ORLANDO, Fla. – The seventh-seeded Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship on Thursday night, losing to second-seeded VCU by a 4-0 score at the USTA National Campus.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• VCU grabbed the first point of the night with wins in the second and third doubles flights.
 
• The Rams claimed victories in the first, fourth, and sixth flights to secure the victory.  Ernesto Ruy took the first set of his second-flight match and was ahead in the third when play was halted; Othman Bezzaz had won the first set in his fifth-flight match as well, while Santiago Valle was level at a set apiece in the third flight.
 
RESULTS
 
#2 VCU 4, #7 Saint Joseph's 0
 

1. Kostianyn Mantach / German Samofalov (VCU) led Othman Bezzaz / Ernesto Ruy (SJU), 4-2, unfinished
2. Nicolo Consonni / Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) def. Matthew Dubas / Santiago Valle (SJU), 6-2
3. Alfred Amasi / Leon Zaorski (VCU) def. Justus Agbo / Eli Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 2
 

1. Samofalov (VCU) def. Agbo (SJU), 6-1, 6-2
2. Ruy (SJU) led Consonni (VCU), 7-6, 1-6, 1-0, unfinished
3. Valle (SJU) vs. Erwann Bouchet (VCU), 5-7, 6-3, unfinished
4. Almasi (VCU) def. Dubas (SJU), 7-5, 6-3
5. Bezzaz (SJU) led Mantach (VCU), 6-3, 4-5, unfinished
6. Mnatsakanyan (VCU) def. Gan-Dy (SJU), 6-2, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 4