Men's Tennis | April 2, 2017

SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Despite wins at three different singles positions, the La Salle University men's tennis team dropped a tough 4-3 decision to St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon.

Junior Tomas Christian led the way for the Explorers, earning a decisive 6-0, 6-0 win over SBU's Guillermo Garcia. Sophomore Francesco Mowrey was victorious at the top singles spot, bouncing back from a first-set loss to take the second and third from Hector Martinez.

Freshman Braden Ward was the third La Salle player to collect a point for his team, as he led 5-2 in the first set before his opponent at No. 6 had to retire due to injury.

St. Bonaventure was able to overtake the Explorers thanks to a doubles sweep and straight-set singles wins at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5.

La Salle (4-11, 0-2 A-10) returns to action on Tuesday, April 4 for a non-league road match against Villanova, beginning at 2:30 p.m.

St. Bonaventure 4, La Salle 3
Doubles
1. Blanco/Martinez (SBU) def. Mowrey/Christian (LAS), 6-0
2. Patwardhan/Malmberg (SBU) def. Pascual/Balico (LAS), 6-2
3. Rutkowski/Garcia (SBU) def. DiOrio/Ward (LAS), 6-3

Singles
1. Francesco Mowrey (LAS) def. Hector Martinez (SBU), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
2. Indra Patwardhan (SBU) def. Brian Balico (LAS), 6-1, 6-2
3. Lukas Linden Malmberg (SBU) def. Joe DiOrio (LAS), 6-0, 6-3
4. Tomas Christian (LAS) def. Guillermo Garcia (SBU), 6-0, 6-0
5. John Rutkowski (SBU) def. Patrick Pascual (LAS), 6-3, 6-4
6. Braden Ward (LAS) def. Mitchell McGuirt (SBU), 5-2 (ret.)