ORANGEBURG, N.Y. -Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis (2-2, 0-0 NEC) captured the doubles point and that proved to be the difference in a 4-3 win over St. Thomas Aquinas (4-1, 0-0 ECC) Saturday afternoon at the Match Point Tennis Club. 

The two freshmen, Justas Trainauskas and Thomas Linley started things off with decisive victory at No. 3 spot against St. Thomas Aquinas' Lennart Lehmann and Valentin Baranyi, 6-1. Junior Teodors Pukse was a double winner, teaming with redshirt senior Niclas Pietsch for the clinching win at No. 1, 6-2, and then posting a 7-5, 7-5 singles victory at No. 1. 

The Knights won the first two matches in singles, at No. 2 and No. 5, to go up, 3-1. Freshman Fernando Tardin lost a tough match at No. 6, falling in two sets, 5-7, 3-6. Securing the match victory was Pukse as he downed Edward Simo in the No. 1 spot, giving FDU its second win of the spring season.  

Up next, the burgundy and blue will take on Villanova Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Brigade Sports Complex 

Box Score

Doubles:  
1. Pukse/Pietsch (FDU) Def. Laiz/Papaionannou (ST. THOMAS), 6-2
2. Simo/Truffell (ST. THOMAS) Def. Sriram/Budinszky (FDU), 6-2
3. Linley/Trainauskas (FDU) Def. Lehmann/Barany (ST. THOMAS), 6-1
 
Singles: 
1. Teodors Pukse (FDU) Def. Edwards Simo (ST. THOMAS), 7-5, 7-5
2. Justas Trainauskas (FDU) Def. Buysieas Papaionannou (ST. THOMAS), 6-1, 6-4
3. Lennart Lehmann (ST. THOMAS) Def. Moric Budinszky (FDU), 6-3, 5-7, (1)
4. Ludovico Truffel (ST. THOMAS) Def. Thomas Linley (FDU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
5. Arjun Sriram (FDU) Def. Valentin Barany (ST. THOMAS), 6-4, 6-2
6. Ivan Laiz (ST. THOMAS) Def. Fernando Tardin (FDU), 7-5, 6-3
 
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,5,6,1,4,3) 

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