In a tightly contested match, the New York University men's tennis team fell 5-4 to North Carolina Wesleyan College in Salisbury, MD, on Friday.

Notching the lone victory for the Violets (1-4) in doubles competition were Calvin Chou and Craig Berger, who improved their doubles record to 3-2 with an 8-5 victory over Marcelo Prata and Davit Minasyan.

Chou, the University Athletic Association's reigning Athlete of the Week, claimed a singles victory as well, defeating Minasyan in the #3 singles match. NYU sophomores Jason Sacher and Alex Stoler also defeated their respective opponents in their singles matches. Sacher remains undefeated in his singles matches in dual competition and has a 6-2 overall singles record.

“It could have gone either way,” noted head coach Horace Choy. “It was another tough loss, but we will use these as learning experiences.”

With a quick turnaround, the Violets face Salisbury University at 1:00 pm on Saturday. This is a time change from the original schedule, as both the NYU men's and women's tennis teams will play outdoors. 
 

Singles competition
1. Antti Saari (NCWM) def. Craig Berger (NYU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Alexey Rumyantsev (NCWM) def. Patrick Whitner (NYU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Calvin Chou (NYU) def. Davit Minasyan(NCWM) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
4. Jason Sacher (NYU) def. Marcelo Prata (NCWM) 6-4, 6-4
5. Anton Filonov (NCWM) def. Eugene Tsarevskiy (NYU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Alex Stoler (NYU) def. Evgeniy Bukatin (NCWM) 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 

Doubles competition
1. Saari/Rumyantsev (NCWM) def. Patrick Whitner/Stoler (NYU) 8-2
2. Berger/Chou (NYU) def. Minasyan/Prata (NCWM) 8-5
3. Filonov/Ilpo Kautonen (NCWM) def. Eugene Tsarevskiy/Matthew Gross (NYU) 8-1