Ewing, NJ ... The College of New Jersey men's tennis team posted an 8-1 victory over the University of Rochester on Saturday afternoon at Mercer County Park.

Senior Jack August (Medford, NJ) collected his 100th career combined win in thrilling fashion, battling his way to victory in the third set with an epic 19-17 victory. August won his 50th career doubles match with teammate Chris D'Agostino (Belle Meade, NJ/Montgomery) by a score of 8-5. He followed with his 50th singles win, claiming the first set 6-3 before falling 6-3 in he second set. He came out on top of Sam Leeman in a back-and-forth contest of will to win his 100th match at TCNJ.

Number one singles standout Mitchel Sanders (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) posted straight set wins and joined Matt Puig (Allendale, NJ/Northern Highland) to win his doubles match, 8-5. D'Agostino and Tim Gavornik (Millington, NJ/Watchung Hills) won in straight sets and Omark Bokhari (Lake Hiawatha, NJ/Parsippany) was up 3-0 when his opponent was forced to retire.

Gavonik joined Gokul Murugesan (Edison, NJ/J.P. Stevens) in an 8-2 victory at third doubles.

TCNJ is back on the courts tomorrow against Hobart College. The match is slated for noon in the Student Recreation Center.

#40 The College of New Jersey 8, University of Rochester 1

Singles competition
1. Mitchel Sanders (TCNJM) def. Masaru Fujimaki (URM) 7-5, 6-1
2. Jack August (TCNJM) def. Sam Leeman (URM) 6-3, 3-6, 19-17
3. Omar Bokhari (TCNJM) def. Andrew Nunno (URM) 3-0, retired
4. Chris D'Agostino (TCNJM) def. Tanmay Thakkar (URM) 6-0, 6-4
5. Tim Gavornik (TCNJM) def. Sahaj Somani (URM) 6-2, 6-2
6. Jun Yuminaga (URM) def. Gokul Murugesan (TCNJM) 2-6, 6-3, 10-7

Doubles competition
1. Mitchel Sanders/Matt Puig (TCNJM) def. Masaru Fujimaki/Jun Yuminaga (URM) 8-5
2. Jack August/Chris D'Agostino (TCNJM) def. Sam Leeman/Andrew Nunno (URM) 8-5
3. Tim Gavornik/Gokul Murugesan (TCNJM) def. Sahaj Somani/Tanmay Thakkar (URM) 8-2

Match Notes:
University of Rochester 6-5; Regional ranking #18
The College of New Jersey 6-1; National ranking #40; Regional ranking #13