MEDIA, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team kept up its winning ways on Saturday night, beating visiting Bucknell by a 4-2 score at the Springton Tennis Club.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Hawks took the first point of the night via a pair of doubles wins.  Othman Bezzaz and Ernesto Ruy were winners in the second flight before Jakob Gaudreau Barnes and Sehaj Singh Pawar won their third-flight match to secure the point.
 
• The Bison drew level with a win in the first flight, but Ruy won the second to put the Hawks back on top.  Another Bucknell win in the fifth left the match level at 2-2.
 
• Abdusamadov nudged the Hawks in front with a three-set win in the third flight, setting the table for Pawar to seal the deal with a straight-sets victory in the sixth.
 
HAWK TALK
"Tonight was another great night," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "I'm really proud of these guys.  Every day someone else steps up and that's what it takes.  A nationally ranked win yesterday and today an NCAA tournament team.  They are believing."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks take on Illinois State at Unlimited Tennis Academy on Sunday.
 
RESULTS
 
#73 Saint Joseph's 4, Bucknell 2
 
Doubles
1. Brendan McDonald / Amar Tahirovic (BUCK) def. Damir Abdusamadov / Santiago Valle (SJU), 6-3
2. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU) def. Oscar Bain / Liam Kilmer (BUCK), 6-3
3. Jakob Gaudreau Barnes / Sehaj Singh Pawar (SJU) def. Tyler Bush / William Robinson (BUCK), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
 
Singles
1. Tahirovic (BUCK) def. Valle (SJU), 6-1, 6-4
2. Ruy (SJU) def. Kilmer (BUCK), 6-2, 6-3
3. Abdusamadov (SJU) def. McDonald (BUCK), 7-5, 0-6, 7-6 (2)
4. Bezzaz (SJU) led Bush (BUCK), 6-2, 1-2, unfinished
5. Bain (BUCK) def. Gaudreau Barnes (SJU), 6-4, 7-5
6. Pawar (SJU) def. Robinson (BUCK), 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 5, 3, 6