Stony Brook Box Score
Saint Peter's Box Score

STONY BROOK, NY—The NJIT men's tennis team came away with a win and a loss Saturday at the Stony Brook Three-Way tournament on Long Island. The Highlanders defeated Saint Peter's and lost to host Stony Brook by identical 4-1 scores.

Utilizing a “four-and-one” scoring system (four singles and one doubles, as opposed to the normal six singles and three doubles), the Highlander men won all four singles matches and lost the doubles vs. Saint Peter's and they got a win from Steve Erickson at number one singles, but lost the remaining three singles and the doubles match against Stony Brook.

Erickson defeated Tony Wilkey of Saint Peter's, 5-7, 6-0, 10-2 and he topped Stony Brook's Youssef Fassi-Fehri, 6-2, 6-3.

The other NJIT winners against Saint Peter's were: Jonathan Lang, a 6-2, 6-4 winner at second singles; Anthony Tunnero, who won at third singles, 3-6, 6-3 and 10-7; and, Dimitri Athans, who won fourth singles, 6-2, 6-0.

Lang and Stony Brook's Jon Epstein had a third singles match, but Epstein prevailed, 6-2, 5-7, 10-7.

The Highlanders are slated to host Fordham on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on the Fleisher Athletic Center courts.