The New York University women's tennis team continued play at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship with an 8-1 loss to Case Western Reserve University on Friday, April 26, in Altamonte Springs, FL.
 
NYU (5-5), the #8 seed in the UAA Championship, came into the consolation semifinal match after dropping its opening round match to top seed Emory University 9-0 on Thursday.
 
The #5 seed Spartans (11-8) are ranked #22 in the country in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III national rankings. They dropped their opening match to #4 seed University of Chicago 8-1 on Thursday.
 
Highlights

- Mari Tzakis recorded the Violets' lone victory, defeating Taylor Sweeney in straight sets (6-4, 7-5) at #3 singles.
 
- Ashley Masanto and Alison Wang forced a tiebreak in the #1 doubles match before falling 9-8 (5).
 
"We fought hard," said Head Coach Horace Choy. "We had our chances at #1 doubles, but they pulled it out. Mari played a good match to win, but we came up short in our other matches."

NYU will conclude its season with the seventh-place match on Saturday at 9:00 am. The Violets will face off against either the University of Rochester or Brandeis University.
 
RESULTS:
 
Doubles:
#1 Erika Lim/Taylor Sweeney (Case) def. Ashley Masanto/Alison Wang (NYU), 9-8 (5)
#2 Alex Lim/Michelle Djohan (Case) def. Mari Tzakis/Madeline King (NYU), 8-1
#3 Emily Pham/Kat Evers (Case) def. Becky Kumar/Jazmin Colling (NYU), 8-2
 
Singles:
#1 Sara Zargham (Case) def. Ashley Masanto (NYU), 6-1, 6-1
#2 Erika Lim (Case) def. Alison Wang (NYU), 6-3, 6-2
#3 Mari Tzakis (NYU) def. Taylor Sweeney (Case), 6-4, 7-5
#4 Marianne Bonanno (Case) def. Madeline King (NYU), 6-1, 6-0
#5 Alex Lim (Case) def. Ramya Pokala (NYU), 6-0, 6-2
#6 Michelle Djohan (Case) def. Alexandra Ziarko (NYU), 6-0, 6-3