TEANECK, N.J. -- The Fairleigh Dickinson men's team concluded the 2013 home portion of the schedule with a 7-0 sweep over Northeast Conference rival Monmouth, 7-0, Wednesday on Senior Day at the FDU Tennis Courts. With the victory, the Knights conclude NEC play and move to .500 with a record of 6-6 (4-1 NEC) on the season, while the Hawks fall to 6-6 (2-3 NEC) overall.

FDU got off to a quick start after sweeping all three doubles matches. The Knights outscored Monmouth, 24-6, en route to taking the doubles' point for an early 1-0 lead.

At No. 1, sophomore Arvis Berzins (Adazi, Latvia/Riga Language School) and senior Ibraham Shams took care of Freddy Marcinkowski and Ramy Bekihet, 8-3. Seniors Mark Hemy (Suffolk, England/Ipswich School) and Peter Skvarka (Banska Bystrica, Slovakia/Gymnazium J.G. Tajovskeho) dominated at No. 2 with an 8-1 victory over Jason Prezant and Jason Rothstein, while senior Yuri Gricheno (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio Amorim) and freshman Julien Philippe (Paris, France/Saint Honoré d’Eylau) had no problem in their 8-2 triumph over Eric Pierce and Joe Talafous at No. 3.

In singles action, FDU won all six matches in straight sets, as it won the 12 sets by a combined score of 72-17.

Berzins won at No. 1 over Marcinkowski, 6-1, 6-1, while Shams was victorious over Bekihet at No. 2, 6-1, 6-2. At No. 3, Gricheno won the first set over Preznat, 6-4, before posting a 6-0 shutout in the second set. Hemy was never challenged at No. 4 in a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Pierce, and Skvarka defeated Rothstein, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 5. Rounding out the scoring for the Knights was freshman Markus Sjoberg (Tyreso, Sweden/Varmdo Gymnasium) posting a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 6 over Talafous.

“This was a solid performance by our team today,” Head Coach Jonathan Buchman said. “I am very happy for our four senior players, the Big Four, to win their last home match. We appreciate the support today we had from the FDU faculty, staff and students.”

FDU will return to action Tuesday, April 16 when it concludes the regular season with a road match against Division II power Concordia at 12 p.m.