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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Marcus Smith
Marcus Smith
1
Fairleigh Dickinson University FDU (0-1)
6
Winner Hofstra University HOFSTRA (3-0)
Fairleigh Dickinson University FDU
(0-1)
1
Final
6
Hofstra University HOFSTRA
(3-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | By Len Skoros

MTEN: Hofstra Moves To 3-0 After Downing FDU

Bethpage, NY - Hofstra won five of six singles matches and took the doubles point as well to pick up a 6-1 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson late Saturday night at Sportime. The win moved the Pride's record to 3-0 on the season.

Marcus Smith and Julien Wolfe opened the match with a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles over Maciej Autuch and Eduardo Cabral. Following a Knights victory at the No. 1 flight, Shawn Jackson and Coco Haener dumped Moric Budinszky and Ivan Solans Diaz, 6-3, to earn the point for the Pride.

Smith opened singles with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Mehdi Dhouib at No. 1. Haener followed at No. 3 with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Budinszky to make it 3-0. .Jackson followed with a three-set win over Andris Gudins, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. The win was the freshman's team-leading 17th of the season and clinched the match victory.

Wolfe and Giacomo Pezzoli also had wins for Hofstra with the former posting a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Autuch and the latter earning an 8-4 win against Solans Diaz.

Fairleigh Dickinson fell to 0-1 with the loss.

Hofstra will be back in action Saturday, February 9 against Morgan State. The match will take place at Sportime Bethpage and begin at 5:30 p.m.
 
 
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