BRONX, N.Y. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team collected another win on Sunday, topping Fordham by a 4-1 score.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Fordham claimed the doubles point with wins in the second and third flights.
 
• The Hawks turned things around in singles play, with Jakob Gaudreau Barnes leveling the score with a win in the sixth flight.
 
• Othman Bezzaz and Sehaj Singh Pawar got wins in the fourth and fifth flights to bring the Hawks within a point of the win.  Damir Abdusamadov then finished off the match with a win in the third flight.
 
HAWK TALK
"Great conference win today," head coach Jeff Puhan said.  "Credit Fordham; they came to play today and challenged us.  The guys stepped up and played some solid singles today."
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks visit Temple on Thursday.

RESULTS

Saint Joseph's 4, Fordham 1

Doubles
1. Damir Abdusamadov / Santiago Valle (SJU) led Dhananjay Athreya / Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FOR), 5-4, unfinished
2. Nicolas Garnier / Filip Horak (FOR) def. Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU), 6-4
3. Mateusz Gradzki / Will Lokier (FOR) def. Davi Carlos / Jakob Gaudreau Barnes (SJU), 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3

Singles
1. Valle (SJU) vs. Gradzki (FOR), 3-6, 6-3, 6-6, unfinished
2. Ruy (SJU) vs. Lokier (FOR), 7-6 (3), 2-6, 5-5, unfinished
3. Abdusamadov (SJU) def. Virdee-Oakley (FOR), 7-6 (3), 7-5
4. Bezzaz (SJU) def. Athreya (FOR), 7-5, 7-5
5. Sehaj Singh Pawar (SJU) def. Diego Cueto (FOR), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
6. Gaudreau Barnes (SJU) def. Timotej Stofa (FOR), 6-2, 6-4
Order of Finish: 6, 3, 4, 5