NEWARK, NJ - The NJIT men's tennis team completed a perfect home schedule on Saturday, defeating visiting Hofstra 6-1 at the Naimoli Tennis Center.

NJIT concluded its regular season with a 16-5 record and was unbeaten in 10 home matches. Hofstra fell to 6-15 on the season.

The Highlanders got on the scoreboard first with a pair of doubles wins as Nejc Skorjanc and Wil Jenkins coasted to a 6-1 victory at first doubles and Pavel Petrov and German Lopez Andujar clinched the point with a 6-3 win.

NJIT took the momentum into singles play winning five of six, including dominating, straight-set wins from Petrov and Oscar Callo von Platen in third and fourth singles, respectively. 

The Highlanders return to action later in the week at the Southland Conference Tournament, hosted by Incarnate Word in San Antonio. The bracket will be released by the conference early in the week

NJIT 6, Hofstra 1
Singles
- Wil Jenkins (NJIT) def. Ostap Kovalenko (Hofstra): 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (1)
- Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT) def. Josh Reynolds (Hofstra): 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3)
- Pavel Petrov (NJIT) def. Hideki Matsuoka (Hofstra): 6-3, 6-0
- Oscar Callo von Platen (NJIT) def. Vincent Turina (Hofstra): 6-1, 6-1
- Matthew Garcia (Hofstra) def. German Lopez Andujar (NJIT): 6-4, 3-2
- Ashwin Kanetkar (NJIT) def. Maxim Michaels (Hofstra): 7-6 (2), 10-4
Order of finish: 3, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6
Doubles
- Nejc Skorjanc/Wil Jenkins (NJIT) def. Vincent Turina/Hideki Matsuoka (Hofstra): 6-1
- Pablo Perez Ramos/Oscar Callo von Platen (NJIT) def. Jonathan Mahrt Guyou/Ostap Kovalenko (Hofstra): 5-4
- Pavel Petrov/German Lopez Andujar (NJIT) def. Josh Reynolds/Kaita Odani (Hofstra): 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2