PHILADELPHIA – Five of St. Bonaventure's players accounted for both singles and doubles victories on Friday as the Bonnies rolled to a 6-1 victory over La Salle in Atlantic 10 men's tennis action.
St. Bonaventure (5-10, 1-2 Atlantic 10) started the day by sweeping each of the three doubles matches. The senior duo of Oscar Yanez and Luis Guevara kicked things off with a victory over De'Sean Fennell and Trevor Donovan at first doubles, while juniors Elliot Fanshel and Javier Ortiz partnered for a win over Chas Berenato and Joseph LaBate at second doubles and sophomore Trevor Haskell and freshman Gabriel Cardenas added a triumph over Hunter Selman Thomas MacLeod in the third match.
The Bonnies then won all but one of the six singles matches against the Explorers (7-5), with Fanshel, Yanez, Guevara and Ortiz prevailing in the first through fourth spots, respectively, and Haskell earning a win from the sixth position. La Salle's lone point came from Dale Fetterman, who topped Cardenas at fifth singles.
Coupled with their double victories in Thursday's 4-3 loss at Fordham, Guevara and Ortiz now have both singles and doubles wins in back-to- back matches. Ortiz leads SBU with 12 singles victories, while Guevara is second with 11.
The tandem of Guevara and Ortiz improved its team-best mark to 14-9 on the year in doubles play with a second straight win. The partnerships of Fanshel and Ortiz (8-5 together) and Haskell and Cardenas (4-4 together) have also won consecutive doubles matches by virtue of their victories against Fordham on Thursday and La Salle on Friday.
The Bonnies finish their three-match Atlantic 10 road trip on Saturday with a 10 a.m. match at Saint Joseph's.
St. Bonaventure 6, La Salle 1
Singles
1. Fanshel (SBU) def. Labate
2. Yanez (SBU) def. Fennell
3. Guevara (SBU) def. Berenato
4. Ortiz (SBU) def. Donovan
5. Fetterman (LS) def. Cardenas
6. Haskell (SBU) def. Kasinow
Doubles
1. Yanez/Guevara (SBU) def. Donovan/Fennell
2. Fanshel/Ortiz (SBU) def. Berenato/LaBate
3. Haskell/Cardenas (SBU) def. Selman/MacLeod
