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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Falls to Virginia in First Round of NCAA Championships

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. – The Fairleigh Dickinson men's tennis team's season came to an end on Friday afternoon as the Knights fell 4-0 to Virginia from the Virginia Tennis Facility. The Knights ended the season with ten wins and its 14th NEC Championship in program history. 

Results 
Doubles 

1. Bar Botzer/Chris Rodesch (VA) def. Teodors Pukse/Niclas Pietsch (FDU) 6-3 
2. Ryan Goetz/Inaki Montes (VA) unf. Mehdi Dhouib/Younes Adnane (FDU) 4-3 
3. Gianni Ross/Jvd Schuledburg (VA) def. Arjun Sriram/Moric Budinszky (FDU) 6-2 

Singles 
1. Chirs Rodesch (VA) def. Teodors Pukse (FDU) 6-1, 6-2 
2. Jvd Schulenburg (VA) unf. Mehdi Dhouib (FDU) 6-4, 3-2  
3. Ryan Goetz (VA) unf. Arjun Sriram (FDU) 6-0, 4-1 
4. Gianni Ross (VA) def. Niclas Pietsch (FDU) 6-1, 6-0 
5. Bar Botzer (VA) def. Moric Budinszky (FDU) 6-0, 6-1 
6. Younes Adnane (FDU) unf. Jackson Allen (VA) 0-6, 4-2 

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

How it Happened 

  • Sophomore Arjun Sriram and graduate student Moric Budinszky played in number three doubles and were the first match finished, but fell 6-2. 
  • Junior Teodors Pukse and senior Niclas Pietsch played in number one doubles against Bar Botzer and Chris Rodesch before falling 6-3 as Virginia earned the doubles point. 
  • Senior Mehdi Dhouib and junior Younes Adnane played a competitive match in number two doubles before the match went unfinished 4-3. 
  • The Cavaliers took the first singles point when Gianni Ross topped Pietsch in number four singles by a 6-1, 6-0 margin. 
  • The final two bouts that Virginia won were in number one singles against Pukse and number five singles against Budinszky. 
  • In number two singles, Dhouib was in the midst of a competitive second set 2-3, after dropping the first set 6-4 before his match went unfinished. 
  • Adnane held a 4-2 lead in the second set in number six singles after falling 6-0 in the first set before the match also went unfinished. 
  • In number three singles, Sriram fell 6-0 in the first set but was leading 4-1 in the second before the match ended. 
 

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