SMITHFIELD, RI. -The Fairleigh Dickinson tennis team (4-11, 0-3 NEC) dropped its third conference match of the season to Bryant (10-16, 5-0 NEC) 5-2 at the Bryant Tennis Courts on Saturday afternoon. 

Doubles' action kicked things off as Bryant's Grant Pertile and Andrew Pregel knocked off freshmen Justas Trainauskas and Thomas Linley, 6-0. The Knights followed with a victory in the No. 3 spot as graduate student Moric Budinszky and sophomore Arjun Sriram defeated the Bulldogs' Teague Burger and Nick Lorenz. Seniors Mehdi Dhouib and Niclas Pietsch won their match at the No. 1 spot, and the doubles point was awarded to FDU. 

In singles action, Dhouib was the only Knight to take a singles match as he defeated Lorenz, 6-2, 6-1. Trainauskas dropped the second match to Diego Serra Sparrow in the No. 1 spot, 6-3, 6-2. In the No. 6 spot, Linley fell to Pertile in three sets, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0, making the score 2-2. The Bulldogs took the lead as Pregel downed Pietsch in three sets, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-3. Burger clinched the victory for Bryant as he beat Sriram, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Budinszky took a set point before falling in the third.

Next up   
The Burgundy and Blue will travel to Haverhill, MA., to face Merrimack on Sunday, April 3, at the Cedardale Health & Fitness.   
 

Box Score

Doubles 

1. ​​​​​Dhouib/Pietsch (FDU) def. Serra Sparrow/Trejo (BRY), 6-3
2. Pertile/Pregel (BRY) def. Trainauskas/Linley (FDU), 6-0
3. Budinszky/Sriram (FDU) def. Burger/Lorenz (BRY), 6-4 

Singles 
1. Serra Sparrow (BRY) def. Trainauskas (FDU), 6-3, 6-2 
2. Dhouib (FDU) def. Lorenz (BRY), 6-2, 6-1 
3. Burger (BRY) def. Sriram (FDU), 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 
4. Pregel (BRY) def. Pietsch (FDU), 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-3 
5. Mileikowsky (BRY) def. Budinszky (FDU), 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3 
6. Pertile (BRY) def. Linley (FDU), 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 

Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3, 1); Singles (2,1,6,4,3,5) 
 

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