WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - David Sherwood (Little Egg Harbor, N.J./Pinelands) won at No. 4 singles, but the Monmouth University men's tennis team was defeated by league-leading Fairleigh Dickinson, 6-1, Wednesday afternoon. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 4-10 (1-3 NEC), while the Knights improve to 12-7 (4-0 NEC).

The doubles duo of Francis Jedlinski (Manalapan, N.J./Freehold Township) and Laurence Heads (Stockton-on-Tees, England/Repton School) won at No. 2 doubles, defeating Dominic Hemy and Marco Jemersic, 8-5, but the Knights took close victories at Nos. 1 and 3 to take the doubles point. Arvis Berzins and Ibrahim Shams defeated Freddy Marcinkowski (Sparta, N.J./Sparta) and Carl Jedlinski (Manalapan, N.J./Freehold Township), 8-5, at No. 1, while Sherwood and Tom Kowalski (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) fell to Mark Hemy and Peter Skvarka, 9-7, at No. 3.

Sherwood then defeated Mark Hemy, 7-5, 7-6 (6), at No. 4 singles, but the Knights took the remaining five singles flights to clinch the 6-1 victory. Marcinkowski fell to Berzins, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 1, while Francis Jedlinski was defeated by Shams, 7-5, 6-0, at No. 2.

Carl Jedlinski was defeated by Yuri Gricheno, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 3, while Jason Rothstein (Pine Brook, N.J.) fell to Skvarka, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 5. Dom Hemy rounded out the scoring for the Knights with a 6-1, 7-6, victory over Stephen Suboleski (Sicklerville, N.J.) at No. 6.