BOX SCORE Flash Points:

• SFU Men's Tennis earned a tough 4-3 win over Bucknell on Friday in Monroeville.
• After dropping the doubles point, SFU won four singles matches, with the match point coming down to the final set.
• The Red Flash earned its first team win of the year, improving to 1-6.
• Saint Francis will host Detroit on Saturday at 5 p.m. at The Club Sport and Health.

MONROEVILLE, Pa. – The Saint Francis Men's Tennis team earned a tough 4-3 win over Bucknell on Friday at The Club Sport and Health in Monroeville.  After dropping a tight doubles point, the Red Flash picked up four singles wins, clinching the match victory in the final singles set.  The Red Flash earned its first win of the year and is now 1-6 overall, while Bucknell fell to 1-4 this season.
 
At the No. 2 doubles spot, sophomore Franz Luna (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Laurel Springs) and freshman Sebastian Pinos (Quito, Ecuador/Compuinformatica) met Bucknell's Timber Erskine and Max Kane.  The Red Flash duo claimed a 6-4 victory to improve to 3-4 this Spring.
 
In the match at No. 1, senior Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) and sophomore Eduardo Garcia (Toluca, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico) took on the Bison's Ben Gerber and Daniel Wright.  However, the SFU pair fell 6-4.
 
The doubles point came down to the match at No. 3 between junior Chad Allender (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) and sophomore Samuel Miller (Smithfield, R.I./Homeschool) and Bucknell's Max McDonald and Andrei Vitiuc.  In a tight match, Allender and Miller dropped a 7-5 decision.
 
"I'm very proud of the character our guys showed today to get our first win of the season," said Head Coach Rob Castille. "We were close to getting the doubles point and I was very happy about how we bounced back in singles."
 
Luna matched up against Bucknell's Wright at the top singles position.  After dropping the first set, 6-4, Luna bounced back to win the next set, 6-2.  In the deciding set, Luna came out on top, 7-5.  The SFU sophomore is now 4-3 this Spring.
 
Foo-Kune faced the Bison's Vitiuc at No. 2.  The SFU senior fell 6-4 in the first set, but responded with a 6-3 win in the second set.  Foo-Kune repeated that performance in the third set, winning 6-4.  He moved to 4-2 in dual matches.
 
In the match at No. 3, Pinos took on Bucknell's Kane.  The Red Flash rookie dropped the first set, 6-1, but fought back to win the second set, 6-4.  Pinos came out on top, 6-3 in the final set to improve to 3-4 this Spring.  With wins at the top three positions, SFU held a 3-1 match lead going into the last three singles matches.
 
Miller competed at No. 4 against Bucknell's McDonald.  The SFU sophomore fell 6-3, 6-0, while Allender met the Bison's Colin Sacco at No. 6, but fell 6-2, 6-2.
 
With the match point tied at 3-3, everything came down to the battle at No. 5 between Garcia and Bucknell's Gerber.  The SFU sophomore claimed the first set, 6-3, but Gerber won the second set, 6-4.  In the deciding set, Garcia earned a 6-1 win to clinch the match.
 
"Dropping the first sets on all three of the top three singles courts put us in a hole," said Castille. "But the guys showed great fight to get wins on all three of them. It was fitting that Eduardo finished it off for us with his first collegiate victory for the team. We will take a lot of confidence from this and hopefully carry it into our match against Detroit Mercy tomorrow."
 
The Red Flash wraps up the weekend on Saturday against Detroit, beginning at 4 p.m. at The Club Sport and Health.
 
Doubles:
1. Gerber/Wright(Buck) def. Foo-Kune/Garcia(SFU), 6-1.
2. Luna/Pinos(SFU) def. Erskine/Kane(Buck), 6-4.
3. McDonald/Vitiuc(Buck) def. Allender/Miller(SFU), 7-5.
Order of Finish: 1,2,3
 
Singles:
1. Luna(SFU) def. Wright(Buck), 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
2. Foo-Kune(SFU) def. Vitiuc(Buck), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
3. Pinos(SFU) def. Kane(Buck), 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
4. McDonald(Buck) def. Miller(SFU), 6-3, 6-0.
5. Garcia(SFU) def. Gerber(Buck), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
6. Sacco(Buck) def. Allender(SFU), 6-2, 6-2.
Order of Finish: 3,2,1,4,6,5