April 8, 2006

MONROEVILLE, Pa. - The St. Bonaventure men's tennis team lost to the fifth seeded Temple Owls, 4-3, Friday night in the second round of the 2006 Atlantic 10 Men's Tennis Championships at the Club 4 Life, in Monroeville, Pa. It was the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

The fourth seeded Bonnies earned the doubles point by winning both matches. In No. 1 doubles, junior Andrew Hart and junior Dejan Stankovic knocked off John Sy and Eduardo Saaverdra, 8-6. The team also got a win from junior Alejandro Nery and freshman Jonathan Luce, as they defeated Milan Juricka and Phil Gegeheimer, 8-4.

In singles, the Bonnies were only able to produce two points, as they dropped four of the six matches. The only singles winners for the Bonnies came from the No. 1 slot, as Nery beat Jordan Krevitz, 6-2, 6-3, and Stankovic defeated Matt Struble in No. 4 singles, 6-4, 7-6. Other close matches in singles came from Hart in the No. 3 slot, and freshman Victor Lecina in the No. 5 spot, as both sent their matches' to three sets. Hart fell to Dan Davis, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, and Lecina lost to Gegenheimer, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

The tournament is designed bracket-style, so by losing, the Bonnies cannot win the championship. However, the Bonnies are still in the tournament, as they will face eigth seed George Washington today at 5 p.m. The winner of that match will go on to play tomorrow at 11 a.m. for fifth place in the tournament.