PHILADELPHIA – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team dropped a 4-0 result at Penn on Sunday night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Quakers came away with wins in the second and third doubles flights to secure the first point of the match.
 
• Othman Bezzaz won the first set of his third-flight singles match at love, but the hosts collected the required three points to halt play and claim the overall victory.

HAWK TALK
"Today they took it to us right from the start," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "We cannot start flat against these nationally-ranked opponents.  Time to turn the page and get ready for another tough stretch of matches."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will visit Drexel on Friday, Navy on Saturday, and Monmouth on Sunday.
 
RESULTS
 
Penn 4, Saint Joseph's 0
 
Doubles
1. Aaron Sandler / Sanjeev Chundu (Penn) led Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (Saint Joseph's), 4-3
2. #74 Parashar Bharadwaj / Tal Goodman (Penn) def. Justus Agbo / Santiago Valle (SJU), 6-1
3. Manfredi Graziani / Shaurya Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Matthew Cizmarik / Matthew Dubas (SJU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 2, 3
 
Singles
1. Graziani (Penn) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-1, 6-0
2. Goodman (Penn) led Ruy (SJU), 6-3, 3-2
3. Bezzaz (SJU) led Justin Chung (Penn), 6-0, 3-3
4. S. Bharadwaj (Penn) def. Valle (SJU), 6-1, 6-0
5. Matthew Rutter (Penn) led Dubas (SJU), 6-1, 5-2
6. Stephen Gershfeld (Penn) def. Cizmarik (SJU), 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 6