NEWARK, NJ - The NJIT men's tennis team was defeated 5-2 by visiting Morgan State on Saturday at the Naimoli Tennis Facility.

Saturday's match was the first dual event of the season for the Highlanders, while the Bears took the court for the second time and remained undefeated.

"It was good to see our young team fight so hard against a tough team," said Head Coach Ira Miller. "We gave ourselves a chance to win. The next time the ball will bounce our way."

Morgan State set the tone by winning two of three doubles matches to earn the first point of the afternoon. NJIT's veteran first doubles duo Abdullah Fouad and George Svensson won their match 6-3, but the Bears earned the victories at  6-3 and 6-2 at second and third doubles, respectively, to go ahead 1-0.

In singles play, the Highlanders got wins from Tin Dizdarevic at second singles (7-6, 6-3) and Amine El Kholti at fourth singles (7-6, 3-6, 6-2). El Kohlti, who made his NJIT debut last weekend is now 3-0 in singles play this season.

The Highlanders will look to earn their first win of the season on Sunday when they host Binghamton at 1pm at the Naimoli Tennis Facility.

COMPLETE RESULTS
Doubles
#1 George Svensson/Abdullah Fouad (N) def. Serhi Karchev/Mark Amaefule 6-3
#2 Oguzhan Ceylan/Cem Ertuck (M) def. Tin Dizdarevic/Amine El Kholti 6-3
#3 Sebastian Lopez/Nihit Rawal (M) def. Josh Smith/Aidar Aidossov 6-2
Singles
#1 Ertuck (M) def. Fouad 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
#2 Dizdarevic (N) def. Karchev 7-6, 6-3
#3 Rawal (M) def. Smith 7-6, 2-6, 6-2
#4 El Kholti (N) def. Ceylan (7-6, 3-6, 6-2)
#5 Amaefule (M) def. Daniel Sabogal 7-6, 6-1
#6 Lopez (M) def. Ammar Fekry 6-3, 6-3