April 24, 2009

MONROEVILLE, Pa. - The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team won its first round match Friday morning over the #9-seeded Dayton Flyers, 4-2, before falling in the quarterfinals to top-seeded George Washington, 4-0. The Hawks will face off with Charlotte in the consolation bracket on Saturday morning.

Against the Flyers, the eighth-seeded Hawks won the doubles point to take an early lead. Phil Bayliss and Michael Stauble won the first flight match in a tiebreaker, 9-8 (8), to set the stage for Peter Cognetti and Jeff Kessler to secure the point with a 9-7 win in the second flight.

SJU got three singles wins from Bayliss, Kessler, and Matt Prusack to salt away the match while the number-one flight was still being contested.

In the afternoon, the Hawks were not as fortunate, falling in a sweep to the Colonials. Bayliss and Stauble lost a hard-fought match at number-one doubles, 8-6, while Cognetti and Kessler fell, 8-5, at number two.

SJU and Charlotte will take to the courts at Club 4 Life at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

#8 Saint Joseph's 4, #9 Dayton 2

Doubles
1. Phil Bayliss / Michael Stauble (SJU) def. Michael Rohana / David Peyton (UD), 9-8 (8)
2. Peter Cognetti / Jeff Kessler (SJU) def. Matt Sherman / Michael Koscielski (UD), 9-7
3. Bryce Warnock/Austin Wiegand (UD) def. Pat Adams / Matt Prusack (SJU), 8-4

Singles
1. Adams (SJU) vs. Rohana (UD), 4-6, 6-4, 2-2 (DNF)
2. Bayliss (SJU) def. Sherman (UD), 6-3, 6-1
3. Warnock (UD) def. Stauble (SJU), 6-1, 6-4
4. Kessler (SJU) def. Peyton (UD), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
5. Prusack (SJU) def. Koscielski (UD), 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
6. Wiegand (UD) def. Cognetti (SJU), 6-3, 6-4

#1 George Washington 4, #8 Saint Joseph's 0

Doubles
1. Ugur Atalay / Richard Blumenfield (GW) def. Bayliss/Stauble (SJU), 8-6
2. Chris Kushma / Yan Levinski (GW) def. Cognetti/Kessler (SJU), 8-5
3. Arya Vayghan / Erik Hannah (GW) vs. Adams/Prusack (SJU), 7-5 (DNF)

Singles
1. Levinski (GW) vs. Adams (SJU) 6-1, 3-1 (DNF)
2. Atalay (GW) def. Bayliss (SJU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Hannah (GW) def. Stauble (SJU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Kushma (GW) vs. Kessler (SJU) 7-5, 2-2 (DNF)
5. Alex Sohaili (GW) vs. Prusack (SJU) 6-1, 4-1 (DNF)
6. Vayghan (GW) def. Cognetti (SJU) 6-1, 6-0