NEW HAVEN, CT—The NJIT men's tennis team registered a 4-1 victory against Fairfield on Saturday afternoon hosted by Yale.
Always tough to play a double header," head coach
Ira Miller added after the Highlanders second match of the day. "The momentum from our solid play vs. Yale gave us confidence for the second match which we showed by winning a close doubles point. Aleksa (Petrovic) battled hard and Zac (Castagna), Abdullah (Fouad), and Lukas (Zvikas) continued their stellar play this season. Congratulations to Juan (Bejarano) who came off the bench and contributed to his first college point at third doubles.
NJIT started off the match, earning the doubles point, with victories at second and third doubles. Highlander duo
Lukas Zvikas and
George Svensson notched a 6-3 win at the second spot while
Abdullah Fouad and
Juan Bejarano teamed for a 6-4 win at the third spot.
In singles action, Zvikas was a double-winner, earning a three-set victory at first singles over Tyler Shibles, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
At second singles,
Abdullah Fouad, another double-winner for NJIT, defeated Fairfield's Lewis Edwards 6-4, 7-5.
Co-captain
Zac Castagna topped Jeffrey Rodgers 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 at third singles to secure a point for the Highlanders.
NJIT will return to action on Sunday against Marist at 10am.
NJIT, 4, Fairfield 1 (Final)
First doubles, Castagna/Petrovic lost 6-4 to Shibles/Edwards
Second doubles, Zvikas/Svensson beat Rodgers/Magid 6-3
Third doubles, Fouad/Bejarano beat Palizek/Hatala 6-4
First singles,
Lukas Zvikas beat Tyler Shibles, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Second singles,
Abdullah Fouad beat Lewis Edwards 6-4, 7-5
Third singles,
Zac Castagna beat Jeffrey Rodgers 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Fourth singles
Aleksa Petrovic played Allan Magid; Petrovic won first set 6-3, lost second set 6-3, they were 4-4 in the third when match was stopped.
Fifth singles,
George Svensson played Anthony Caputo and lost the first set 7-6 (4), won the second set 6-3, was up 1-0 when the match was stopped.
Sixth singles,
Juan Bejarano lost to John Hatala 6-3, 6-1.
