TEANECK, N.J. - Closing-out the regular season at home, FDU (12-7, 4-1 NEC) welcomed in Hofstra for a non-conference battle on Easter Sunday at the FDU Tennis Courts. With a 1-0 lead after clinching the doubles point, the sides traded singles wins before sophomore Thomas Linley clinched the match in a three-set thriller, toppling the Pride's Hideki Matsuoka in fifth singles, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3.

With the individual win, Linley extended his streak to four-straight victories while fellow second-year Justas Trainauskas improved to 24-4 on the year with his seventh-consecutive win.

FDU awaits seeding for the upcoming Northeast Conference Championship as the Knights play for their third league crown in a row, scheduled to be held from April 14-16 at Mercer County Park in West Windsor, N.J.
 

Results

Doubles
First Doubles: Justas Trainauskas/Thomas Linley (FDU) def. Ostap Kovalenko/Jonathan Mahrt Guyou (HOF), 6-4
Second Doubles: Mehdi Dhouib/Younes Adnane (FDU) vs. Bo Cautaerts/Matthew Garcia (HOF), 4-5, unfinished
Third Doubles: Gryffin Minor/Teodors Pukse (FDU) def. Josh Reynolds/Kaita Odani (HOF), 6-4

Order of finish: 1, 3

Singles
First Singles: Trainauskas (FDU) def. Cautaerts (HOF), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Second Singles: Kovalenko (HOF) def. Dhouib (FDU), 6-4, 6-2
Third Singles: Garcia (HOF) def. Arjun Sriram (FDU), 6-2, 7-5
Fourth Singles: Reynolds (HOF) def. Minor (FDU), 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (10-8)
Fifth Singles: Linley (FDU) def. Hideki Matsuoka (HOF), 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (3-7), 6-3
Sixth Singles: Jorge Alonso-Cortes (FDU) def. Mahrt Guyou (HOF), 3-6, 6-3, 6-1

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

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