April 15, 2005

VILLANOVA, Pa. - Senior Aaron Kusza (Wallingford, Conn.) won his No. 1 singles match, but St. Joseph's took the next five singles matches and two of the three doubles matches to post a 6-1 win over the Wildcats on Thursday afternoon at the Villanova Tennis Complex.

Kusza won his match in three sets over Frank Velazquez, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. Senior Sean Gallagher (Fort Wayne, Ind.) forced his No. 6 singles match into a third set, but dropped his No. 6 match, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Van Homer Pangilnan.

In doubles action, freshman Charlie Farmer (Newport Beach, Calif.) paired up with Scott Fahrendorf (Reno, Nev.) for a No. 3 doubles win over Chris Spencer and Pangilnan, 8-4.

The Wildcats will close out their regular season on Saturday, April 16, when they host Bucknell at 2 p.m.

St. Joseph's 6, Villanova 1
Singles
1. Kusza (VU) def. Velazquez (SJU), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
2. Holland (SJU) def. Baraldi (VU), 6-2, 6-1
3. Garabedian (SJU) def. Chimerakis (VU), 7-6, 6-2
4. Aniello (SJU) def. Rubio (VU), 6-2, 7-6
5. Spencer (SJU) def. Fahrendorf (VU), 7-5, 6-2
6. Pangilnan (SJU) def. Gallagher (VU), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Doubles
1. Velazquez/Garabedian (SJU) def. Kusza/Baraldi (VU), 8-5
2. Holland/Aniello (SJU) def. Chimerakis/Gallagher (VU), 8-4
3. Fahrendorf/Farmer (VU) def. Spencer/Pangilnan (SJU), 8-4