Men's Tennis | 4/2/2015 6:44:00 PM

GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's tennis team lost a tightly contested 5-4 Freedom Conference decision to visiting FDU-Florham Thursday at Weiss Courts, dropping its record to 2-3 overall and 0-2 in conference play. The Devils improved to 2-5 overall after winning their conference-opener.
 
The Knights trailed 2-1 following doubles play, with the third-doubles tandem of sophomores Ricardo Margolles and Wesley Wei defeating junior Ryan O'Keefe and sophomore Matt Adapoe 8-2. Arcadia drew even at 4-4 with only fourth-singles remaining, but Margolles fell in three sets to freshman Steven Serras 1-6, 6-3, 3-6.
 
Wei went on to win in straight sets at third singles, downing freshman Chris Ly 6-1, 6-1, while sophomore Chuck Poklikuha was a 6-2, 6-4 winner over O'Keefe at fifth-singles. Junior Simon Mohr also won in straight sets at sixth-singles over Adapoe 6-1, 6-0.
 
The Knights will be off until next Thursday when they take on Delaware Valley University.
 
Doubles competition
1. Chris Ly/Max Moscowitz (FDUF-M) def. Vincent Voulo/Simon Mohr (ARCADIA) 8-1
2. Mitch Gettis/Steven Serras (FDUF-M) def. Alex Colton/Chuck Poklikuha (ARCADIA) 8-4
3. Wesley Wei/Ricardo Margolles (ARCADIA) def. Ryan O'Keefe/Matt Adapoe (FDUF-M) 8-2
 
Singles competition
1. Mitch Gettis (FDUF-M) def. Vincent Voulo (ARCADIA) 6-1, 6-3
2. Max Moscowitz (FDUF-M) def. Alex Colton (ARCADIA) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
3. Wesley Wei (ARCADIA) def. Chris Ly (FDUF-M) 6-1, 6-1
4. Steven Serras (FDUF-M) def. Ricardo Margolles (ARCADIA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
5. Chuck Poklikuha (ARCADIA) def. Ryan O'Keefe (FDUF-M) 6-2, 6-4
6. Simon Mohr (ARCADIA) def. Matt Adapoe (FDUF-M) 6-1, 6-0