NEWARK, N.J. - FDU men's tennis battled NJIT Sunday at the Naimoli Tennis Center in the hopes of snapping a three-match winless stretch in team scoring. While NJIT prevailed, the Knights racked up three singles wins and a doubles victory as the Highlanders came out on top in the dual-scoring format, 4-3.

With reigning Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year Justas Trainasukas' victory in the second singles flight, FDU has now won four-straight bouts in that position with Trainasukas contributing a pair of wins added with a pair from graduate student captain Mehdi Dhouib.
 

Results

Doubles
First Doubles: Josh Smith/Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) def. Teodors Pukse/Mehdi Dhouib (FDU), 6-2
Second Doubles: Justas Trainauskas/Thomas Linley (FDU) def. Amine El Kholti/Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT), 7-6 (9-7)
Third Doubles: Samuel Townes/Wil Jenkins (NJIT) def. Arjun Sriram/Joshua Oboniye (FDU), 7-6 (7-4)

Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
First Singles: Perez Ramos (NJIT) def. Pukse (FDU), 6-4, 6-4
Second Singles: Trainauskas (FDU) def. Skorjanc (NJIT), 6-1, 6-3
Third Singles: El Kholti (NJIT) def. Dhouib (FDU), 6-4, 6-1
Fourth Singles: Sriram (FDU) def. Oscar Callo von Platen (NJIT), 6-2, 6-0
Fifth Singles: Jenkins (NJIT) def. Gryffin Minor (FDU), 6-2, 6-4
Sixth Singles: Oboniye (FDU) def. Ashwin Kanetkar (NJIT), 2-6, 6-4, 7-5

Order of finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6

FDU men's tennis hits the courts next on Friday, February 24 against Navy at 6 p.m. in Annapolis, Md. at the Brigade Sports Complex.

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