UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team traveled north to take on Penn State on Saturday, ultimately falling by a 6-1 score.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Nittany Lions got things started with a pair of wins in the two completed doubles matches to claim the first point of the day.
 
• Ernesto Ruy scored one for the Crimson and Gray with a 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 win over Eyal Shyovitz in the fourth singles flight, but that would be all for the Hawks in singles play.

HAWK TALK
"The guys battled today," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "We had our chances to pull through today.   Great performance from Ernesto Ruy to win a three-setter at fourth singles."
 
UP NEXT
Saint Joseph's visits Penn on February 6 and Hofstra on February 8.
 
RESULTS
 
Penn State 6, Saint Joseph's 1
 
Doubles
1. David Lindsay / Michael Wright (PSU) def. #70 Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU), 6-2
2. Emil Matikainen / Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) led Damir Abdusamadov / Santiago Valle (SJU), 5-3, unfinished
3. Kyle Chesman / Marcus Schoeman (PSU) def. Jakob Gaudreau Barnes / Sehaj Singh Pawar (SJU), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 3
 
Singles
1. Wright (PSU) def. Valle (SJU), 6-3, 7-5
2. Schoeman (PSU) def. Bezzaz (SJU), 6-4, 6-4
3. Lindsay (PSU) def. Abdusamadov (SJU), 6-3, 6-2
4. Ruy (SJU) def. Shyovitz (PSU), 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
5. Matikainen (PSU) def. Pawar (SJU), 6-1, 6-2
6. Chesman (PSU) def. Gaudreau Barnes (SJU), 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6