Men's Tennis Tops St. Francis (NY) at Home

Saturday, October 2

Drexel Courts

11:00 a.m.

Drexel University

St. Francis (N.Y.)

10/2/2010 2:33:09 PM | Men's Tennis

Philadelphia - Drexel men's tennis opened its dual match fall season with a convincing 7-0 victory over St. Francis (NY). The Dragons swept doubles and won all of their singles matches in straight sets. Nikoloz Kurdadze won 6-1, 6-2 over Danhaldi Robinson at first singles and teamed up with Manu Bajpai for an 8-1 win over Robinson and Edward Alontaga at first singles. Mehdi Rhazali turned in an impressive 6-0, 6-0 win over Tita Mba at third singles. The Terriers forfeited their sixth singles match, giving the Dragons an additional team point to start play.

Match results

Drexel 7, St. Francis (NY) 0

Doubles
Nikoloz Kurdadze/Manu Bajpai (DU) def. Danhaldi Robinson/Edward Alontaga (SF) 8-1
Bryan Nguyen/Skyler Davis (DU) def. Daniel Gonzalez/Tita Mba (SF) 8-3

Singles
Kurdadze (DU) def. Robinson (SF) 6-1, 6-2
Nguyen (DU) def. Alontaga (SF) 6-0, 6-1
Mehdi Rhazali (DU) def. Mba (SF) 6-3, 6-3
Jeganathan Srinivasan (DU) def. Alex Tokarz (SF) 6-0, 6-0
Skyler Davis (DU) def. Daniel Gonzalez (SF) 6-2, 6-2
St. Francis forfeit at No. 6 singles