April 10, 2010

MERION STATION, Pa. - In their final match of the regular season, the Saint Joseph's men's tennis team routed Rider, 7-0, at the SJU Tennis Complex on Saturday. Seniors Michael Stauble, Matt Prusack, and Lucho Perez-Abreu all won matches in both singles and doubles, while senior captain Nick Tuxen was a straight sets winner in singles.

In fact, no Hawk dropped more than two games during singles play, let alone a set.

Stauble and Prusack combined for the 8-2 victory at number one singles while Stauble blanked Ryan Carpenter, 6-0, 6-0, in the top singles flight and Prusack won his first singles match of the season, 6-0, 6-2, over Chris Esposito at third singles.

Perez-Abreu teamed with Peter Cognetti for an 8-1 drubbing in the second doubles flight and then went on to a 6-0, 6-2 win over Rob Olsen in sixth singles. Tuxen was a 6-2, 6-0 winner over Drew Laverty at number four.

The Hawks will now head to the Club 4 Life in Monroeville, Pa., for the 2010 Atlantic 10 Championship. The tournament is set to begin on Friday, April 16.

Saint Joseph's 7, Rider 0

Doubles
1. Michael Stauble / Matt Prusack (SJU) def. Marc Ashed / Will Haight (RID), 8-2
2. Lucho Perez-Abreu / Peter Cognetti (SJU) def. Chris Esposito / Drew Laverty (RID), 8-1
3. Alex Veronis / Tommy Gates (SJU) def. Matt DiMartino / Ryan Carpenter (RID), 8-1

Singles
1. Stauble (SJU) def. Carpenter (RID), 6-0, 6-0
2. Veronis (SJU) def. Ashed (RID), 6-2, 6-0
3. Prusack (SJU) def. Esposito (RID), 6-0, 6-2
4. Nick Tuxen (SJU) def. Laverty (RID), 6-2, 6-0
5. Gates (SJU) def. Milo Milosovici (RID), 6-0, 6-2
6. Perez-Abreu (SJU) def. Rob Olsen (RID), 6-0, 6-2