COUGARS FALL TO RUTGERS-NEWARK IN SEASON OPENER
4-5-05
 CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College men's tennis
team began its 2005 season with a 6-3 loss to Rutgers-Newark in a
non-conference dual Tuesday afternoon at the Caldwell Tennis Courts. The
Cougars are now 0-1, while the Scarlet Raiders are 2-0 on the season.
Sophomore Chris Costa (Montville, NJ/DePaul Catholic), pictured, who sat
out last year as a red-shirt, won his first match of the season,
defeating Manish Sojitra in straight sets at No. 1 singles. The Cougars
also picked up a win at No. 5 singles when senior Roman Veselinov
(Varna, Bulgaria/Pushkin) prevailed in three sets over Lukas Rasiej.
Sophomore Chris Lacuira (Teaneck, NJ/Paramus Catholic) lost a
hard-fought battle with his former high school teammate P.J. Nuqui, 6-3,
5-7, 7-6, at No. 2 singles.
The Cougars' No. 1 doubles tandem of Costa and Lacuira recorded
Caldwell's only win in doubles with an 8-2 victory over Sojitra and
Nuqui.
Caldwell returns to action on Wednesday, Apr. 6, when the Cougars play
at Pace University at 3:00 p.m.
Rutgers-Newark 6, Caldwell 3
Singles
1. Chris Costa (CC) def. Manish Sojitra, 6-3, 6-0
2. P.J. Nuqui (RN) def. Chris Lacuira, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (5)
3. Chang Cho (RN) def. Amirpasha Zandieh, 6-3, 6-0
4. Ahmad Ashraf (RN) def. Marcus Collins, 6-2, 6-0
5. Roman Veselinov (CC) def. Lukas Rasiej, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
6. Matt Milwicz (RN) def. Jan Marco Jiras, 8-4
Doubles
1. Costa/Lacuira (CC) def. Nuqui/Sojitra, 8-2
2. Ashraf/Cho (RN) def. Veselinov/Zandieh, 8-3
3. Milwicz/Ankit Raval (RN) def. Collins/Jiras, 8-2
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