April 16, 2010

Results

MONROEVILLE, Pa. - The 10th-seeded Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell to seventh-seeded St. Bonaventure Friday morning, 4-0, in the First Round of the 2010 Atlantic 10 Men's Tennis Championship, held at Club 4 Life.

A pair of Hawks, senior Lucho Perez-Abreu and freshman Tommy Gates, were leading their singles matches when SBU reached the necessary four points to progress in the tournament. Perez-Abreu had just won the first set at sixth singles, 7-6, while Gates held a 6-3, 3-4 lead at number five when the matches were halted.

Saint Joseph's will take on La Salle at 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning. The winner of the match will finish tied for ninth in the final results.

St. Bonaventure 4, Saint Joseph's 0

Doubles
1. Chris Post / Diego Valdenegro (SBU) vs. Michael Stauble / Matt Prusack (SJU), 6-4 (DNF)
2. Mikhail Sudakov / Enric Larregola (SBU) def. Peter Cognetti / Lucho Perez-Abreu (SJU), 8-2
3. Oscar Yanez / Luis Guevara (SBU) def. Alex Veronis / Tommy Gates (SJU), 8-1

Singles
1. Post (SBU) vs. Stauble (SJU), 6-4, 4-3 (DNF)
2. Valdenegro (SBU) def. Veronis (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
3. Larregola (SBU) def. Prusack (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
4. Sudakov (SBU) def. Nick Tuxen (SJU), 6-0, 6-2
5. Gates (SJU) vs. Yanez (SBU), 6-3, 3-4 (DNF)
6. Perez-Abreu (SJU) vs. Guevara (SBU), 7-6 (DNF)