Ewing, NJ…The College of New Jersey's men's tennis team opened the spring half of the season on Sunday afternoon and came away with a 7-2 win to open the spring dual meet season. Ranked No. 25 in Division III, TCNJ is now 1-0 on the year, while Skidmore drops to 3-3.

TCNJ 7-2 Skidmore
Doubles
1. Mike Klimchak/Roger Mosteller (TCNJ) def. Jared Karlebach/Carl-Eric Girardin, 8-3
2. Jeremy Eckardt/Eric Ferriere (TCNJ) def. Lorenzo Cabrera/Spencer Cheng, 8-5
3. Yahia Imam/Jeremy Hogan (SC) def. Matt Pierson/Jonathan Yu, 8-6

Singles
1. Klimchak (TCNJ) def. Girardin, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
2. Pierson (TCNJ) def. Karlebach, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3
3. Eckardt (TCNJ) def. Imam, 6-4, 6-4
4. Ferriere (TCNJ) def. Cheng, 6-1, 6-3
5. Mosteller (TCNJ) def. Cabrera, 6-2, 6-0
6. T.J. David (SC) def. Yu, 6-3, 2-6, 10-4

TCNJ took two of the three doubles matches on Sunday and would capture all but sixth singles as they beat regional opponent Skidmore College. TCNJ's senior tri-captain Eric Ferriere (Montague, NJ/Kittatinny) recorded his 100th career win on Sunday as was victorious at both fourth singles and teamed at No. 2 doubles for the win. Ferriere is now 100-32 on his Lion career with a 57-16 singles mark.

TCNJ's senior tri-captain Roger Mosteller (Medford Lakes, NJ/Shawnee) was back in the lineup after taking the fall off and was a winner at fifth singles and teamed at No. 1 double with his partner, senior tri-captain Mike Klimchak (Clark, NJ/Arthur L. Johnson). Mosteller and Klimchak posted an 8-3 win over Skidmore's senior Jared Karlebach (East Hampton, NY/East Hampton) and rookie Carl-Eric Girardin (Lake Bluff, Il/Lake Forest).

Skidmore's junior tri-captain T.J. David (Bernardsville, NJ/Salisbury School) was a winner in a super break as he beat TCNJ's rookie Jonathan Yu (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert).

The Lions return to action on March 5 hosting New York University, while Skidmore College travels to California for a match-up with Whittier College on March 7.