LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Dhruv Tangri (Punjab, India/Cambridge International School), Stavros Hadjivarnava (Moutagiaka, Cyrus/British College of Gava) and Jake Grimes (Atlanta, GA/Johnson Ferry Christian Academy) each earned singles wins, but the Rider University men's tennis team was edged by Siena, 4-3, Friday afternoon. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 8-13 (3-2 MAAC), while the Saints pull even with the Broncs in the standings at 10-10 (3-2 MAAC).

The Saints swept the doubles point to take the early 1-0 lead. The Broncs kept things close with 6-4 losses at the top two flights.

The two teams then split the six singles flights. Dante Russo defeated Nathan Slattery (Nenagh, Ireland), 6-3, 6-3, at No. 1, while Tangri took a 6-4, 6-3, win over Tomas del Olmo at No. 2. Roger Martinez (Girona, Spain/Saint George's School) was outlasted by Agustin Suarez at No. 3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, while Hadjivarnava came back from down a set to get past Jose Pablo Davila. Davila won the first set, 6-3, before Hadjivarnava won the second, 6-0, and was up 5-4 in the third, before Davila retired.

At No. 5, Edward Vo came back from down a set to Pablo Salar Carrera (Barcelona, Spain IES Jaume Balmes) to earn a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0, victory. With the match already clinched and Grimes splitting the first two sets with Andrea Moro at No. 6, Grimes won a third-set tiebreaker to take the match, 5-7, 6-4, 11-9.

"Comes down to tomorrow if we want to extend our season," said Rider Head Coach Tom Battaglia. "We had numerous opportunities today that we let slip past us. Starts on the doubles court and we just aren't getting the job done. All hope isn't lost and still have a great opportunity tomorrow."

The Broncs return to action tomorrow, when they play host to Niagara at Hopewell Tennis Club in Pennington. First serve is scheduled for 5 p.m. With a win, the Broncs would clinch a berth in the MAAC Championships, to be played next Saturday and Sunday at Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor. A berth would be the Broncs' first in the current four-team format in program history. The win would also clinch a share of the league regular season championship, with the standings currently bunched up with six of seven teams tied with two in the loss column.