NEWARK, NJ - The NJIT men's tennis team extended its season-opening winning streak to five on Saturday, shutting out visiting Wagner 5-0 at the Naimoli Tennis Center in Newark.

The Highlanders are now 5-0, while the Seahawks are winless through two games this season.

"It was a solid performance," said Head Coach Ira Miler. "It was nice to get our fifth-straight win and now we are focused on tomrorow's match at Army."

For the fourth-consecutive match, NJIT got on the scoreboard first, this time sweeping both doubles matches. Josh Smith and Samuel Townes won 6-0 at #1 doubles, while Ammar Fekry and Ashwin Kanetkar were victorious by a 6-1 score at the #2 doubles spot.

The Highlanders took their momentum into singles play, sweeping all four matches getting wins from Townes, Kanetkar, Fekry, and Juan Bejarano. 

Townes and Kanetkar are each 5-0 in singles play this season, while Fekry and Bejarano picked up their second and first wins of the season, respectively.

NJIT will look to make it six in a row on Sunday when it travels to West Point, NY, for an 11am match against Army West Point. 

FULL RESULTS
Doubles
#1 Josh Smith/Samuel Townes (N) def. Rodrigo Perez/Aryan Gupta (W), 6-0
#2 Ammar Fekry/Ashwin Kanetkar (N) def. Doeda Arazza/Seong Gellipse (W), 6-1
Singles
#1 Samuel Townes (N) def.Aryan Gupta (W), 6-2, 6-2
#2 Ashwin Kanetkar (N) def. Rodrigo Perez (W), 6-0, 6-1
#3 Ammar Fekry (N) def. Doeda Arazza (W), 6-2, 6-1
#4 Juan Bejarano (N) def. Seong Gellipse (W), 6-0, 6-0