LITTLE SILVER, NJ – The Monmouth University men's tennis team continued its undefeated season with a 7-0 victory over visiting Fairleigh Dickinson at Little Silver Tennis Club on Wednesday night.
Monmouth, ranked No. 56 in the ITA Team Tennis rankings, improved 7-0 in head-to-head matches and increased its regular season winning streak to 17 straight victories.
The Hawks earned straight-set wins at No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles and won two of three doubles matches to secure the doubles point.
MATCH NOTES & QUOTES
"We had another great total team win against a quality FDU team. It was great to see us win the very close doubles point to start the night. We were able to carry that momentum into the singles competition by sweeping all six spots. We are now on the road against a very strong Temple team on Saturday."
- Head Coach Chris Leicht
Monmouth 7, FDU 0
2/23/2022 at Little Silver, NJ
Singles competition
1.
Niels Van Noord (MU) def. Justas Trainauskas (FDU) 6-3, 6-3
2.
Dmitry Bezborodov (MU) def. Arjun Sriram (FDU) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-8
3.
Gabriel Busato (MU) def. Moric Budinszky (FDU) 6-0, 6-3
4.
Victor Castro (MU) def. Aryan Manchanda (FDU) 6-3, 6-1
5.
Lucca Silva (MU) def. Niclas Pietsch (FDU) 6-3, 7-6 (6)
6.
Trent Massam (MU) def. Fernando Tardin (FDU) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Niels Van Noord /
Charlie Penman (MU) def. Niclas Pietsch / Mehdi Dhouib (FDU) 7-6 (7-2)
2. Arjun Sriram/ Moric Budinszky (FDU) def.
Dmitry Bezborodov /
Gabriel Busato (MU) 7-6 (7-4)
3.
Victor Castro /
Trent Massam (MU) def. Justas Trainauskas / Taiga Koyama (FDU) 6-3
Team Records
FDU 3-4
Monmouth 7-0
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 1, 2); Singles (6, 3, 4, 1, 5, 2)
UP NEXT
Monmouth travels to Philadelphia for a matchup with Temple at 7 p.m. on Saturday night.