Men's Tennis | September 23, 2018

PHILADELPHIA - The La Salle University men's tennis team took part in the rain-shortened Saint Joseph's Invitational over the weekend.

Sophomore Colin Lucius earned a victory in the third singles flight, defeating Joe Cartledge of Johns Hopkins in straight sets to advance to the second round. Classmate Rogelio Gonzalez narrowly dropped a pair of close matches in the top singles flight, falling to Matt Miles of Milwaukee-Wisconsin by a 10-8 margin the supertiebreaker after winning the second set in a tiebreak. 

In the consolation flight, Gonzalez fell to Zach Elliot of Lehigh, 7-5, 2-6, 10-7.

La Salle continues its fall season at the Fordham Invitational on Oct. 6-7.

Singles Flight 1
Matt Miles (UMW) def. Rogelio Gonzalez (LAS), 6-2, 6-7 (4), 10-8
Harry Wang (LEH) def. Francesco Mowrey (LAS), w/o
 
Consolation Flight
Elliot (LEH) def. Gonzalez (LAS), 7-5, 2-6, 10-7
Brown (UMW) def. Mowrey (LAS), w/o
 
Singles Flight 2
Sanil Jagtiani (DREX) def. Connor Merrill (LAS), 6-4, 7-5
 
Consolation Flight
Byrd (UMW) def. Merrill (LAS), 6-4, 6-3
 
Singles Flight 3
Patrick Hughes (UMW) def. Patrick Pascual (LAS), 6-2, 6-0
Colin Lucius (LAS) def. Joe Cartledge (JHU), 6-4, 7-5
 
Round 2
Xandy Hammitt (DREX) def. Lucius (LAS), 6-2, 6-4
 
Singles Flight 4
Aaron Carey (JHU) def. Andrija Bozovic (LAS), 6-0, 6-0
 
Consolation Flight
Kanetkar (SJU) def. Bozovic (LAS), 6-3, 6-2
 
Doubles Flight 1
Byrd/Hagino (UMW) def. Mowery/Gonzalez (LAS), 8-4
 
Doubles Flight 2
Chamorro/Wogen (DREX) def. Lucius/Merrill (LAS), 8-4
Kanetkar/Schneider (SJU) def. Bozovic/Pascual (LAS), 8-4