Box Score

NEWARK, N.J. (April 25, 2016) – The Rutgers University-Newark men's tennis team won its fourth-straight match on Monday, rolling to an 8-1 triumph over Berkeley College on The Golden Dome Courts.
 
The Scarlet Raiders cruised ahead 3-0 after doubles play, and senior Benjamin Lioue clinched the victory with the team's fifth point out of the fifth singles slot in his final career match in Newark.
 
Rutgers-Newark improves to 7-6 overall and will visit FDU-Florham Tuesday. R-N will then head to Camden, N.J. and Rutgers University-Camden for a GNAC contest Wednesday, with the winner getting a spot in the conference semifinals against Ramapo College.
 
"Ben is our only returning senior, so it was great to send him out with a win tonight," said Head Coach Tom Battaglia. "It's only appropriate he clinched the match in his final match here at The Golden Dome."
 
Lioue won 6-0, 6-1 in his match as the Scarlet Raiders dropped just nine games in singles that they won. Nadeem Hilal won 6-1, 6-4 out of the second slot, Richard Nguyen won 8-4 at No. 3 and Joe Codomo rolled 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4.
 
Lioue cruised in his match, with Raheel Khawaja breezing 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6
 
In doubles action, Ray Fan and Hilal gutted out an 8-6 win at No. 1, Codomo and Nguyen won via clean sweep at No. 2 (8-0), and Wu and Lioue took their match, 8-1.
 
Rutgers-Newark went 24-7 (games) in doubles action, and went 36-4 in their singles matches out of the fourth, fifth and six slots.
 
Hilal, Codomo, Nguyen and the veteran Lioue all went 2-0.
 
Rutgers-Newark 8, Berkeley 1 – April 25, 2016
The Golden Dome Courts
Newark, NJ
 
Doubles
No. 1 Ray Fan, Nadeem Hilal (RN) def. Victor Morotta, Seb Rousseau (B), 8-6
No. 2 Joe Codomo, Richard Nguyen (RN) def. R. U. Mopoundza, Andrea Massignani (B), 8-0
No. 3 Stan Wu, Benjamin Lioue (RN) def. Alex Maurmann, Prince Ngakala (B), 8-1
 
Singles
No. 1 Morotta (B) def Fan (R-N), 7-5, 6-1
No. 2 Hilal (RN) def. U. Mopoundza (B), 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 Nguyen (RN) def. Rousseau (B), 8-5
No. 4 Codomo (RN) def. Massignani (B), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Lioue (RN) def. Maurmann (B), 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Raheel Khawaja (RN) def. Ngakala (B), 6-1, 6-1