CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College men's tennis team played a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference dual and a non-conference dual with Bloomfield College, losing both at the Caldwell College Tennis Courts on Friday afternoon. The Cougars (0-7, 0-4 CACC) dropped the CACC dual 7-2 before losing 5-1 in a rain-shortened non-league dual. The Deacons are now 3-5, 2-2 CACC.

In the first dual, junior Ashish Shakya (Kathmandu, Nepal) defeated Luis Perez at No. 5 singles, 8-5. The Cougars also scored a point at No. 1 doubles, as seniors Josh Getka (Cape May, NJ/Lower Cape May Reg.), pictured, and Anish Kansakar (Kathmandu, Nepal) downed Ceran Messam and Jamal Loper, 8-1. In the second dual, Caldwell's No. 3 doubles tandem of Shakya and senior Karlsun Allen (Newark, NJ/N. Atlantic Regional) beat Terry Gibbs and Peter Beckford, 8-4. The final three singles matches were not played due to rain.

The Cougars return to action on Saturday, Apr. 9 with a CACC dual against Post University, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at the Caldwell College Tennis Courts.

Bloomfield College vs Caldwell College
Apr 08, 2011 at Caldwell, NJ
(Caldwell College Tennis Courts)

Bloomfield College 7, Caldwell College 2

Singles competition
1. MESSAM, Ceran (BC) def. GETKA, Josh (CALDWELL) 8-3
2. DECASTRO, Andres (BC) def. KANSAKAR, Anish (CALDWELL) 8-4
3. BENOSA, Lordale (BC) def. BASNET, Prakash (CALDWELL) 9-7
4. LOPER, Jamal (BC) def. SKARBELIS, Chris (CALDWELL) 8-0
5. SHAKYA, Ashish (CALDWELL) def. PEREZ, Luis (BC) 8-5
6. HOBART, Steven (BC) def. ALLEN, Karlsun (CALDWELL) 8-4

Doubles competition
1. GETKA, Josh/KANSAKAR, Anish (CALDWELL) def. MESSAM, Ceran/LOPER, Jamal (BC) 8-1
2. DECASTRO, Andres/BENOSA, Lordale (BC) def. BASNET, Prakash/SKARBELIS, Chris (CALDWELL) 8-2
3. BECKFORD, Peter/MCCALL, Evan (BC) def. SHAKYA, Ashish/ALLEN, Karlsun (CALDWELL) 9-7

Bloomfield College vs Caldwell College
Apr 08, 2011 at Caldwell, NJ
(Caldwell College Tennis Courts)

Bloomfield College 5, Caldwell College 1

Singles competition
1. MESSAM, Ceran (BC) def. GETKA, Josh (CALDWELL) 8-3
2. DECASTRO, Andres (BC) def. KANSAKAR, Anish (CALDWELL) 8-5
3. LOPER, Jamal (BC) def. URRUTIA, Yuri (CALDWELL) 8-2
4. SKARBELIS, Chris (CALDWELL) vs. BENOSA, Lordale (BC) unfinished
5. SHAKYA, Ashish (CALDWELL) vs. GIBBS, Terry (BC) unfinished
6. ALLEN, Karlsun (CALDWELL) vs. MCCALL, Evan (BC) unfinished

Doubles competition
1. MESSAM, Ceran/LOPER, Jamal (BC) def. GETKA, Josh/KANSAKAR, Anish (CALDWELL) 8-4
2. BENOSA, Lordale/MCCALL, Evan (BC) def. BASNET, Prakash/SKARBELIS, Chris (CALDWELL) 8-6
3. ALLEN, Karlsun/SHAKYA, Ashish (CALDWELL) def. BECKFORD, Peter/GIBBS, Terry (BC) 8-4