Ewing, NJ … The College of New Jersey men's tennis team opened its abbreviated fall season on Sunday, hosting its annual Lions Kickoff Tournament.
 
The Lions laced up their tennis shoes to take on doubles teams from New York University, Stevens Institute of Technology and Dickinson College. Freshmen Rahul Goculdas (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill East) and Sean Reilly (Spring Lake, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) teamed up to win all three of their doubles match in their first collegiate competition. They captured their opening match against New York University, 9-7, defeated a duo from Stevens, 8-6 and won their third straight by a score of 8-4 over the Red Devils.
 
Junior Matt Puig (Allendale, NJ/Northern Highland) and Thomas Wright (Upper Saddle River, NJ/Upper Saddle River) and doubles team Chris D'Agostino (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) and Tim Gavornik (Millington, NJ/Watchung Hills) also posted two wins on the day. Junior Achyuth Balijepalle (Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge), Omar Bakhari (Lake Hiawatha, NJ/Parsipanny) and Andrew Mok (Springfield, NJ/Robert E. Lee) all combined for two wins apiece on the day.
 
The Lions return to action on Saturday, September 23^rd when they visit Stevens to compete in the Stevens Tech Tournament.

'Tennis Tournament Results
Lions Kickoff Tournament
Sep 10, 2017 at TCNJ (TCNJ Tennis Complex)


Doubles competition
Round 1
Umberto Setter/Rahul Das (New York University) def. Thomas Wright/Matt Puig (The College of New Jersey) 8-6
Chris D'Agostino/Tim Gavornik (The College of New Jersey) def. Michael Li/Shrikar Kundar (New York University) 8-4
Rahul Goculdas/Sean Reilly (The College of New Jersey) def. Jay Min/Joshua Piatos (New York University) 9-7
Andrew Mok/Omar Bokhari (The College of New Jersey) def. Jack Fishwick/Justin Chong (New York University) 8-5
Kyle Henry/Bryan Szayna (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Samuel Loring/Shawn Diniz (Dickinson) 8-4
Danny Polk/William Persson (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Peter Schmidt/David Weltz (Dickinson) 8-4
Keegan Morris/Mark Kanevsky (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Joey Bolanos/Vincent Tover Dias (Dickinson) 8-3
David Schulz/Gabriel Sifuentes (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Nicholas Reese/Selya (Dickinson) 8-2

Round 2
Matt Puig/Thomas Wright (The College of New Jersey) def. Kyle Henry/Bryan Szayna (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) 8-2
Danny Polk/William Persson (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Tim Gavornik/Chris D'Agostino (The College of New Jersey) 8-3
Rahul Goculdas/Sean Reilly (The College of New Jersey) def. Mark Kanevsky/Keegan Morris (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) 8-6
Achyuth Balijepalle/Omar Bokhari (The College of New Jersey) def. David Schulz/Gabriel Sifuentes (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) 8-4
Rahul Das/Umberto Setter (New York University) def. Peter Schmidt/David Weltz (Dickinson) 8-6
Shrikar Kundar/Michael Li (New York University) def. Samuel Loring/Joey Bolanos (Dickinson) 8-4
Jay Min/Joshua Piatos (New York University) def. Nicholas Reese/Shawn Diniz (Dickinson) 8-2

Round 3Matt Puig/Thomas Wright (The College of New Jersey) def. Peter Schmidt/David Weltz (Dickinson) 8-4
Tim Gavornik/Chris D'Agostino (The College of New Jersey) def. Shawn Diniz/Joey Bolanos (Dickinson) 8-1
Rahul Goculdas/Sean Reilly (The College of New Jersey) def. Samuel Loring/Nicholas Reese (Dickinson) 8-4
Achyuth Balijepalle/Andrew Mok (The College of New Jersey) def. Selya/Bryce Pettit (Dickinson) 8-4
Danny Polk/William Persson (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Umberto Setter/Rahul Das (New York University) 9-7
Jay Min/Joshua Piatos (New York University) def. Kyle Henry/Bryan Szayna (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) 8-5
Keegan Morris/Mark Kanevsky (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Shrikar Kundar/Aaron Mackie (New York University) 9-8, 10-8
David Schulz/Gabriel Sifuentes (Stevens Institute of Technoloy) def. Justin Chong/Zeb Zheng (New York University) 9-7