QUEENS. N.Y. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell to 62^nd-ranked St. John's at the USTA National Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Red Storm took the first point of the day with wins in the second and third flights.
 
• Santiago Valle was a winner in the third flight, defeating Sam Edgar, 6-3, 6-3, but the hosts swept the remaining flights to finish off the victory.

HAWK TALK
"I'm proud of the guys today," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "We battled a nationally-ranked team once again.  A huge win for Santi as well.  If we come out like this every match, we could make a run."

UP NEXT
The Hawks host NJIT on Wednesday, April 16.
 
RESULTS
 
#62 St. John's 6, Saint Joseph's 1
 
Doubles
1. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU) vs. Max Amling / Armando Sotelo (JHN), unfinished
2. Carl Gustavsson / Danilo Raicevic (JHN) def. Matthew Dubas / Santiago Valle (SJU), 6-4
3. Sam Edgar / Ryota Kaneda (JHN) def. Justus Agbo / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-1
 
Singles
1. Amling (JHN) def. Agbo (SJU), 7-6, 6-2
2. Gustavsson (JHN) def. Ruy (SJU), 7-5, 6-4
3. Valle (SJU) def. Edgar (JHN), 6-3, 6-3
4. Ignacio Vinas (JHN) def. Dubas (SJU), 6-3, 6-3
5. Leonardo Mileikowsky (JHN) def. Bezzaz (SJU), 6-2, 6-4
6. Kaneda (JHN) def. Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-2, 6-1