The New York University men's tennis team won a thrilling match over Stevens Institute of Technology by the score of 5-4 on Wednesday, April 2, in Hoboken, NJ.
The Violets, who are ranked #23 in the nation in the
March 27 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings improved to 4-0 with the win. The Violets are also ranked #5 in the Northeast region, seven spots ahead of #12-ranked Stevens.
NYU was down 2-1 after doubles play, but the lone victory in doubles proved to be an important one.
Head Coach
Horace Choy said of the doubles victory, "the team got big contributions from the freshmen,
Matt DeMichiel and
Han Ren Lim, in doubles." DeMichiel and Lim would go on to win each of their singles matches.
After another victory from the Northeast's #2-ranked player
Steven Wu,
Aaron Meltzer sealed the team victory with what Choy called, "a rock solid, gutsy performance."
Results:Doubles:
#1 Matt Heinrich/Antonio Perich (Stevens) def.
Steven Wu/
Aaron Meltzer (NYU) 8-6
#2 Michael Feldman/Charles Drake (Stevens) def.
CJ Leong/
Sidd Thangirala (NYU) 8-1
#3
Matt DeMichiel/
Han Ren Lim (NYU) def. Ben Foran/Tyler Tisdale (Stevens) 8-5
Singles:
#1
Steven Wu (NYU) def. Matt Heinrich (Stevens) 6-2, 6-2
#2 Ben Foran (Stevens) def.
CJ Leong (NYU) 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3
#3
Aaron Meltzer (NYU) def. Michael Feldman (Stevens) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
#4 Charles Drake (Stevens) def.
Sidd Thangirala (NYU) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8)
#5
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def. Antonio Perich (Stevens) 6-4, 6-4
#6
Han Ren Lim (NYU) def. Tyler Tisdale (Stevens) 4-6, 6-0, 3-6
NYU will be back in action on Saturday, April 5, when the Violets face off against the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. First serve is scheduled for 11:00 am.
