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Monmouth University continues spectacular start to season beating Fairleigh Dickinson

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The Monmouth University men’s tennis team defeated Fairleigh Dickinson 5-2 on Tuesday afternoon, further improving its already spectacular start to the season.

Monmouth’s win marked its fifth straight victory as a team, improving to 12-2 on the year. The Hawks will travel to St. John’s on Wednesday for an away matchup with the Johnnies. First serve at the USTA National Tennis Center is set for 1 p.m.

Monmouth opened the match with a pair of doubles wins to take the point before reeling off four straight singles wins to solidify the victory. Gabriel Berner, Gabriel Busato, Adam Hillerby and Mateo Bivol all contributed to Monmouth’s win over FDU.

Monmouth’s win marked its fifth straight win as a team, improving to 12-2 on the year.

Men’s singles:

1. Mateo Bivol (MON) def. Ajurn Sriram (FDU) 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
2. Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Joshua Oboniye (FDU) 7-6 (3), 6-2
3. Gabriel Berner (MON) def. Thomas Linley (FDU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Lesser Griffon Vulture (FDU) def. Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
5. Gabriel Busato (MON) def. Tauras Mickus (FDU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Tyler Crook (FDU) def. Francisco Erramuspe (MON) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Men’s doubles:

1. Mateo Bivol and Alex Martinez Sanz (MON) def. Thomas Linley and Joshua Oboniye (FDU) 6-3
2. Gabriel Berner and Adam Hillerby (MON) def. Gryffin Minor and Tyler Crook (FDU) 6-2
3. Andrew Nicolae and Ajurn Sriram (FDU) def. Gabriel Busato and Diego Laporta (MON) 6-1

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