PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle men's tennis team dropped a tough match to city and conference rival Saint Joseph's, 7-0.
 
The Hawks (9-9) earned all the points against the Explorers (8-8) in an Atlantic 10 Conference matchup.  The Explorers were coming off of a sweep of Rutgers-Camden over the weekend, in which they had won all nine matches.
 
Senior Trevor Donovan won a set against his opponent in a highly contested match. The match between the senior and Tommy Gates came down to a tiebreaker, which was dropped by Donovan, 10-7.
 
“Trevor (Donovan) had a hard fought match against Gates, who just got the better of him in the close tiebreaker. Having the tiebreaker score be 10-7, showed how hard Donovan had fought in the entire match” said head coach Ed Colfer.
 
Sophomore Robert Kasinow fought hard in both sets, before dropping the match 6-4, 6-1.
 
La Salle dropped all three doubles matches.
 
The Explorers hit the court next when they host the University of the Sciences on Wednesday at the Arthur Asche Tennis Center.
 
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Saint Joseph's 7, La Salle 0
 
Singles
1. Alex Veronis (SJU) def. Joe LaBate (LAS) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jose Sierra (SJU) def. De'Sean Fennell (LAS) 6-3, 6-1
3. Paranjay Malhotra (SJU) def. Chas Berenato (LAS) 6-1, 6-3
4. Tommy Gates (SJU) def.  Trevor Donovan (LAS) 6-7, 6-4, 10-7
5. Max Montaque (SJU) def. Dale Fetterman (LAS) 6-3, 6-1
6. Jeff Kessler (SJU) def. Robert Kasinow (LAS) 6-4, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Sierra/Montaque (SJU) def. Donovan/Fennell (LAS) 8-3
2. Barrus/Kessler (SJU) def. LaBate/Berenato (LAS) 8-2
3. T.Gates/Urrea (SJU) def. MacLeod/Selman (LAS) 8-5