Men's Tennis | 9/17/2017 8:31:00 PM

WEST POINT, NY – NJIT men's tennis concluded the Army shootout on Sunday at the Lichtenberg Tennis Center and Malek Courts.

The Highlanders finished up doubles play against Fairfield, and singles against St. John's.

Head Coach Ira Miller commented on the team's play, "Another outstanding day for Highlander tennis. The guys stepped up big winning 3 of 5 singles matches over St. John's"

NJIT went 2-2 in doubles with Fairfield.

Tomi Antoljak and Aleksa Petrovic defeated Ethan Ammon and Anthony Caputo 6-3 in third doubles and Lukas Zvikas and partner George Svensson won against Dylan Appel and Alan Magid in fourth doubles.

The Highlanders were 3-for-5 against St. John's in singles play.

Zvikas earned another win for himself grabbing a victory against Alex Roszkowski in fifth singles, 6-1, 6-4.

The other two wins came from Jan Cimrman who defeated Dusan Vukicevic 6-4, 4-6, 10-6 in second singles and Zac Castagna picked up a win in fourth singles over Andrei Crapcenco 6-4, 2-6, 10-6.

Next up for the Highlanders is the Binghamton/Ivy Plus Invitational hosted by Binghamton on September 22.

Results
vs Fairfield (doubles)
1.Cimrman/Castagna vs Tyler Shibles/Lewis Edwards Fairfield 7-6(5)
2.Pablo Arrutia/Richard Rangga vs Jeffrey Rodgers/William Townsend  Font Fairfield 7-5
3.Antoljak/Petrovic vs Ammon/Caputo NJIT 6-3
4^.Zvikas/Svensson vs Appel/Magid NJIT 6-1
 
vs St. John's (singles)
1.Antolijak vs Luka Sucevic St. John's 7-6(5), 6-3
2.Cimrman vs Dusan Vukicevic NJIT 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
3.Petrovic vs Alan Nunez Aquilera St. John's 6-4, 6-2
4.Castagna vs Andrei Crapcenco NJIT 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
5.Zvikas vs Alex Roszkowski NJIT 6-1, 6-4