Box Score

Newark, NJ --- The Brooklyn College Men's Tennis team dropped its non-conference match on Saturday afternoon on the road at the Golden Dome Courts in Newark, NJ, as the Bulldogs fell to the Scarlet Raiders of Rutgers-Newark, 9-0.

BC falls to 1-3 overall on the season with the loss, while Rutgers-Newark moves to 3-2 overall on the year.

The Scarlet Raiders set the tempo early on, as the hosts took all three doubles matches. At #1 doubles, the team of Ray Postadan and Elijah Kim edged out the tandem of Charles Stevens and Robin Varughese, 9-7. #2 doubles also featured a tight match, as Derence Tejero and Matt Palka slipped past the duo of Trevaughn Daley and Marvin Gill, 8-6. Banjamin Lioue and Eison DeGuzman breezed to a 8-0 victory at #3 doubles.

Using the momentum of its doubles sweep, Rutgers-Newark continued their solid play into singles action, as the Scarlet Raiders took all six flights en route the 9-0 win.

Singles play featured exciting matches throughout, with three of the six flights going to three sets. At #2 singles, Tejero used a gutsy comeback to overcome Brandon Green, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. At #3 singles, Kim also staged a comeback, defeating Varughese, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6). At #6 singles, Stan Wu outlasted Gabriel Pariente, 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 1-0 (10-5).

"We put ourselves in a hole by losing all three doubles matches, and unfortunately the momentum never swung our way during singles," said head coach Ahmad Odetalla.  "This will be a tough match to put behind us, but we will have to continue moving forward and look towards our next opponent instead of dwelling on this one."

Brooklyn will return to the courts this Monday, April 7th, as the Bulldogs will host City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) foe Hunter College. The match is scheduled for a 4:00 pm start time at the Roosevelt Courts on the BC campus.