PHILADELPHIA, PA. – Fairfield men's tennis battled through every point in their match against La Salle yesterday evening but ultimately fell by a score of 4-3. 
 
The Stags started off strong winning the Doubles point as Tyler Shibles and Lewis Edwards dominated in #1 Doubles winning 6-0 over Francesco Mowrey and Nassim Fenjiro.  Jan Parizek and Anthony Caputo sealed the Doubles victory with a win in #3 Doubles over Colin Lucius and Patrick Pascual 7-5. 
 
In Singles competition, Jeffrey Rodgers took down Rogelio Gonzalez (3-6, 6-2, 6-4) at #3 Singles while Tyler Shibles finished with a win over Connor Merrill in #2 Singles (7-6, 6-3).  Fairfield was not able to pick up another win in Singles as La Salle won the final three matches. 
 
"Tough loss tonight for the men" said Head Coach Jeff Bricker.  "We weren't as sharp as Saturday night and La Salle executed a little better than us. On the bright side, our doubles is coming around. Tyler had a fantastic weekend going 4-0. We will get back on the practice courts and fix a few things for Army next weekend."
 
Fairfield will return to action on Sunday, March 3 as they travel to West Point, N.Y. to take on Army West Point at 12 P.M.