CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College men's tennis team began the 2006 season with a pair of defeats, losing at Queens College 9-0 on Thursday, Mar. 30, and falling at Pace University 8-1 on Mar. 31. Sophomore Jan Marco Jiras (Lima, Peru) picked up the lone point for the Cougars against Pace, defeating Andrew Hagen 7-5, 7-6 at No. 6 singles. Caldwell returns to the court on Tuesday, Apr. 4, when they play at Philadelphia University, beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Queens 9, Caldwell 0 (Mar. 30)
Singles
1. Wojciech Stuchlik (Q) def. Chris Costa
2. Andrey Vasiliev (Q) def. Chris Laciura, 6-0, 6-0
3. Billy Almeyda (Q) def. Marcus Collins, 6-0, 6-0
4. Costas Efstathiou (Q) def. Amirpasha Zandieh, 6-0, 6-0
5. Jimmy Delevante (Q) def. Mike Ober, 6-0, 6-0
6. Boris Tchavouchian (Q) def. Jan Marco Jiras, 3-6, 3-6

Doubles
1. Stuchlik/Vasiliev (Q) def. Costa/Laciura, 8-0
2. Delevante/Alfredo Perez (Q) def. Zandieh/Jiras, 8-0
3. Efstathiou/Tchavouchian (Q) def. Collins/Ober, 8-0

Pace 8, Caldwell 1 (Mar. 31)
Singles
1. Paul Kosinski (P) def. Chris Costa, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Diego Palacios (P) def. Chris Laciura, 6-0, 6-4
3. Marco Prljevic (P) def. Marcus Collins, 6-0, 6-0
4. Vishal Moorjani (P) def. Amirpasha Zandieh, 6-0, 6-2
5. Derrick Torbeck (P) def. Mike Ober, 6-0, 6-1
6. Jan Marco Jiras (C) def. Andrew Hagen, 7-5, 7-6

Doubles
1. Palacios/Moorjani (P) def. Costa/Laciura, 9-7
2. Kosinski/Prljevic (P) def. Zandieh/Collins, 8-0
3. Torbeck/Hagen (P) def. Jiras/Ober, 8-3