NEW HAVEN, CT – NJIT men's tennis won their second consecutive match when they defeated Marist 4-3 on Sunday hosted at Yale.

"Amazing match", head coach Ira Miller said about the match. "Minus our top two players everyone stepped up and battled. Great job, team and great job Aleksa who was 5-1 down in the deciding tiebreaker and came back to win for the team 8-6.

The Highlanders won in first doubles with Aleksa Petrovic and teammate Abdullah Fouad defeated Rudolf Kurz and Max Darrington 6-2.

Fouad and Petrovic also picked up a victories in singles play.

In second singles Fouad defeated Kurz again winning 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, while Petrovic won against Darrington in fifth singles 6-3, 6-7(5-7), 7-6(8-6).

Richard Rangga beat Paulo Siracusa 6-4, 6-0 in fourth singles and George Svensson picked up another win for the Highlanders defeating Carlos Moreno in sixth singles in a comeback 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

The Highlanders head south for spring break, with matches against West Florida on March 15 and New Orleans on March 17.