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SeattleU Men?s Tennis Loses Opening Match of Independent Tourney

NJIT wins eighth of nine matches, SeattleU looks to bounce back with two matches Friday

SeattleU Men?s Tennis Loses Opening Match of Independent TourneySeattleU Men?s Tennis Loses Opening Match of Independent Tourney

The Seattle University men's tennis team ran up against tough competition to open the National Independent Tournament, as the NJIT Highlanders picked up their eighth victory in the last nine contests with a 4-1 win Thursday afternoon at the Lancer Courts at Longwood University.

The lone SeattleU point came from the number five singles position, as freshman Yusuke Kanehira (Tokyo, Japan) posted a straight-set victory over Dimitri Athans (6-3, 6-4). The Redhawks also earned a doubles victory in the number three position when Patrick Boorkman (Bellevue, Wash.) and Simon Meske (Tacoma, Wash.) combined to defeat Fraser Croad and Dan Salomon, 8-1.

NJIT (16-6) clinched the doubles point when the number one team of Diego Abreu and Carl Lundquist pulled out a 9-7 victory over Kanehira and Mark Shkretbtan (Redmond, Wash.). The Highlanders went on to win the top three singles matches, all in straight sets, to clinch the match. SeattleU's Jordan Prince (Hansville, Wash.) split the first two sets with Cosmin Chiujdea in the number four singles slot before the match was stopped when NJIT guaranteed itself the victory.

Seattle University (5-15) continues play in the National Independent Tournament Friday, April 16, with matches against North Carolina Central at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time and against Winston-Salem State at 1 p.m. local time. The Redhawks will conclude the tournament Saturday, April 17, against host Longwood starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.

NJIT 4, Seattle University 1

SINGLES

  1. Stephen Erickson (NJIT) def. Mark Shkretbtan (SU): 6-0, 6-0
  2. Carl Lundquist (NJIT) def. Alex Montgomery (SU): 6-0, 7-5
  3. Diego Abreu (NJIT) def. Simon Meske (SU): 6-2, 6-4
  4. Cosmin Chiujdea (NJIT) vs. Jordan Prince (SU): 3-6, 6-4, unfinished
  5. Yusuke Kanehira (SU) def. Dimitri Athans (NJIT): 6-3, 6-4
  6. Dan Salomon (NJIT) vs. Andrew Tran (SU): 6-4, 2-1, unfinished

DOUBLES

  1. Abreu/Lundquist (NJIT) def. Kanehira/Shkretbtan (SU): 9-7
  2. Erickson/Bryan Keelan (NJIT) def. Prince/Tran (SU): 8-1
  3. Patrick Boorkman/Meske (SU) def. Fraser Croad/Salomon (NJIT): 8-1