The Fairleigh Dickinson University men's tennis team was downed, 7-0, by Brown University, Saturday, March 7 in Providence, RI. The Knights' (4-4) No. 1 and No. 3 doubles pairings were edged, 8-6.

In the first flight, sophomore Matt Gordon (London, England/Mill Hill County) and freshman Andrew Denny (Bingley, England/Bradford Grammar) were topped by Noah Gardner and Sam Garland.  Sophomore Alex Jorne (Rochester, NY/Brighton) and freshman Markus Bolinder (Stockholm, Sweden/Ostra Reals Gymnasium) fell to Charlie Posner and Nathaniel Gorham in the No. 3 flight.

Bolinder was nipped in third singles, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 10-7, by Gardner.

The Brown Bears improved to 11-4 on the season.

For complete results, please scroll down.

FDU travels to Hanover, NH to face Dartmouth College at 11:00 a.m., Sunday, March 8.

Singles

1. PEARLMAN, Jonathan (BROWN) def. GORDON, Matt (FDU) 6-3, 6-4

2. GORHAM, Nathaniel (BROWN) def. DENNY, Andrew (FDU) 6-2, 6-3

3. GARDNER, Noah (BROWN) def. BOLINDER, Markus (FDU) 7-6, 5-7, 10-7

4. GARLAND, Sam (BROWN) def. JORNE, Alex (FDU) 6-3, 7-6

5. AU, Kendrick (BROWN) def. BENAVENT, Diego (FDU) 6-2, 6-1

6. CRYSTAL, Jimmy (BROWN) def. HEMY, Dominic (FDU) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles

1. GARDNER, Noah/GARLAND, Sam (BROWN) def. GORDON, Matt/DENNY, Andrew (FDU) 8-6

2. PEARLMAN, Jonathan/LEE, Chris (BROWN) def. JEMERSIC, Marco/BHARGAVA, Ankesh (FDU) 8-4

3. POSNER, Charlie/GORHAM, Nathaniel (BROWN) def. JORNE, Alex/BOLINDER, Markus (FDU) 8-6

Match Notes

Fairleigh Dickinson University 4-4

Brown University 11-4