ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Sophomores Tim Stierle and Dan Tan were crowned champions of their singles and doubles flights on Sunday as the Saint Joseph's men's tennis team concluded its weekend at the Navy Invitational.
Stierle was the champion of the second singles flight and teamed with junior Peter Dewitt to win the second doubles flight as well. Tan was the 12th singles flight champion, and partnered with senior Tristan Boustany for the fifth doubles flight title.
Seniors Kyle Chalmers and Valentijn van Erven were singles champions as well, with Chalmers winning the first flight and van Erven the 14th.
In Sunday's final matches, Stierle and Dewitt were 8-7 winners over a pair of cadets from the Air Force Academy, while Boustany and Tan dispatched a duo from the Naval Academy, 8-1.
Also earning a win were junior Nick Ringle and freshman Scott Battaglia, who cruised past a partnership from Fordham, 8-1.
On the singles side, Chalmers finished off a perfect weekend with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Fordham's Victor Li, while Tan wrapped up his unblemished tournament run with a 6-4, 6-4 result over Andrew Hicks of Navy.
Van Erven clinched his flight title on Sunday as well with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Navy's Joe Cooke. Also coming out on top in singles play was Battaglia, who outlasted Cameron Posillico of Fordham, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
The Hawks will be idle until the spring semester; dual match play begins on Saturday, January 21, with a matchup against Chestnut Hill at the Springton Indoor Tennis Club.
Results
Singles
Kyle Chalmers (Saint Joseph's) def. Victor Li (Fordham), 6-4, 6-1
Lucas Fumagalli (Air Force) def. Tim Stierle (SJU), 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
Luke Sanderson (AFA) def. Peter Dewitt (SJU), 6-1, retired
Mack Galvin (AFA) def. Beekman Schaeffer (SJU), 6-3, 6-4
Gabriel Mashaal (FOR) def. Alexander Schneider (SJU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Matthew Ghering (AFA) def. Nick Ringle (SJU), 6-2, 6-0
Scott Battaglia (SJU) def. Cameron Posillico (FOR), 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Fabian Maurtizson (FOR) def. Tristan Boustany (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
Isiah Volk (GMU) def. Luis Janko (SJU), 6-2, 6-3
Dan Tan (SJU) def. Andrew Hicks (Navy), 6-4, 6-4
Valentijn van Erven (SJU) def. Joe Cooke (USNA), 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
Lucas Fumagalli / Max Olson (AFA) def. Kyle Chalmers / Michael Santa Lucia (SJU), 8-6
Peter Dewitt / Tim Stierle (SJU) def. Tadhg Collins / Luke Sanderson (AFA), 8-7
David Mottice / Isaac Perez (AFA) def. Beekman Schaeffer / Alexander Schneider (SJU), 8-3
Scott Battaglia / Nick Ringle (SJU) def. Gabriel Mashaal / Cameron Posillico (FOR), 8-1
Tristan Boustany / Dan Tan (SJU) def. Andrew Hicks / Cameron Kirkpatrick (USNA), 8-1
Joe Cooke / Krishna Jana (USNA) def. Luis Janko / Valentijn van Erven (SJU), 8-3
