STAUNTON, Va. — The New Jersey City University men's tennis team — ranked #11 in the most recent NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Rankings — kicked off its two-day road-trip in Virginia this evening, Friday, April 30, and cruised to a 9-0 victory over Mary Baldwin University without dropping a single game over the nine individual matches.

With the victory, the Gothic Knights improve to 4-0 on the season, while the Fighting Squirrels drop to 0-14 and close out their season. NJCU kicked it off by winning third doubles thanks to the freshman pair of Nico Teynie (Rouen, France/Lycée Val de Seine) and Toni Cabot (Palma, Spain/IES Albuhaira). Next to finish was another rookie duo in Jordi Julia (Barcelona, Spain/IES Sant Quirze del Valles) and Gerard Loras (Tortosa, Spain/Col·legi Diocesà Sagrada Família) at second doubles, followed closely by freshman Alejandro Ley (Las Palmas, Spain/I.E.S. Politécnico) and junior Alex Platonov (Weehawken, N.J./Weehawken) at third doubles.

Singles went just as quickly as doubles, started off by Cabot at third singles. Julia was next at second, followed by Ley at fourth. Teynie closed out first singles next and the final two matches on the evening came at fifth (Loras) and sixth (Platonov) singles. As mentioned, all of NJCU's victories came in straight, scoreless sets.

What's Next
Having already defeated The College of New Jersey — who is ranked one spot behind NJCU in the Northeast Regional Rankings — back on April 10 by a score of 5-4, the Gothic Knights will face their toughest opponent yet in their inaugural season since the program's restart. NJCU travels down to Buena Vista, Va., tomorrow, Saturday, May 1, for a 1:00 p.m. match against Southern Virginia University. The Knights are ranked #6 in the Atlantic South Region and are currently 9-5 overall. Their five losses have come against North Carolina Wesleyan College (#2 in the Atlantic South), TCNJ, Mary Washington College (#5 in the Atlantic South) and a pair of Division I foes in Radford University and the College of Charleston.