On Saturday, April 10, the New York University tennis team lost for the first time in last last three matches, falling 7-2 to the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY.

Despite facing a Rochester squad that is ranked #15 in the latest ITA Tennis Northeast Regional poll, two Violets were able to pick up victories on Saturday.

At #5 singles, senior #P.J. Marranca# won 6-3, 5-7, 10-2 in a three-set thriller. Junior Matt Gross added a 6-4, 6-3 victory at #6 singles.

Junior Jason Sacher forced his opponent into extra games in the first set at #1 singles, but eventually fell 7-5, 6-1.

The Violets dropped to 2-6 on the season.

NYU returns to action tomorrow at 10:00 am when the team travels to play Hobart College of Geneva, NY. Results will be available on goNYUathletics.com.

Results

University of Rochester 7, New York University 2

SINGLES

1- Brian Bowman (ROC) def. Jason Sacher (NYU) 7-5, 6-1
2- Brian Schmeer (ROC) def. Alex Zara (NYU) 6-1, 6-3
3- Austin Armstrong (ROC) def. Alex Stoler (NYU) 6-2, 6-3
4- Jeff Zink (ROC) def. Eugene Tsarevskiy (NYU) 6-1, 6-4
5- P.J. Marranca (NYU) def. Alex Magil (ROC) 6-3, 5-7, 10-2
6- Matt Gross (NYU) def. Matt Volkov (ROC) 6-4, 6-3

DOUBLES

1- Armstrong/Bowman (ROC) def. Gross/Stoler (NYU) 8-5
2- Schmeer/Barbash (ROC) def. Marranca/Sacher (NYU) 8-5
3- Zink/Volkov (ROC) def. Tsarevskiy/Rosenstein (NYU) 9-8