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Men’s Tennis Takes Bucknell, 5-2

NJIT's Ike Kiro
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ORLANDO, FL-The NJIT men's tennis team recorded a 5-2 victory over Bucknell in Florida Thursday evening.  The Highlanders will face No. 18 Indiana (9-3) at 730pm.
 
NJIT (11-4) earned the doubles point with victories at the second and third spot.  Doubles pair Holger Norregaard and Ike Kiro defeated Bucknell's Octavio Canibe and Scott Bernstein, 8-6.  Competing at the third spot was NJIT's Joao Tasca and Brylan, who posted an 8-2 victory past Josh Katten and Kelly Morgue.
 
Sophomore Norregaard, from Vedbaek, Denmark, was a straight set winner at first singles with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Gregg Cohenca.
 
Teammate Kiro went the distance at fourth singles, as Bucknell's Katten took the first frame, 6-3 but it was Kiro who bounced back in the next set, 6-4 and took the third set 7-6 (8-6) tiebreaker.
 
Junior Fraser Croad also went three sets with Bucknell's Greg Maxson.  Maxson won the first frame 6-3.  Croad took the next to frames, 6-0, 6-2 to earn the point.
 
Bucknell (3-6) recorded points at second and third singles.
 
The Highlanders will return to action this evening against Indiana at 7:30pm.
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