Temple University Athletics
Owls Drop Crucial Doubles Point in Loss
3.26.08 | Men's Tennis
March 26, 2008
PHILADELPHIA, PA - The Temple men's tennis team split all singles matches with St. Joseph's but were unable to win a doubles match on the way to a 4-3 loss to the Hawks. This is Temple's fourth loss in a row, a streak that brings their record to 4-11. The Hawks improved to 5-7 with their hard fought win over the Owls.
Head coach Steve Mauro was disappointed with the loss, "it came down to one match and, unfortunately, we weren't able to pull it out."
Winners for the Owls were senior Zach Tobias (No. 4 singles), freshman Andrew Choi (No. 5) and junior Eduardo Saavedra (No. 6). Sophomore Pavlos Stephanides was edged in the third set of his match. Junior Ricardo Velazquez and freshman Lawrence Carpio lost their matches in straight sets.
The Owls will face Xavier (11-7) in another Atlantic 10 matchup. The match will take place at the Temple Pavilion, it is set to start at 5:00 p.m.
RESULTS
St. Joseph's 4, Temple 3
Doubles
1. Garabedian/Cerutti (SJ) def. Choi/Carpio (T), 8-5
2. Tuxen/Stauble (SJ) def. Saavedra/Velazquez (T), 9-7
3. Adams/Prusack (SJ) def. Tobias/Stephanides (T), 8-2
Singles
1. Adams (SJ) def. Velazquez (T), 7-5, 6-1
2. Garabedian (SJ) def. Carpio (T), 6-4, 6-1
3. Tuxen (SJ) def. Stephanides (T), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
4. Tobias (T) def. Cerutti (SJ), 6-3, 6-4
5. Choi (T) def. Prusack (SJ), 6-3, 1-6, (11-9)
6. Saavedra (T) def. Stauble (SJ), 6-0, 6-3
