ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team wrapped up its three days of competition at Navy's Joe Hunt Invite on Sunday by winning eight of 10 completed matches.
 
FDU redshirt junior Niclas Pietsch recorded the best singles finish for the Knights, placing second in the Green Flight. Pietsch defeated Navy's Conners O'Brien, 6-2, 7-6 (3) to earn his way to the flight title match, but he could not earn a second victory over a Navy foe, falling to Christian Pumpelly 2-6, 6-4, 10-6 in a close final.
 
The Knights won all their doubles matches completed on the final day. Freshman Andrei Oprisor and junior Youssef Sader earned a 6-2 victory over a Mary Washington duo, and junior Eduardo Cabral teamed with sophomore Mehdi Dhouib to record a 6-2 win over a Navy pairing.
 
Oprisor, Cabral and Dhouib also notched a singles win in the final day. Oprisor only dropped one game in a 6-1, 6-0 win over St. Bonaventure's Andres Vergara, while Cabral outdueled Navy's Andres Ballesteros in a 7-5, 6-2 match win. Dhouib bounced back from an earlier loss to overcome Youngstown State's Erik Gran in a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory.
 
Juniors Andris Gudins and Moric Budinszky also won in singles, with Gudins defeating Mary Washington's Cole Tecce 6-2, 6-0, and Budinszky dispatching St. Bonaventure's Lukas Linden Malmberg in a 6-3, 3-6, 10-2 victory.
 
FDU next takes to the court on Saturday, October 5, when it starts the Fordham Invite, which continues through Sunday, October 6.
 
DAY THREE BOX SCORE
 
BLUE FLIGHT DOUBLES
Andrei Oprisor/Youssef Sader (FDU) def. Priyan DeSilva/Grant Perry (Mary Washington), 6-2
 
RED FLIGHT DOUBLES
Niclas Pietsch/Ivan Solans Diaz (FDU) def. William Everett/Vasileios Vardakis (Youngstown St.) by walkover
 
WHITE FLIGHT DOUBLES
Eduardo Cabral/Mehdi Dhouib (FDU) def. Christian Pumpelly/Reilly Wilson (Navy), 6-2
 
BLUE FLIGHT SINGLES
Gudins (FDU) def. Cole Tecce (Mary Washington), 6-2, 6-0
 
GREEN FLIGHT SINGLES
Pietsch (FDU) def. Conners O'Brien (Navy), 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Christian Pumpelly (Navy) def. Pietsch (FDU), 6-2, 4-6, 10-6
 
ORANGE FLIGHT SINGLES
Andres Ballesteros (Navy) def. Sader (FDU) by walkover
Cabral (FDU) def. Ballesteros (Navy), 7-5, 6-2
Oprisor (FDU) def. Andres Vergara (St. Bonaventure), 6-1, 6-0
 
PURPLE FLIGHT SINGLES
Matthew Lee (Navy) def. Dhouib (FDU), 6-3, 5-2, retired
Dhouib (FDU) def. Erik Gran (Youngstown St.), 7-6 (4), 6-2
 
RED FLIGHT SINGLES
Martin Estevarena (St. Bonaventure) def. Solans Diaz (FDU) by walkover
 
WHITE FLIGHT SINGLES
Budinszky (FDU) def. Lukas Linden Malmberg (St. Bonaventure), 6-3, 3-6, 10-2
 
AD HOC SINGLES
Peter Lohrbach (Navy) def. Andris Gudins (FDU), 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-1
 

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DAY TWO RECAP

The Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team finished out round robin play at the Joe Hunt Invite hosted by Navy on Saturday.
 
Sophomore Mehdi Dhouib and junior Niclas Pietsch led the Knights in singles, with both players winning two singles matches. Dhouib finished with a perfect 6-0, 6-0 win over Coppin State's Sam Scala-McNeill, and he also won the first set against Mary Washington's Nicholas Spera, 6-3, and was winning the second set 3-0 when Spera retired.
 
Pietsch earned a straight-set win over Jacob Quijano of Mary Washington, 6-2, 6-4, and then was victorious in a three-set battle with Luke Maxwell of George Mason, finishing with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory.
 
Three more Knights also earned singles wins on Saturday. Senior Ivan Solans Diaz picked up a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory over Temple's Thibault Frumholz, and junior Youssef Sader won against Mary Washington's Grant Perry, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3. Sader, however, lost his unbeaten singles record despite playing valiantly against George Washington's Michael Barsky. He took the first set, 7-5, and then fell in close tiebreakers in the second set and the final superset, falling 6-7 (3), 6-7 (6).

Junior Maciej Autuch also came away with a singles win, defeating Sergui Medesan of Coppin State, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
 
Dhouib and junior Eduardo Cabral gained FDU's lone doubles victory of the day, a 6-3 win over a Morgan State duo. The Burgundy and Blue pairing of Pietsch and Solans Diaz fell in two close matches, 5-7 against a Richmond duo and 6-7 (7) versus Mary Washington adversaries. The Knights were scheduled to play more doubles matches, but many ended in walkovers.
 
The Knights wrap up play at Navy on Sunday starting at 9 a.m. Check back here at fduknights.com at the end of the day for updated results.
 
DAY TWO BOX SCORE
 
WHITE SINGLES
Benjamin Barnett (George Washington) def. Teodors Pukse (FDU), 6-2, 6-2
Marin Delmas (Temple) def. Pukse (FDU), 6-2, 6-1
Jake Fishkin (Navy) def. Pukse (FDU) by walkover
Eric Biscoveanu (Temple) def. Moric Budinszky (FDU), 7-6 (1), 6-1
Joseph Brown (Mary Washington) def. Budinszky (FDU), 6-2, 7-5
 
RED SINGLES
Ivan Solans Diaz (FDU) def. Thibault Frumholz (Temple), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Finn Garner (Navy) def. Solans Diaz (FDU), 7-5, 6-2
Vasileios Vardakis (Youngstown St.) def. Solans Diaz (FDU), 4-2, retired
 
ORANGE SINGLES
Michael Haelen (Temple) def. Eduardo Cabral (FDU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Michael Barsky (George Washington) def. Youssef Sader (FDU), 5-7, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6)
Sader (FDU) def. Grant Perry (Mary Washington), 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Justin Cheun (Georgetown) def. Andrei Oprisor (FDU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
 
PURPLE SINGLES
Mehdi Dhouib (FDU) def. Nicholas Spera (Mary Washington), 6-3, 3-0, retired
Dhouib (FDU) def. Sam Scala-McNeill (Coppin State), 6-0, 6-0
 
GREEN SINGLES
Niclas Pietsch (FDU) def. Jacob Quijano (Mary Washington), 6-2, 6-4
William Everett (Youngstown St.) def. Maciej Autuch (FDU), 6-3, 6-1
Pietsch (FDU) def. Luke Maxwell (George Mason), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Autuch (FDU) def. Sergui Medesan (Coppin State), 6-2, 7-6 (6)
Peter Lohrbach (Navy) def. Autuch (FDU) by walkover
 
BLUE SINGLES
Andris Gudins (FDU) def. Ryan Macy (Christopher Newport) by walkover
 
RED DOUBLES
Ricky Bell/Josh Keitelman (Richmond) def. Pietsch/Solans Diaz (FDU), 7-5
Michael Fleming/Moses Hutchison (Mary Washington) def. Pietsch/Solans Diaz (FDU), 7-6 (7)
Andrew Rozanov/Charlie Sharton (Georgetown) def. Gudins/Pukse (FDU) by walkover
Finn Garner/Peter Lohrbach (Navy) def. Gudins/Pukse (FDU) by walkover
Ethan Jacobs/Ryan Navarro (George Washington) def. Gudins/Pukse (FDU) by walkover
 
BLUE DOUBLES
Autuch/Budinszky (FDU) def. Erik Gran (Youngstown St.)/Conners O'Brien (Navy) by walkover
Autuch/Budinszky (FDU) def. Vasco Belunade (Coppin St.)/Joseph Blakeley (St. Bonaventure) by walkover
Austin Gu/Vishnu Joshi (Johns Hopkins) def. Autuch/Budinszky (FDU), 6-2
Priyan DeSilva/Grant Perry (Mary Washington) def. Sader/Oprisor (FDU) by walkover
Romesh Kahatapitiya/Sam Vagner (Navy) def. Sader/Oprisor (FDU) by walkover
Luke Maxwell/Chanasorn Nakaurai (George Mason) def. Sader/Oprisor (FDU) by walkover
 
WHITE DOUBLES
Cabral/Dhouib (FDU) def. Shrey Gupta/Nihit Rawal (Morgan State), 6-3
Connor Lee/Harry Yang (Georgetown) def. Cabral/Dhouib (FDU), 7-6 (6)
 

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DAY ONE RECAP

The Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team started the first day of Navy's Joe Hunt Invite on Friday, earning victories in both singles and doubles play.
 
Knights junior Eduardo Cabral won all three matches he played in the first day of competition. He teamed up with sophomore Mehdi Dhouib to win a doubles match, 7-6 (0) over a Christopher Newport duo, then followed up the doubles victory with back-to-back singles wins. Cabral won in straight sets over Joseph Blakeley of St. Bonaventure, 6-1, 7-5, and then battled back from a first-set loss to win the next two sets, 6-2, 6-1, and take the match against Rami Alkhafaji of George Mason.
 
Freshman Andrei Oprisor also claimed two singles triumphs for the Knights. He also battled back from down a set to win his match over Coppin State's Vasco Belunade, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4. The freshman also dispatched Youngstown State's Pol Virgili Blanco, 7-5, 6-3.
 
Junior Moric Budinszky dropped a close three-set singles battle to Navy's Reilly Wilson, falling in the first set on a tiebreaker before rallying back to take the next set, 6-4, before being edged in the final set, 3-6, to end the match.
 
In doubles, Ivan Solans Diaz and Niclas Pietsch earned a 6-3 victory over a Temple pairing.
 
The Knights resume play in the tournament Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Check back here at fduknights.com later in the day for further updates.
 
DAY ONE BOX SCORE
 
WHITE SINGLES
Reilly Wilson (Navy) def. Moric Budinszky (FDU), 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3
 
ORANGE SINGLES
Andrei Oprisor (FDU) def. Vasco Belunade (Coppin State), 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4
Eduardo Cabral (FDU) def. Joseph Blakeley (St. Bonaventure), 6-1, 7-5
Cabral (FDU) def. Rami Alkhafaji (George Mason), 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
Oprisor (FDU) def. Pol Virgili Blanco (Youngstown St.) 7-5, 6-3
 
BLUE SINGLES
Austin Gu (Johns Hopkins) def. Andris Gudins (FDU), 6-4, 6-3
Mark Militzer (Georgetown) def. Gudins (FDU), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
 
RED DOUBLES
Pietsch/Solans Diaz (FDU) def. Juan Araoz/Biscoveanu (Temple), 6-3
 
WHITE DOUBLES
Cabral/Dhouib (FDU) def. Bently Goodwin/Dominic Lacombe (Christopher Newport), 7-6 (0)