Madison, NJ (September 15) – In the fall opener for the FDU-Florham men's tennis team, the Devils fell to New Jersey City University, 9-0.

Records: FDU (0-1); NJCU (1-0)
Location: Village Tennis Courts
 
The Gothic Knights jumped out to an early 3-0 lead after sweeping doubles at No. 1 (8-2), No. 2 (8-1) and No. 3 (8-6). The No. 3 duo of JT Murray (Bayville, NJ) and Ronald Duval (Old Bridge, NY) gave NJCU's No. 3 pairing a fight, but the visitors came out on top in the end.
 
The closest match in singles action came from the No. 5 position between Matthew Emery (Howell, NJ) and Gerad Loras. It was Loras who edged Emery by scores of 7-6, 6-4.
 
Theo Bourghelle topped Joni Carasso (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1, Alejandro Ley defeated Zach Puccia (Red Bank, NJ), 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2, Ryan Weiss topped Kaya Esgun (Maplewood, NJ), 6-1, 6-0 at No. 3, Jordi Julia defeated Duval, 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4 and Alex Plantonov topped Tyler Schacher (Blooming Grove, NY), 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6.

The Devils travel to Wilkes University for the 2021 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Individual Championship this weekend. Action is slated to get underway on Saturday, September 18 at 9:00 am.

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