Men's Tennis Takes Fourth at City Six Tournament

Saturday, January 24

Philadelphia, Pa.

11:00 a.m.

Temple University

Saint Joseph's

Photo by: Mitchell Leff

Men's Tennis Takes Fourth at City Six Tournament

1.24.15 | Men's Tennis

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PHILADELPHIA - After defeating Villanova on Thursday, the men's tennis team lost to Saint Joseph's and Drexel to take fourth place in the City Six Tournament on Saturday. The Owls move to 1-2 on the season.

The Owls dropped their first match of the day, 4-1 against the Hawks. Doubles pair Vineet Naran and Ian Glessing lost their set against Peter DeWitt and Reiner Moolman, 6-2, 6-3.

In singles, Santiago Canete picked up the only point for Temple, defeating Pierre Brondeau at the number one flight, 6-1, 6-0. At the fourth flight, Hichman Belkssir dropped his only match of the day against Kevin Gates, 7-5, 6-0.

In the 3rd-4th place match, the team lost 4-1 to the Dragons. Naran and Glessing again were paired for doubles, dropping the point 6-4 against Dan Koehler and Kashyap Ashok.

Nicolas Paulus, who split his day 1-1 on the courts, won the only point picked up for the Owls at the second flight, 6-2, 7-6 as he defeated Xabier Saavedra. Again in the number one spot, Canete was defeated by Bara Ouabdelmoumen, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Filip Stipcic was 0-2 on the day at flight three, losing to St. Joseph's Andres Urrea earlier in the day, 6-1, 6-2 and to Drexel's Alex Fioravante, 6-4, 7-6. Drexel's Hamza Laalej at flight four, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2, defeated Ondre Cargill in his only action on the day.

The Owls are back in action on January 29, as they host St. Francis at 10:30 a.m. at Legacy.

Semifinals: St. Joseph's 4, Temple 1
Doubles
1) DeWitt/Moolman (SJU) def. Naran/Glessing (TU), 6-2, 6-3

Singles
1) Canete (TU) def. Brondeau (SJU), 6-1, 6-0
2) Chalmers (SJU) def. Paulus (TU), 6-4, 6-0
3) Urrea (SJU) def. Stipcic (TU), 6-1, 6-2
4) Gates (SJU) def. Belkssir (TU), 7-5, 6-0

Third/Fourth Place: Drexel 4, Temple 1
Doubles
1) Koehler & Ashok (DU) def. Naran & Glessing (TU) 6-4

Singles
1) Ouabdelmoumen (DU) def. Canete (TU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
2) Paulus (TU) def. Saavedra (DU) 6-2, 7-6
3) Fioravante (DU) def. Stipcic (TU) 6-4, 7-6
4) Laalej (DU) def. Cargill (TU) 6-7, 6-1, 6-2