April 1, 2010

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - The La Salle men's tennis team won for the sixth time in the past eight matches with a 7-0 defeat over host Rider on Thursday afternoon. The Explorers did not drop a set in singles and dominated the doubles play.

The Explorers improve to 15-6, while Rider falls to 2-12.

La Salle is back in action on April 7 when it hosts Villanova.

La Salle 7, Rider 0
Singles competition 1. Gennaoui, George (LASM) def. Carpenter, Ryan (RID) 6-1, 6-0
2. Nason, Bill (LASM) def. Ashed, Marc. (RID) 7-5, 6-3
3. Maula, Jon (LASM) def. Esposito, Chris (RID) 6-3, 6-0
4. Tovia, Fernando (LASM) def. Laverty, Drew (RID) 6-0, 6-2
5. Donovan, Trevor (LASM) def. Olsen, Robert (RID) 6-3, 6-4
6. Knaster, Robert (LASM) def. Spellman, John (RID) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Gennaoui, George/Maula, Jon (LASM) def. Ashed, Marc./Haight, Will (RID) 8-2
2. Nason, Bill/Tovia, Fernando (LASM) def. Milosovici, Milo/Laverty, Drew (RID) 8-1
3. Harvey, Christian/Donovan, Trevor (LASM) def. DiMartino, Matt/Olsen, Robert (RID) 8-0