MERION STATION, Pa. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team saw its first action of the season on Friday as the sixth annual Saint Joseph's Invitational got underway at the SJU Tennis Complex and on Finnesey Courts.

Junior Andres Urrea cruised to victory in his first-flight singles match, topping Loyola's Reid Burch, 6-4, 6-1.

Sophomore Kevin Gates was a winner in the second flight, coming from a set down to beat Octavio Canibe of Bucknell, 4-6, 6-2, 10-7.

In the third flight, freshman Peter Dewitt was a 7-5, 6-3 straight-sets winner over Chris Matturri of Lafayette, while junior Clark Ruiz fell to Bucknell's Bryan Adams, 6-1, 6-1.

In flight number four, freshman Nick Ringle fell in a tough match to Loyola's John Ferruzzi by a 7-5, 7-5 score.

Urrea and sophomore Kyle Chalmers were winners in a first-flight doubles tilt, taking down Jake Lazer and Brian Pinkard of Lafayette, 8-4.

In the second doubles flight, Ringle and fellow freshman Grant Boyle dismissed Tyler Blessing and Matthew Shure of Loyola, 8-5, while Ruiz and sophomore Valentijn van Erven went down in a tiebreak, 9-8 (5), to Loyola's Matt Bejian and Max Shanbrom.

Play commences on Saturday morning with the round of 16 in all six flights.  The first doubles matches of the day are slated to begin at 8:30 a.m. at both the SJU Tennis Complex and Finnesey Courts.