Box Score

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ—The NJIT men's tennis team defeated Rider, 6-1, Wednesday afternoon.

NJIT (1-0) won two out of three doubles contests and five out of six singles contests to earn the victory.  Rider falls to 1-4 on the season.

Highlander duo Andres Alban and Erik Artursson blanked Rider's Rollie Malfitano and Chanton Phan, 8-0, at first doubles.  Alban, playing at third singles, and Artursson at the fourth spot, won both matches by identical 6-0, 6-0 scores.

NJIT's Markus Schultz and Nicolas Cameron were 8-1 winners at second doubles over Rider's Sean Sweeney and Kyle Stratton.  Schultz won 6-0, 6-0 at first singles over Broncs' Malfitano, while Cameron won in straight sets, 6-1, 601 at fifth singles over Sweeney.

Highlander senior Holger Norregaard defeated Rider's Pham, 6-0, 6-0 at the second spot.

The Highlanders will return to action on October 4-6 at the Columbia Invitational.