MONROEVILLE, Pa. (April 3, 2015) – The Saint Francis U men's tennis team closed out its home schedule with a battle against Dayton and fell, 5-2, on Friday afternoon.

"Dayton has always been a solid team. I haven't seen them for two years and they are even better now. I was very pleased with how the men played and competed," said SFU head coach Rob Castille.

Washi Gervais (Longueuil, Quebec/College Stanislas) took home a win at No. 1 singles as he won, 6-4, 6-2. Freshman Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) earned the other win in singles at No. 3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

The Flash won their lone doubles point as Chris Jimenez (Bayside, N.Y./St. Francis Preparatory) and Sergio Carvajal (Nueva Esparta, Venezuela/U.E. Fray Elias Maria Sendra) won 8-2 at No. 2.

Except for the two lopsided matches, the men were right there with them in every match. I think we can take a lot of positives away from this. While we still have some things to work on, I am happy with how we are playing," Castille continued.

Saint Francis hits the road to close out the regular season against Morgan State and Howard next weekend.

Dayton (8-8) def. Saint Francis U (6-8), 5-2

Doubles
1. Berry/Fisher (Dayton) def. GERVAIS, Washi/TICO, Rodrigo (SFU), 7-5
2. JIMENEZ, Chris/CARVAJAL, Sergio (SFU) def. Koross/Jayaram (Dayton), 8-4
3. Madyon/Sanson (Dayton) def. BARTER, Lawson/FOO-KUNE, Dylan Alec (SFU), 7-5
Order of finish: 3, 1,2

Singles
1. GERVAIS, Washi (SFU) def. Sanson (Dayton), 6-4, 6-2
2. Berry (Dayton) def. TICO, Rodrigo (SFU), 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
3. FOO-KUNE, Dylan Alex (SFU) def. Koross, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
4. Fisher (Dayton) def. JIMENEZ, Chris (SFU), 6-2, 6-1
5. Madyon (Dayton) def. CARVAJAL, Sergio (SFU), 6-1, 6-0
6. Jayaram (Dayton) def. CERDAN, Eli (SFU), 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6