ARLINGTON, TX - The NJIT men's tennis team, ranked #57 in the latest ITA computer rankings, dropped its second match of the season on Wednesday, falling 4-3 to host UT-Arlington at the UTA tennis center.

The Highlanders fall to 11-2 on the season, while the Mavericks evened their record at 6-6.

NJIT went ahead 1-0 as it narrowly won the doubles point. German Lopez Anujar and Nejc Skorjanc got the Highlanders on the board with a 6-4 win at #2 doubles, before NJIT's top pairing of Pablo Perez Ramos and Wil Jenkins won via a tiebreak to put the Highlanders ahead 1-0 in the match.

UTA took the top four singles pairings to win the four matches needed for the team victory. NJIT got a straight-set win from Oscar Callo von Platen at #5, while Lopez Andujar won his match at #6 by injury default. Lopez Andujar was ahead 6-5 in the third set when his opponent defaulted.

"We fought really hard competing outdoors for the first time this season," said third-year NJIT Head Coach Marco Matteucci. "We played well at most positions, but ultimately fell to a team that will likely be ranked in the Top 75 soon."

The Highlanders close out their spring break trip to Texas on Saturday when they take on Incarnate Word at 11am (CT) in San Antonio. 

"We need to take this loss and learn from it for our next matches," concluded Matteucci.

COMPLETE RESUTLS
UT Arlington 4, #57 NJIT 3
Singles competition
1. J. Torres Espinosa (UTA) def. Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) 6-4, 6-2
2. Dante Teramo (UTA) def. Wil Jenkins (NJIT) 7-5, 6-3
3. Meethre Barot (UTA) def. Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4. Andres Medus (UTA) def. Pavel Petrov (NJIT) 6-1, 6-0
5. Oscar Callo von Platen (NJIT) def. Pedro Sasso (UTA) 6-4, 7-5
6. German Lopez Andujar (NJIT) def. Yazid Lahjomri (UTA) 3-6, 6-3, (INJ. DEF.)
Doubles competition
1. Wil Jenkins/Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) def. J. Torres Espinosa/Dante Teramo (UTA) 7-6 (7-5)
2. German Lopez Andujar/Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT) def. Yazid Lahjomri/Meethre Barot (UTA) 6-4
3. Andres Medus/Solano Caffarena (UTA) def. Oscar Callo von Platen/Pavel Petrov (NJIT) 6-3
Match Notes:
NJIT 11-2; National ranking #57
UT Arlington 6-6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,1,5,3,2,6)