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 Steve Erickson won twice vs. La Salle |
March 29, 2008
NEWARK, NJ - NJIT, which had won five of its previous six men's tennis matches before an 0-4 Spring Break trip to Florida, returned home and got back on track with a 4-3 win over visiting La Salle Saturday in the first match of the season on the Fleisher Athletic Center courts.
NJIT, 10-7 in 2007-08, got its four points against La Salle with wins at first, second, third and fifth singles. NJIT also won second doubles, but the Explorers claimed the doubles point by winning at the first and third spots.
Steve Erickson and Jonathan Lang were the only double winners for NJIT, as Erickson won at first singles (6-3, 6-3), Lang won at second singles (6-2, 6-1) and the pair also teamed for an 8-1 win at second doubles.
Cosmin Chiujdea was a 6-4, 6-2 winner in third singles, but he and Anthony Tunnero lost 8-4 in first doubles.
Ramy Lawandy took fifth singles for the Highlanders, scoring a 6-1, 7-6 (6) win.
NJIT, which finished 10-10 in its first season of Division I competition in 2006-07, has three matches to improve on that total this season, starting with a match at Wagner on Staten Island, NY, on Thursday at 3 pm.
