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Saint Joseph's
Men's Tennis Folds In Marathon Match vs. Saint Joseph's
3/1/2009 10:00:42 PM | Men's Tennis
Philadelphia - Drexel men's tennis dropped to 5-4 on the season after losing to Saint Joseph's by the narrowest of margins in a 4-3 match on Saturday. Five of the six singles matches went to three sets with the teams splitting them three wins apiece. The Hawks pulled out victories in three doubles matches to garner a team point. The decisive match came down to a three-setter at fifth singles where Matt Prusack edged Jason Savage-Pollock 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to give Saint Joseph's the win.
Joe Koebele, Sabyasachi Bose and Bryan Nguyen all won their singles matches and Mhedi Rhazali won at third doubles for the Dragons. The Dragons will be back in action on March 31 when they host the La Salle Explorers.
#1 Singles Joe Koebele (DU) d. Pat Adams 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
#2 Singles Phil Bayliss d.Carlo Pangilinan (DU) 6-3, 6-4
#3 Singles Michael Stauble d. Mehdi Rhazali (DU) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (5)
#4 Singles Sabyasachi Bose (DU) d. Jeff Kessler 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
#5 Singles Matt Prusack d. Jason Savage-Pollock (DU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
#6 Singles Bryan Nguyen (DU) d. Peter Cognetti 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
#1 Doubles Phil Bayliss/Michael Stauble d. Joe Koebele/Carlo Pangilinan (DU) 8-4
#2 Doubles Pat Adams/Jeff Kessler d. Sabyasachi Bose/Jason Savage-Pollock (DU) 8-4
#3 Doubles Bryan Nguyen/Mehdi Rhazali (DU) d. Peter Cognetti/Kevin Aquino 9-7
