WEST POINT, NY—The NJIT men's tennis team concluded its regular season Thursday, nipping Army, 4-3, at Lichtenberg Tennis Center.
 
NJIT, which won its fourth straight match, finished the 2014 season with a 12-5 mark while Army, who entered with an 8-match win streak, drops to 16-5 overall.  Thursday's win is NJIT's first all-time victory over the Black Knights.
 
Army earned the doubles point, taking two-out-of-three pairings, while NJIT took four-out-of-six singles contests to edge the Black Knights overall, 4-3.
 
Sophomore Markus Schultz dropped the first set (1-6), but rallied at second singles over Army's Grant Riechmann, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.  Schultz teamed up with teammate Arnaud Holl at third doubles, defeating Army's combo of Joshua Cook and Chad Llewellyn, 8-2.  Holl won in straight sets at sixth-singles, 6-0, 7-5, over Rommel Verano.
 
Andres Alban won in straight sets at third singles for NJIT, topping Caison Best, 6-1, 6-3, followed by a straight set victory from Erik Artursson at the fourth spot, 6-2, 7-6 over Army's Peter Sienko.
 
The Highlanders close out the 2014 season at the National Invitational Tennis Tournament hosted by University of Nebraska Omaha on April 26-27.
 
NJIT 4, Army 3
Doubles
1. Sam Lampman/Grant Riechmann (A) def. Holger Norregaard/Carl Jedlinski (N) 8-7 (7-3)
2. Asika Isoh/Henry Jang-Milsten (A) def. Andres Alban/Erik Artursson (N) 8-5
3. Markus Schultz/Arnaud Holl (N) def. Joshua Cook/Chad Llewellyn (A) 8-2
 Singles
1. Sam Lampman (A) def. Holger Norregaard (N) 6-3, 6-3
2. Markus Schultz (N) def. Grant Riechmann (A) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Andres Alban (N) def. Caison Best (A) 6-1, 6-3
4. Erik Artursson (N) def. Peter Sienko (A) 6-2, 7-6
5. Kyle Barnes (A) def. Carl Jedlinski (N) 6-4, 6-2
6. Arnaud Holl (N) def. Rommel Verano (A) 6-0, 7-5