EWING, N.J. – The Wilkes University men's tennis team dropped its third non-conference match of the season falling 7-2 to The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) on Thursday afternoon.
 
Wilkes slipped to 8-3 overall following the road defeat. TCNJ improved to 4-2 overall on the season.
 
Jonathan White (Saylorsburg, PA/Pleasant Valley) and Courtney Murphy (Bronx, NY/Christopher Columbus) captured the lone Wilkes doubles win taking its No. 1 pairs match 8-4.
 
White then recorded the Colonels one singles win taking his No. 3 match 6-1, 3-6, 10-3.
 
Wilkes begins MAC Freedom play Wednesday with a road match at Delaware Valley University starting at 3:30 p.m.
 
The College of New Jersey 7, Wilkes University 2
 
Singles competition:
1. Mitchel Sanders (TCNJM) def. C. Murphy (WUMT) 6-3, 2-6, 10-6
2. Matt Puig (TCNJM) def. A. Nabokin (WUMT) 6-4, 6-1
3. J. White (WUMT) def. Omar Bokhari (TCNJM) 6-1, 3-6, 10-3
4. Tim Gavornik (TCNJM) def. A. Neidig (WUMT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Thomas Wright (TCNJM) def. R. Simon (WUMT) 4-6, 6-4, 10-1
6. Achyuth Balijepalle (TCNJM) def. C. Maderitz (WUMT) 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 11-9
 
Doubles competition:
1. C. Murphy/J. White (WUMT) def. Mitchel Sanders/Chris D'Agostino (TCNJM) 8-4
2. Matt Puig/Thomas Wright (TCNJM) def. A. Nabokin/B. Chow (WUMT) 8-4
3. Omar Bokhari/Tim Gavornik (TCNJM) def. A. Neidig/L. Scartz (WUMT) 8-4