No. 57 Men’s Tennis Narrowly Falls on Senior Day to NJIT

Saturday, April 6

Newark, DE / DFH Outdoor Courts

3 PM

University of Delaware

NJIT

Photo by: Nick Barbato

No. 57 Men’s Tennis Narrowly Falls on Senior Day to NJIT

4/6/2024 7:03:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Claire Kaufmann, Communications Intern

NEWARK, Del. – No. 57 University of Delaware men's tennis fell short after a long battle against NJIT on Saturday evening, 4-2. Prior to the match, UD recognized the graduating class of Udayan Bhakar, Nicholas Gore, Javier Ruiz, Nikolaj Talimaa, and Ids Waterbolk.

UD moves to a 14-2 record and NJIT advances to 14-5.

ON THE RECORD
"I'm very disappointed in today's loss," Head Men's Tennis Coach Marc Pibernat said. "As a coach I take full responsibility for today's result because we went down the same way we did vs UNCW where in some matches we did not believe that we could beat our opponent.
We will go back to work on Monday harder than ever to prepare for our match vs Morgan State on Wednesday."

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

With a pair of 6-2 decisions at number one and three doubles, Delaware took an early 1-0 lead.
Tobey Lock rose above the intensity of his singles match and won in the third set.
Bhakar fought to the end of his singles match, forcing a tiebreaker set, but ultimately came up short.
Delaware showed some perseverance as three of the four singles losses forced a third set.

FULL RESULTS
DOUBLES (1,3)
Karol Malirz/Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. Pablo Perez Ramos/Wil Jenkins (NJIT) 6-2
Tobey Lock/Euan Mackenzie (DEL) vs. Nejc Skorjanc/German Lopez Andujar (NJIT) 5-2, unfinished
Udayan Bhakar/Alexandre Gluck (DEL) def. Pavel Petrov/O. Callo von Platen (NJIT) 6-2

SINGLES (6,1,4,3,5)
Pablo Perez Ramos (NJIT) def. Karol Malirz (DEL) 7-5, 1-6, 6-0
Javier Ruiz (DEL) vs. Wil Jenkins (NJIT) 4-6, 7-5, 2-1, unfinished
Tobey Lock (DEL) def. Nejc Skorjanc (NJIT) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Pavel Petrov (NJIT) def. Alexandre Gluck (DEL) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
O. Callo von Platen (NJIT) def. Udayan Bhakar (DEL) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
German Lopez Andujar (NJIT) def. Euan Mackenzie (DEL) 6-2, 6-3

UP NEXT
The Hens will take on Morgan State at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in hopes to return to the win column.

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