March 31, 2010

PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team lost a midweek match to crosstown rival Drexel on Wednesday, dropping a 6-1 decision to the Dragons. Sophomore Peter Cognetti earned SJU's lone point, winning his singles match in straight sets.

Cognetti took down Alessandro Bozzo, 6-3, 6-1, in the sixth singles flight to register a point for the Hawks.

Freshmen Alex Veronis and Tommy Gates paired up for a win at second doubles, defeating Bryan Nguyen and Mehdi Rhazali, 8-5.

The Hawks are back in action next Wednesday, April 7, for a 2:30 p.m. match with Temple.

Drexel 6, Saint Joseph's 1

Doubles
1. Nikoloz Kurdadze / Manu Bajpai (DU) def. Peter Cognetti / Lucho Perez-Abreu (SJU), 8-2
2. Alex Veronis / Tommy Gates (SJU) def. Bryan Nguyen / Mehdi Rhazali (DU), 8-5
3. Alessandro Bozzo / Jeganathan Srinivasan (DU) def. Delfin Bernal / Kristian Broaddus (SJU), 8-5

Singles
1. Kurdadze (DU) def. Veronis (SJU), 2-6, 7-5, 6-0
2. Bajpai (DU) def. Matt Prusack (SJU), 6-3, 6-4
3. Rhazali (DU) def. Nick Tuxen (SJU), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4. Nguyen (DU) def. Gates (SJU), 7-5, 6-2
5. Srinivasan (DU) def. Perez-Abreu (SJU), 6-1, 6-4
6. Cognetti (SJU) def. Bozzo (DU), 6-3, 6-1