VILLANOVA, Pa. - On Wednesday afternoon at the West Campus Courts, the Villanova men's tennis team defeated the Saint Joseph's Hawks 5-2. The win improves Villanova to a record of 10-10 on the 2019 year.

Head coach Bradley Adams on today's match, "Very proud of our guys to bounce back against a tough team to get a victory.  Doubles well fought and all our teams brought a great amount of energy and executed extremely well when they had a chance to close points.  In singles Charlie Schuls and Tommy Mulflur rebounded extremely well getting victories and Mulflur clinching the match against a dangerous opponent.  Overall was a great effort from the whole team."

In doubles play the Wildcats duo of Tyler Roth and Thomas Dodson won 6-3 on court one and then Stefan Suarez and Tommy Mulflur won 7-5 on court two to give Villanova a 1-0 lead going into singles play.

Saint Joseph's tied the match at 1-1 after winning 6-3, 6-2 on court one. Dylan Flanagan defeated his opponent 6-2, 6-1 and then Thomas Dodson won 6-3, 6-3 on court three to give the Wildcats a 3-1 lead.

The Hawks won on court two to make it 3-2 Villanova but Tommy Mulflur defeated Schaeffer 6-2, 6-3 on court six to clinch the match for the Wildcats.

Villanova's next match is on Saturday April 13th against St. John's at 10:00 a.m. and then later that day the Wildcats will play against Wilkes University at 3:00 p.m. Both matches will be played at the West Campus Courts.

 

Doubles:

1) Tyler Roth/ Thomas Dodson (Nova) def. Tan/Schaeffer (SJU) 6-3

2) Stefan Suarez/ Tommy Mulflur (Nova) def. Perrone/Kanetkar (SJU) 7-5

3) Dylan Flanagan/ Charlie Schuls (Nova) vs. Fick/Massart (SJU) 6-5 (DNF)

Order of Finish 1,2, 3 DNF Nova clinched the doubles point at 2

Singles:

1) Perrone (SJU) def. Stefan Suarez (Nova) 6-3, 6-2

2) Fick (SJU) def. Tyler Roth (Nova) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

3) Thomas Dodson (Nova) def Massart (SJU) 6-3, 6-3

4) Dylan Flanagan (Nova) def Tan (SJU) 6-2, 6-1

5) Charlie Schuls (Nova) def Janko (SJU) 6-1, 5-7,1-0  (13-11)

6) Tommy Mulflur (Nova) def Schaeffer (SJU) 6-2, 6-3

Order of Finish: 1, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5  Nova clinched the match at 6 singles