BALTIMORE, Md. --
The Morgan State men's tennis team dropped St. Joseph's, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon in a non-conference home tilt.Jeremy Field and Arjun Ramakrishnan teamed up to shutout Tristan Boustany and Kevin Gates, 6-0, in the second flight, while Treajh Ferguson and Evan Ward handed Peter Dewitt and Dan Tan a 6-4 loss in the third doubles flight to secure the point.
Morgan State's Ferguson and Field won each of the first two singles flights, respectively, before Kyle Chalmers got the Hawks on the board with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Felix Andre in the third flight. Evan Ward defeated Boustany, 6-2, 6-3, to capture flight number four to clinch the match. Arjun Ramakrishnan fell to Andre Fick in a 3-6, 6-3, (10-8) in a supertiebreaker victory in the fifth, before Krusinski capped the match with a 7-6 (3), 7-5, win over Gates in flight six.
The Bears (5-9) will meet Mount Saint Mary's on Wednesday afternoon at the Mount Tennis Courts.
Morgan State 5, Saint Joseph's 2
Doubles
1. Renier Moolman / Andres Urrea (SJU) def. Felix Andre / Lucas Krusinski (MSU), 6-4
2. Jeremy Field / Arjun Ramakrishnan (MSU) def. Tristan Boustany / Kevin Gates (SJU), 6-0
3. Treajh Ferguson / Evan Ward (MSU) def. Peter Dewitt / Dan Tan (SJU), 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1. Ferguson (MSU) def. Moolman (SJU), 7-6 (8), 6-3
2. Field (MSU) def. Urrea (SJU), 6-2, 6-2
3. Kyle Chalmers (SJU) def. Andre (MSU), 7-5, 6-4
4. Ward (MSU) def. Boustany (SJU), 6-2, 6-3
5. Andre Fick (SJU) def. Ramakrishnan (MSU), 3-6, 6-3, (10-8)
6. Krusinski (MSU) def. Gates (SJU), 7-6 (3), 7-5
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6