The Violets will have to wait at least three more weeks to pick up their first win of the season, following a 9-0 loss to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Saturday.

NYU (0-3) struggled early against MIT, dropping all three of the morning's doubles matches. The Violets, however, were able to deter the Engineers in singles competition.

Senior Elizabeth Stachtiaris dropped her #1 singles match 6-1, 6-4 while freshman Ramya Pokala nearly pulled off the upset at fifth singles, falling 7-6 (2), 6-4.

In other singles action, sophomore Ariel Sultan lost 6-4, 6-2 in the #3 slot. Senior Lisa Mijovic lost 6-3, 6-4 at fourth singles.

"They were a good team while we were a little off track with our gameplay," said Violet head coach Horace Choy. "Now we can just look ahead to our next match."

Following NYU's academic spring break, the squad returns to action on March 25th at The College of New Jersey.



MIT 9, NYU 0

Doubles
1. Quisenberry/Wu (MIT) def Stachtiaris/Sultan (NYU) 8-2
2. Hsu/Dumitrascu (MIT) def Feldman/Mijovic (NYU) 8-4
3. Diskin/O'Neal (MIT) def Joo/Pokala (NYU) 8-0

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles
1. Quisenberry (MIT) def Stachtiaris (NYU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Wu (MIT) def Feldman (NYU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Hsu (MIT) def Sultan (NYU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Dumitrascu (MIT) def Mijovic (NYU) 6-3, 6-4
5. O'Neal (MIT) def Pokala (NYU) 7-6 (2), 6-4
6. Diskin (MIT) def Joo (NYU) 6-0, 6-4

Order of finish: 6, 1, 5, 2, 3, 4