Garden City, N.Y. – The Adelphi University men's tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to the Bears of the New York Institute of Technology to open their season on Sunday, September 15. With the loss, the Panthers open their season 0-1.
 
In the five singles matches that took the court, the Panthers played the Bears to close score lines, but Uladzislau Litvinchuk was the only Panther to win a set. He captured the second set of his match before falling in a three-set battle at third singles.
 
Match Results
 
Singles
1. Nicolas Auruccio (NYIT) d. Sander Brenner (ADE) 6-4, 6-4
2. Tomas Lieb (NYIT) d. Chiwete Njokanma (ADE) 7-6(3), 6-3
3. Jaime Salvador d. Uladzislau Litvinchuk (ADE) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
4. Nicolas Jubera (NYIT) d. Justin Vijungco (ADE) 7-5, 6-4
5. Nicolas Heintz (NYIT) d. Ryan Villarruel (ADE) 6-1, 6-2
6. Mircea Dimofte (NYIT) d. Richard Ferguson (ADE) default (family emergency)

Doubles
1. Auruccio/Dimofte (NYIT) d. Brenner/Litvinchuk (ADE) 8-3
2. Marcon/Peixoto (NYIT) d. Villaruel/Njokanma (ADE) 8-6
3. Jubera/Lieb (NYIT) win by default

Up Next

The Panthers return to action the weekend of September 21-23, when they travel to Philadelphia, PA to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region Championship on the campus Chestnut Hill College.