March 31, 2008

PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team dropped a pair of matches this weekend, their final two matches before next weekend's Atlantic 10 Championship. The Hawks fell on Saturday to Xavier, 4-1, and lost a tough 4-3 match with Villanova on Sunday.

Nick Tuxen led the way for the Hawks, winning a singles match and both of his doubles matches. Pairing with Tuxen for both victories was sophomore Michael Stauble.

Next up for Saint Joseph's is the Atlantic 10 Championship, which beings on Friday, April 4 at Club 4 Life in Monroeville, Pa. The seventh-seeded Hawks will take on the #10 seed, Saint Louis, at 11:00 a.m. The winner will face the #2 seed, Xavier, at 5:00 Friday afternoon.

Results

Saturday, March 29
Xavier 4, Saint Joseph's 1

Singles
1. Doug Matthews (XU) def. Pat Adams (SJU), 7-5, 6-2
2. Chris Herrlinger (XU) def. Phil Garabedian (SJU), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
3. Ra'ees ismail (XU) def. Nick Tuxen (SJU), 7-5, 6-2
4. J.T. Torbeck (XU) def. Patrick Cerutti (SJU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
1. Herrlinger/Matthews (XU) def. Grabedian/Cerutti (SJU), 8-5
2. Tuxen/ Michael Stauble (SJU) def. Ismail/Torbeck (XU), 9-7
3. Adams/ Matt Prusack (SJU) def. Anthony Palmenter/Brian Starr (XU), 8-6

Sunday, March 30
Villanova 4, Saint Joseph's 3

Singles
1. Adams (SJU) def. Dimitri Chimerakis (VU), 7-5, 6-1
2. Brian Maher (VU) def. Garabedian (SJU), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
3. Tuxen (SJU) def. Trenton Alenik (VU), 6-4, 6-3
4. David Shaheen (VU) def. Cerutti (SJU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
5. Brett Tobin (VU) def. Prusack (SJU), 7-5, 6-0
6. Alex Leeser (VU) def. Stauble (SJU), 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
1. Garabedian/Cerutti (SJU) def. Chimerakis/Maher (VU), 8-6
2. Tuxen/Stauble (SJU) def. Alenik/John Drosick (VU), 8-3
3. Leeser/Shaheen (VU) def. Adams/Prusack (SJU), 8-2