Garden City, N.Y. - The Adelphi University men's tennis team fell to NYIT by a score of 8-1 in a non-league match on Thursday. The Panthers drop to 3-6 on the season, while the Bears climb to 5-1 on the strength of a five-match win streak.
Andreas Hammar picked up the lone win of the day for Adelphi, prevailing 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 singles.
The Panthers return to action on March 24 when they head to Saint Michael's College for a Northeast-10 Conference match at 1 p.m.
Results
NYIT 8, Adelphi 1
Singles:
1.
Andreas Hammar (AU) d. Dustin Wenchel (NYIT) 6-3, 6-1
2. Pedro Peixoto (NYIT) d.
Chiwete Njokanma (AU) 6-0, 7-6 (5)
3. Filip Van Eylen (NYIT) d. Ryan Villaruel (AU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
4. Vojislav Pecikoza (NYIT) d.
Bryan Kallenberg (AU) 1-6, 6-4, 11-9
5. Eduardo Maurtua (NYIT) d.
Richard Ferguson (AU) 6-4, 6-0
6. Julian Marcon (NYIT) d.
Adrish Tewarie (AU) 7-6 (5), 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5
Doubles:
1. Wenchel/Marcon (NYIT) d. Hammar/Tewarie (AU) 8-2
2. Peixoto/Maurtua (NYIT) d. Villaruel/Kallenberg (AU) 9-7
3. Van Eylen/Pecikoza (NYIT) d.
Ryan White/Njokanma (AU) 8-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
