TEANECK, N.J. – The Colgate men's tennis team came up short Sunday afternoon as the Raiders fell against the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights, 5-2, in a non-conference tennis match.
 
Four different Raiders recorded wins, with Bobby Alter (Hinsdale, New Jersey) and Alec Dardis (Laguna Niguel, California) winning singles matches for the Raiders to get the only points.
 
All three doubles matches were decided by a score of 6-4. Jacob Daugherty (Westport, Connecticut) and Noah Rosenblat (Deerfield, Illinois) won at No. 1 doubles but the Raiders lost at No. 2 and No. 3 Doubles to narrowly lose the doubles points.
 
Alter was solid at No. 4 singles, winning the first set but dropping the second before coming back to win in a third set while Dardis won his superset match at No. 6 singles.
 
Colgate dropped three of its four singles matches in three sets with Daugherty picking up the lone two-set loss.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Fairleigh Dickinson 5, Colgate 2
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Raiders fell for the first time this season to drop to 3-1 while the Knights improve to 2-3 after dropping two straight matches.
 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Daugherty/Rosenblat ('Gate) def. Whalley/Quintana (FDU): 6-4
No. 2 – Carvalho/Garnel (FDU) def. Hirschberg/Reynolds ('Gate): 6-4
No. 3 – Chan/Vukotic (FDU) def. Alter/Koman ('Gate): 6-4
 
SINGLES
No. 1 – Whalley (FDU) def. Daugherty ('Gate): 7-6, 6-2
No. 2 – Quintana (FDU) def. Hirschberg ('Gate): 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – Carvalho (FDU) def. Rosenblat ('Gate): 6-2, 4-6, 7-6
No. 4 – Alter ('Gate) def. Vukotic (FDU): 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
No. 5 – Chan (FDU) def. Reynolds ('Gate): 3-6, 7-5, 11-9
No. 6 – Dardis ('Gate) def. Garnel (FDU): 8-5
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington
"It was a complete marathon, heartbreaking loss for the men today. The doubles point came down to one point and we lost four singles matches. In a blink we could win that match 5-2. The game balls go to Alter for winning in three sets and Dardis for staying unbeaten. We can't wait to play La Salle at home for our Children's Heart Awareness match Saturday."
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders will host the La Salle Explorers for their first annual Children's Heart Awareness Match set for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Sanford Field House before traveling to Cornell on Sunday for a 4 p.m. match against the Big Red.