CHELTENHAM, PENNSYLVANIA---The St. Francis College men’s tennis fell to the La Salle Explorers, 5-2, on Wednesday at the Cheltenham Racquet Club.
Freshman Martin Grunin (Brooklyn, New York/St. Edmund Prep) won 6-2, 7-5 at #6 singles against the Explorers Rob Knaster.
“The team is really working hard,” said head coach Chad Davis. “They give 110% in practice and on match days play hard in every match.”
The Terriers were able to muster 2-of-3 matches in doubles action as the team of Danlahdi Robinson and Tita Mba won at # 1 Doubles, 8-6 and the duo of James Brennan Tsang and Daniel Gonzalez took # 2 Doubles by an 8-5 margin.
The Terriers return to action on March 21st as they take on Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Tennis Match Results
St. Francis College (NY) vs La Salle
Mar. 10, 2010 at Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
(Cheltenham Racquet Club)
La Salle 5, St. Francis College (NY) 2
Singles competition
1. GENNAOUI, George (LAS) def. ROBINSON, Danlahdi (SFNY) 6-4, 6-2
2. NASON, Bill (LAS) def. BRENNAN TSANG, James (SFNY) 6-3, 6-4
3. MAULA, Jon (LAS) def. MBA, Tita (SFNY) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
4. DONOVAN, Trevor (LAS) def. GONZALEZ, Daniel (SFNY) 6-0, 6-2
5. TOVIA, Fernando (LAS) def. ALONTAGA, Edward (SFNY) 6-1, 6-1
6. GRUNIN, Martin (SFNY) def. KNASTER, Rob (LAS) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. ROBINSON, Danlahdi/MBA, Tita (SFNY) def. MAULA, Jon/GENNAOUI, George (LAS) 8-6
2. BRENNAN TSANG, James/GONZALEZ, Daniel (SFNY) def. NASON, Bill/TOMAINO, Alex (LAS) 8-5
3. DONOVAN, Trevor/HARVEY, Christian (LAS) def. ALONTAGA, Edward/TOKARZ, ALEX (SFNY) 9-7
Match Notes:
St. Francis College (NY) 0-10
La Salle 9-2