CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College men's tennis team fell to Dowling College, 7-2 Tuesday afternoon in a dual at the Caldwell College Tennis Courts. The loss evens the Cougars' record at 1-1 on the season, while the Lions improve to 5-2.

Junior Jan Marco Jiras (Lima, Peru) won his match at No. 5 singles over Pedro Munoz, 8-3. The Cougars' other point came at No. 6 singles with a win by sophomore Mike Ober (Lavallette, NJ/Point Beach) over Jin Chul Choi by the score of 8-4. The Lions handily won all three doubles matches while winning the other four singles matches in straight sets.

Caldwell returns to the court on Tuesday, Apr. 10 with a dual against Bloomfield College. The first match begins at 3:30 p.m. at the Caldwell College Tennis Courts.

Dowling 7, Caldwell 2
Singles
1. Gustavo Sanchez (D) def. Chris Costa, 6-4, 6-3
2. Will J. Vanrensburg (D) def. Chris Laciura, 6-0, 6-0
3. Jose Gomez (D) def. Marcus Collins, 6-0, 6-0
4. Peter Grishehenko (D) def. Amir Zandieh, 8-1
5. Jan Marco Jiras (C) def. Pedro Munoz, 8-3
6. Mike Ober (C) def. Jin Chul Choi, 8-4

Doubles
1. Sanchez/Gomez (D) def. Costa/Laciura, 8-0
2. Vanrensburg /Grishehenko (D) def. Zandieh/Jiras, 8-3
3. Munoz/Chul Choi (D) def. Collins/Ober, 8-0