April 23, 2003

Newark, N.J. - The Adelphi University men's tennis team, ranked ninth regionally, defeated host New Jersey Institute of Technology, 6-3, on Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers improve to 8-8 on the season. NJIT drops to 5-2.

Adelphi won the top four singles and top two doubles spots on the ladder. The Panther's Nos. 1-4, Mack Baker, Faheem Romi, Greg Fujii and Will Klocke were all double-winners.

Joe Adler dropped his first match of the year at No. 4 singles to Klocke after a 12-0 start. Adler and Monojir Ali remained unbeaten in doubles.

Adelphi is back in action this Saturday, hosting Salve Regina at 1:00 p.m.

Singles
1. Mack Baker (AU) def. Varun Oberoi, 6-1, 6-0
2. Faheem Romi (AU) def. Rafiqul Chowdhury, 6-0, 6-1
3. Gregory Fujii (AU) def. Erik Bigornia, 6-2, 6-2
4. Will Klocke (AU) def. Joe Adler, 6-1, 6-0
5. Monojir Ali (NJ) def. Nick Zachos, 6-2, 6-2
6. Andrew Ma (NJ) def. Chris Lee, 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Klocke/Romi (AU) def. Oberoi/Bigornia, 8-3
2. Baker/Fujii (AU) def. Chowdhury/Ma, 6-3
3. Adler/Ali (NJ) def. Lee/Zachos, 8-0.