BOX SCORE Flash Points:

• SFU Men's Tennis dropped a 6-1 decision at George Washington on Friday.
• A tight doubles point saw two matches go to tiebreaker sets, but GW won the point.
• Junior Jan Vit Suntar (Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia/Gimnazija Kranj) earned a singles win at No. 6.
• The Red Flash battles NEC rival Mount St. Mary's on Saturday.

STERLING, Va. – The Saint Francis Men's Tennis team fell 6-1 at George Washington on Friday.  After a tight doubles point went to the Colonials, GW won five of six singles matches.  The Red Flash is now 5-11 overall.
 
In the match at No. 3 doubles, sophomore Franz Luna (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Laurel Springs) and freshman Sebastian Pinos (Quito, Ecuador/Compuinformatica) met the Colonials' Kaan Tuna and William Tutecky.  The Red Flash duo earned a 7-6 win, with a 7-0 decision in the tiebreaker, to improve to 9-7 this Spring.
 
At No. 1, senior Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) and junior Jan Vit Suntar (Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia/Gimnazija Kranj) combined against George Washington's Jakub Behun and Chris Reynolds.  In a tight set, the SFU pair fell 7-6, with a 7-3 result in the tiebreaker.  That match decided the doubles point.
 
Sophomore Eduardo Garcia (Toluca, Mexico/Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico) and freshman Charles Morkel (Cape Town, South Africa/Paul Roos Gymnasium) paired up at No. 2 against GW's Chris Fletcher and Christos Hadjigeorgiou.  However, the SFU duo dropped a 6-3 decision.
 
"I thought we had some really good doubles today," said Head Coach Rob Castille. "I'm disappointed we didn't come away with the point as I think we deserved it by the way we competed and played. But we can definitely take a lot of positives from this match."
 
Suntar faced GW's Amlan Sahoo at the No. 6 singles position.  The SFU junior dominated the first set, 6-0. He completed the straight-set victory with a 6-3 second set.  Suntar improved to 2-2 this season.
 
At No. 1, Luna took on the Colonials' Tutecky.  The SFU sophomore fell 6-4, 6-4 to drop to 8-8 this Spring.  Foo-Kune met GW's Reynolds at No. 2, but dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision to fall to 9-6 in dual matches.
 
Morkel battled George Washington's Fletcher at No. 3.  The Red Flash rookie suffered a 6-1, 6-3 setback.  At No. 4, Pinos matched up against GW's Hadjigeorgiou, but fell 6-4, 6-1.
 
In the match at No. 5, junior Samuel Miller (Smithfield, R.I./Homeschool) took on the Colonials' Behun.  The SFU junior dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision.
 
"In singles, I was pleased with how our top two guys competed," said Castille. "They both had really good matches against solid opponents. I was a little disspointed with how our 3-5 guys played. They were getting down on themselves a little more than they should and that affected how well they played. We preach all the time about not worrying about how you are playing, just compete and find a way to get the job done. We didn't do that today and it showed in the results.  I'm confident they'll all be better tomorrow against NEC rival Mount St. Mary's."
 
The Red Flash takes on Mount St. Mary's on Saturday in a 4:15 p.m. match in Waynesboro, Pa.  The Mountaineers are 5-9 overall and 2-1 in NEC play.
 
Doubles:
1. Behun/Reynolds(GW) def. Foo-Kune/Suntar(SFU), 7-6(3).
2. Fletcher/Hadjigeorgiou(GW) def. Garcia/Morkel(SFU), 6-3.
3. Luna/Pinos(SFU) def. Tuna/Tutecky(GW), 7-6(0).
Order of Finish: 2,1,3
 
Singles:
1. Tutecky(GW) def. Luna(SFU), 6-4, 6-4.
2. Reynolds(GW) def. Foo-Kune(SFU), 6-4, 6-4.
3. Fletcher(GW) def. Morkel(SFU), 6-1, 6-3.
4. Hadjigeorgiou(GW) def. Pinos(SFU), 6-4, 6-1.
5. Behun(GW) def. Miller(SFU), 6-2, 6-2.
6. Suntar(SFU) def. Sahoo(GW), 6-0, 6-3.
Order of Finish: 5,4,3,1,2,6