The New York University men's tennis team opened its 2013 spring schedule with a 6-3 loss to Swarthmore College on Saturday, February 23, in Swarthmore, PA.

The Violets got off to a good start by winning two of the three doubles matches. However, NYU only won one of the six singles matches in falling to #23 Swarthmore.

CJ Leong was the Violets' only double-winner. The sophomore won his #4 singles match in straight sets 6-2, 6-3. He also teamed with junior Steven Wu to win at #2 doubles 9-7.

HIGHLIGHTS:

- NYU's #1 doubles team of Harveer Bhalla and Aaron Meltzer defeated their opponents 8-6.

- The Violets' only loss in doubles was by a close 8-5 decision at #3. Competing for NYU were William Smithline and Ting Yee Lai

- After dropping the first set at #3 singles, Meltzer rebounded for a 6-0 win in the second set before dropping a 6-3 decision in the third and final set.

"We got off to a good start, but didn't take advantage of all the opportunities we had," said Head Coach Horace Choy. "Swarthmore is a really good team and we need to capitaliize on our chances." 

The team returns to action on Thursday, February 28, for a 4:30pm match against Drew University in Madison, NJ.

Position	New York University	Swarthmore College	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Harveer Bhalla	Anthony Collard	Swarthmore College	6-0, 7-6(3)
#2 Singles	Steven Wu	Max Sacks	Swarthmore College	6-1, 6-3
#3 Singles	Aaron Meltzer	Max Kaye	Swarthmore College	6-3, 0-6, 6-3
#4 Singles	CJ Leong	Preston Poon	New York University	6-2, 6-3
#5 Singles	James Dean	Irving Stone	Swarthmore College	6-3, 6-3
#6 Singles	Sidd Thangirala	Malik Mubeen	Swarthmore College	7-5, 6-3
#1 Doubles	Aaron Meltzer  Harveer Bhalla	Anthony Collard  Max Sacks	New York University	8-6
#2 Doubles	CJ Leong  Steven Wu	Max Sacks  Christian Carcione	New York University	9-7
#3 Doubles	William Smithline  Ting Yee Lai	Malik Mubeen  William Lennon	Swarthmore College	8-5