TEANECK, N.J. – Men's tennis played in their first home outdoor match of the season, taking on conference opponent Sacred Heart for an afternoon dual. The Knights started down early, losing the doubles point with only one win courtesy of Griffin Minor and Tyler Crook who defeated Matyas Vencl and Darius Eftekhar 6-4. The burgundy and blue were able to rally however, winning five of six singles matches and eventually winning the dual 5-2. Freshman Asaf Schwartz was able to secure the victory for the men who were up 3-2 in the match with his 6-3, 6-4 victory of Arya Alla.
 
The Knights return to action on April 2 for their last home match of the season where they will take on Drew as they celebrate seniors Arjun Sriram and Aryan Manchanda. First serve is set for 2:30 pm at the FDU Tennis Courts.
 

RESULTS

DOUBLES
APOSTOLOU, Lefteri/LAENNEC-BAFFREY, E (SHU) def. LINLEY, Thomas/OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) 6-3
MINOR, Gryffin/CROOK, Tyler (FDU) def. VENCL, Matyas/EFTEKHAR, Darius (SHU) 6-4
LEVINSON, Charlie/HERNANDEZ, Antoine (SHU) def. SRIRAM, Arjun/NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) 6-2

SINGLES
APOSTOLOU, Lefteri (SHU) def. SRIRAM, Arjun (FDU) 6-3, 6-2
LINLEY, Thomas (FDU) def. VENCL, Matyas (SHU) 1-6, 6-0, 6-2
MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) def. LAENNEC-BAFFREY, E (SHU) 6-2, 6-4
MICKUS, Tauras (FDU) def. HERNANDEZ, Antoine (SHU) 6-2, 6-2
SCHWARTZ, Asaf (FDU) def. ALLA, Arya (SHU) 6-3, 6-4
ALONSO-CORTES, J. (FDU) def. EFTEKHAR, Darius (SHU) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)
 
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