Middlebury, V.T. – The College of New Jersey men's tennis team fell to Skidmore College in the second round of the NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Tournament. The Thoroughbreds recorded a 5-2 victory to knock the Lions out of the competition.
 
In doubles action, Pierce Cooper (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) and Mitchel Sanders (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) tallied the lone victory in the second slot for the Lions by a score of 9-8 (7-5).
 
Mike Stanley (Newton, PA/Council Rock North) recorded TCNJ's other point in the fourth singles spot with a 6-0 win in the first set and then a close 7-5 victory in the second set.
 
The Lions finish the season with an overall record of 11-7. This was the eighth time in the last nine seasons that TCNJ earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
The College of New Jersey 2, Skidmore 5
Singles competition
1. Kai Yuen Leung (SKID) def. Pierce Cooper (TCNJ) 6-2, 6-1
2. Jack August (TCNJ) vs. Steven Koulouris (SKID) 5-7, 0-1, unfinished
3. Mitchel Sanders (TCNJ) vs. Kit Sanderson (SKID) 7-5, 1-2, unfinished
4. Mike Stanley (TCNJ) def. Lucas Pickering (SKID) 6-0, 7-5
5. Nick Tong (SKID) def. Chris D'Agostino (TCNJ) 6-2, 6-3
6. Ted Berkowitz (SKID) def. Omar Bokhari (TCNJ) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Kai Yuen Leung/Nick Tong (SKID) def. Mike Stanley/Jack August (TCNJ) 8-2
2. Pierce Cooper/Mitchel Sanders (TCNJ) def. Jonah Epstein/Kit Sanderson (SKID) 9-8 (7-5)
3. Lucas Pickering/Steven Koulouris (SKID) def. Tim Gavornik/Matt Puig (TCNJ) 8-3