PHILADELPHIA, Pa. \u2014 George Mason University fell to Saint Joseph’s 4-2 on Saturday. George Mason secured the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions.<\/p>\n
George Mason captured the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. Niza Simunyola<\/a> and Edgar Vilain<\/a> secured a 6-4 win over Othman Bezzaz and Ernesto Ruy at No. 2 doubles, while Deniz Okyay<\/a> and Shari Saeed<\/a> clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 victory against Davi Carlos and J. Gaudreau Barnes at No. 3 doubles. Saint Joseph’s managed to take No. 1 doubles, as Damir Abdusamadov and Santiago Valle overcame Ekansh Kumar<\/a> and Monil Lotlikar<\/a> 6-4.<\/p>\n In singles play, Saint Joseph’s dominated to win the overall match. At No. 3 singles, Ekansh Kumar<\/a> delivered a straight-sets win for the Patriots, defeating Damir Abdusamadov 7-5, 6-3, which kept the Green & Gold in the lead. However, Saint Joseph’s regained control at No. 1 singles, where Santiago Valle bested Okyay 6-3, 6-1, and at No. 2 singles, where Ernesto Ruy edged out Lotlikar 6-7(3), 6-0, 6-4.<\/p>\n Saint Joseph’s continued its momentum with Othman Bezzaz defeating Simunyola 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4 singles, clinching the match for Saint Joseph’s. \u00a0In the final match, J. Gaudreau Barnes completed a comeback against Saeed, winning 1-6, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles, finalizing the dual score at 5-2 in favor of Saint Joseph’s. Vilain and Singh Pawar’s match at No. 5 left unfinished at 7-5, 1-2.<\/p>\n Saint Joseph’s 4, George Mason 2 Doubles competition Up Next
\nSingles competition
\n1. Santiago Valle (SJU) def. Deniz Okyay<\/a> (GMU) 6-3, 6-1
\n2. Ernesto Ruy (SJU) def. Monil Lotlikar<\/a> (GMU) 6-7 (3-7), 6-0, 6-4
\n3. Ekansh Kumar<\/a> (GMU) def. Damir Abdusamadov (SJU) 7-5, 6-3
\n4. Othman Bezzaz (SJU) def. Niza Simunyola<\/a> (GMU) 6-3, 6-3
\n5. Sehaj Singh Pawar (SJU) vs. Edgar Vilain<\/a> (GMU) 5-7, 2-1, unfinished
\n6. J. Gaudreau Barnes (SJU) def. Shari Saeed<\/a> (GMU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
\nOrder of finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 6<\/p>\n
\n1. Damir Abdusamadov\/Santiago Valle (SJU) def. Ekansh Kumar<\/a>\/Monil Lotlikar<\/a> (GMU) 6-4
\n2. Niza Simunyola<\/a>\/Edgar Vilain<\/a> (GMU) def. Othman Bezzaz\/Ernesto Ruy (SJU) 6-4
\n3. Deniz Okyay<\/a>\/Shari Saeed<\/a> (GMU) def. Davi Carlos\/J. Gaudreau Barnes (SJU) 7-5
\nOrder of finish: 2,1,3<\/p>\n
\nThe Patriots \u00a0continue on the road to face James Madison University on Sunday, April 12 at 11 a.m. \u00a0in Harrisonburg, Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA, Pa. \u2014 George Mason University fell to Saint Joseph’s 4-2 on Saturday. George Mason secured the doubles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-587164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}