Hanover, NH - The NJIT men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the season, 7-0, against Dartmouth this morning at Boss Tennis Center in Hanover. The defeat moves the Highlanders' record on the season to 8-1.

"Tough day today, said Head Coach Marco Matteucci. "We competed well but certainly have some good topics to address as we are back on the road next week and need to get ready for that."

The Highlander duo Severin Risan and Maxime Hankins brought a win to NJIT at doubles competition with a striking score of 6-0.  NJIT won second and third sets at doubles competition. 

Doubles Competition
1. Yujiro Onuma / Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth) Def Pablo Perez Ramos / Soma Fukuhara (NJIT) 5-2
2. Henry Ren / Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth) def Nejc Skorjanc / Oscar Callo von Platen (NJIT) 6-2
3.  Severin Risan / Maxime Hankins (NJIT) Def. Carlos Guerrero / Denny Bao (Dartmouth) 6-0

Singles Competition
1.  Carlos Guerrero (Dartmouth) Def Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) 6-4, 7-5
2. Henry Ren (Dartmouth) 6-1, 7-6 Def Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT) 
3. Alex Knox-Jones (Dartmouth)  Def Oscar Callo von Platen (NJIT) 7-6, 6-2
4. Miles Groom (Dartmouth) Def Soma Fukuhara (NJIT) 6-4, 6-2
5. Yujiro Onuma (Dartmouth) Def Maxime Hankins (NJIT) 6-0, 6-2
6. Waleed Qadir (Dartmouth) Def. Tom Sorin (NJIT) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2

NEXT UP
NJIT will get back on the court on Saturday March 8 against Bryant at 1pm in Smithfield, RI and Sunday March 9 against Brown at 10am in Providence, RI.

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