ORANGEBURG, N.Y. - Facing St. Thomas Aquinas in their spring season opener Saturday, the FDU men's tennis team fell 4-3 at the Match Point Tennis Center to begin the campaign 0-1 while the Spartans improved to 3-0 this spring.

In his return from injury, sophomore Thomas Linley notched win number three on the year in his first match since September 17, moving to 3-1 in 2022-23. Linley would team-up with reigning Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year Justas Trainauskas to log the Knights' only doubles win of the night with the duo defeating Don Vinz Lominoque and Tobias Fuerschuss, 6-3. St. Thomas Aquinas would take the overall doubles point by a 2-1 result.

FDU faces a quick turnaround as the Burgundy and Blue take-on Quinnipiac tomorrow, Sunday, February 5 at 6 p.m. in North Haven, Conn.
 

Results

Doubles
First Doubles: Ludovico Truffelli/Odysseas Papaioannou (STAC) def. Mehdi Dhouib/Younes Adnane (FDU), 6-3
Second Doubles: Justas Trainauskas/Thomas Linley (FDU) def. Don Vinz Lominoque/Tobias Fuerschuss (STAC), 6-3
Third Doubles: Ondrej Sramek/Tony Khamassi (STAC) def. Arjun Sriram/Joshua Oboniye (FDU), 6-3

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles
First Singles: Teodors Pukse (FDU) def. Papaioannou (STAC), 6-3, 6-3
Second Singles: Dhouib (FDU) def. Truffelli (STAC), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
Third Singles: Fuerschuss (STAC) def. Trainauskas (FDU), 7-6 (3), 2-6, 7-6 (3)
Fourth Singles: Lennart Lehmann (STAC) def. Adnane (FDU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
Fifth Singles: Sramek (STAC) def. Gryffin Minor (FDU), 6-4, 6-1
Sixth Singles: Linley (FDU) def. Lominoque (STAC), 6-2, 6-3

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

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