April 20, 2007

The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team defeated the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 5-2 on Thursday in non-conference action. Junior Jarrett Chirico led the way for the Hawks, winning both his singles and doubles matches on the afternoon. The win moves SJU to 10-10 for the spring season.

Despite losing the doubles point, the Hawks were able to emerge victorious due to a strong showing on the singles side. Chirico teamed up with sophomore Phil Bayliss to win their match at first doubles 8-5. He also won his first-flight singles match by a score of 6-4, 6-3. Also recording singles victories for the Hawks were Matt Glasgow, Pat Adams, Phil Garabedian, and Nicholas Tuxen.

Complete Results

Doubles
1. Jarrett Chirico / Phil Bayliss (SJU) def. Arjun Vaidya/Matt Fawcett (RU), 8-5
2. Dale Maden/Andrew Tervooren (RU) def. Phil Garabedian / Matt Glasgow (SJU), 8-5
3. Lawrence Zakrevsky/Ilya Kazakin-Kuteyev (RU) def. Nicholas Tuxen / Michael Stauble (SJU), 8-2

Singles
1. Chirico (SJU) def. Vaidya (RU), 6-4, 6-3
2. Fawcett (RU) def. Bayliss (SJU), 7-5, 6-2
3. Glasgow (SJU) def. Zakrevsky (RU), 7-6, 6-4
4. Adams (SJU) def. Rohan Patkav (RU), 6-4, 6-2
5. Garabedian (SJU) def. Tervooren (RU), 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
6. Tuxen (SJU) def. Maden (RU), 6-1, 6-1