BALTIMORE- La Salle senior DeSean Fennell and sophomore Brian Balico picked up wins however the men's tennis team fell 5-2 at Loyola (Md.) on Thursday afternoon.
 
The host Greyhounds picked up the double points grabbing an 8-4 win at doubles 2 with Pietrak/Shriver beating Mark Robinson and Dale Peterman. Doubles 3 saw Thomas McLeod and Liam Rodriguez fall 8-5 to Castro/Ferruzzi of Loyola. Fellell and Balico were up 5-4 in doubles 1 but did not finish as the other two points had already been won by Loyola.
 
Fennell grabbed a tightly contested 7-6, 5-7 (11) win at Singles 1 over Greg Olesnycky and Brian Balico was earned the point at Singles 2 thanks to Kuchta retiring to injury when he was down 6-2, 2-3. Fetterman dropped straight sets 6-3, 6-2 to Pietrak at Singles three. Mark Robinson fell at singles for 6-1, 6-2 and Thomas LcLeod dropped the singles 5 point 6-2, 6-1. Rounding out the singles scoring was Liam Rodriguez who fell 6-1, 6-1 to Castro.
 
The Explorers return to action on Wednesday as they travel to Hofstra for a 3 p.m. match.