PHILADELPHIA – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team dropped a 4-0 result to Penn at the Hamlin/Hecht Tennis Center on Friday evening.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Othman Bezzaz and Ernesto Ruy were embroiled in a 4-4 battle in the second doubles flight, but the Quakers finished off wins in the first and third flights to earn the first point of the night.
 
• The hosts took the fourth, fifth, and sixth singles flights to clinch the overall match victory.  Bezzaz was leading his match in the third flight, three games from a win, when play was halted.  Damir Abdusamadov was up a set in the second flight as well, while Santiago Valle
 
HAWK TALK
"We showed up ready to battle a top-50 team in the country," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "Santiago split sets with the 46^th-ranked player in the country.  Damir was leading at second singles and Othman was leading at third singles when the match was clinched.  I'm really proud of this group; the best is yet to come."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks visit Hofstra on Sunday.
 
RESULTS
 
Penn 4, Saint Joseph's 0
 
Doubles
1. Manfredi Graziani / Aaron Sandler (Penn) def. Damir Abdusamadov / Santiago Valle (SJU), 6-2
2. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU) vs. Shaurya Bharadwaj / Vojtech Vales (Penn), 4-4, unfinished
3. Parashar Bharadwaj / Matthew Rutter (Penn) def. Jakob Gaudreau Barnes / Sehaj Singh Pawar (SJU), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
 
Singles
1. Valle (SJU) vs. #46 Graziani (Penn), 0-6, 7-6 (7), unfinished
2. Abdusamadov (SJU) led Luka Butera (Penn), 6-3, 1-4, unfinished
3. Bezzaz (SJU) led S. Bharadwaj (Penn), 7-5, 3-0, unfinished
4. Adam Bain (Penn) def. Ruy (SJU), 6-2, 6-3
5. Rutter (Penn) def. Pawar (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
6. Vales (Penn) def. Gaudreau Barnes (SJU), 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 5