Ewing, NJ...A clean sweep in all three doubles matches catapulted The College of New Jersey men's tennis team to a 7-2 victory over Hobart College at the Student Recreation Center on Saturday.

The win keeps the Lions undefeated on the season at a perfect 5-0.

The first doubles team of Jeremy Eckardt (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) and TJ Riley (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Moorestown) posted an 8-6 victory, while the second tandem of Dean Thompson (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) and Jonathan Yu (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) won by that same score. The third pairing of and Stewart Fernandez (West Windsor, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro South) and Howard Telson (Edison, NJ/ J. P. Stevens) completed the sweep with a 9-7 win.

The carried that strong play into the singles portion of the match as Eckardt won at first singles, Yu in the third spot, Dan Lee (Abington, PA/Abington) in fifth, and Howard Telson (Edison, NJ/J. P. Stevens) in the sixth position.

The Lions return to the court on Thursday, March 31 heading to Haverford College for a 4 p.m. match.

The College of New Jersey 7, Hobart 2
Singles competition
1. Jeremy Eckardt (TCNJMEN) def. Bruce Grant (HOB) 6-3, 6-3
2. Matt Hursh (HOB) def. Steven Fernandez (TCNJMEN) 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
3. Jonathan Yu (TCNJMEN) def. Sam DeLuccia (HOB) 6-1, 7-5
4. Alex James (HOB) def. TJ Riley (TCNJMEN) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
5. Daniel Lee (TCNJMEN) def. Kevin Bates (HOB) 6-3, 6-3
6. Howard Telson (TCNJMEN) def. Walter Green (HOB) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8

Doubles competition
1. Jeremy Eckardt/TJ Riley (TCNJMEN) def. Bruce Grant/Alex James (HOB) 8-6
2. Dean Thompson/Jonathan Yu (TCNJMEN) def. Matt Chin/Matt Hursh (HOB) 8-6
3. Stewart Fernandez/Howard Telson (TCNJMEN) def. Sam DeLuccia/Kevin Bates (HOB) 9-7