NEWARK, N.J. – Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team (1-3, 1-0 NEC) fell 5-2 to NJIT (4-0) on Wednesday, March 17 from the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility in a non-conference match. Junior Mehdi Dhouib and senior Maciej Autuch collected singles wins and senior Eduardo Cabral and freshman Arjun Sriram won together in doubles.

Results
Doubles

1. Josh Smith/Samuel Townes (NJIT) def. Mehdi Dhouib/Younes Adnane (FDU), 7-5
2. Abdullah Fouad/Amine El Kholti (NJIT) def. Moric Budinszky/Andris Gudins (FDU), 6-4
3. Arjun Sriram/Eduardo Cabral (FDU) def. Ashwin Kanetkar/Ammar Fekry (NJIT), 6-4

Singles

1. Abdullah Foaud (NJIT) def. Teodors Pukse (FDU), 6-0, 4-6, 6-3
2. Mehdi Dhouib (FDU) def. Josh Smith (NJIT), 6-3, 6-1
3. Amine El Kholti (NJIT) def. Andris Gudins (FDU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
4. Samuel Townes (NJIT) def. Youssef Sader (FDU), 7-5, 6-4
5. Ashwin Kanetkar def. Moric Budinszky (FDU), 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5 Super Tiebreak)
6. Maciej Autuch (FDU) def. Anmar Fekry (NJIT), 7-6 (5), 7-5

Order of Finish
Doubles: 2, 3, 1
Singles: 2, 4, 3, 1, 5, 6

How it Happened

• Cabral and Sriram played their first collegiate doubles match together and recorded a 6-4 win over Ashwin Kanetkar and Anmar Fekry in number three doubles, which moved Cabral's doubles record to 2-0 this year.
• FDU's number one doubles team of Dhouib and freshman Younes Adnane fell for the first time this season by a 7-5 margin to Josh Smith and Seth Townes in a back-and-forth match, with the loss the doubles tandem is 3-1 together this season.
• In number two singles, Dhouib recorded his third singles win of the year, first in number two doubles with a 6-3, 6-1 win against Smith.
• Autuch registered his second singles victory of the season, first in number five singles with a hard fought 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory over Fekry.
• Senior Moric Budinszky played a three-set match against Kanetkar, but fell 5-7, 6-3, 0-1 (10-5 Super Tiebreak).
• Sophomore Teodors Pukse (No. 1 singles) and senior Andris Gudins (No. 3 singles) also played three set matches, but lost 0-6, 6-4, 3-6 and 6-3, 2-6, 1-6 respectively.

Next Up
FDU will be back in action on Tuesday, March 23 when they host St. Francis Brooklyn from the FDU Tennis Courts starting at 1 p.m.