (SJU) def. Paxton Pritchard (UR), 5-7, 6-3, 10-0 (STB)
3. Wiley (UR) def. Papadopoulos (SJU), 6-0, 6-1
4. Miano (UR) def. Jack Campbell (SJU), 6-1, 6-2
5. Atkinson (UR) def. Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-0, 6-2
6. Brashear (UR) def. Mark Rubin (SJU), 6-1, 6-2