The New York University women's tennis team lost to the University of Rochester 7-2 on Saturday, April 5, in Rochester, NY.
With the loss, the Violets drop to 0-3 on the season while the Northeast Region's #14-ranked Yellowjackets improved to 4-6.
Alison Wang earned a straight-set victory to improve her singles record to 2-1 on the season.
Natassja Westover collected her first singles win of the year and the Violets' second point of the match with an 8-4 victory at the number six singles.
NYU put up a fight in doubles, taking two matches down to the wire, but finished the day 0-3.
Head Coach
Horace Choy said, "coming out 0-3 after doubles really set the tone. It was hard for the girls to come back from that."
Results:Singles:
#1
Alison Wang (NYU) def Dorothy Tai (Rochester) 6-1, 7-5
#2 Christine Hu (Rochester) def
Mari Tzakis (NYU) 6-4, 6-3
#3 Cara Genbauffe (Rochester) def
Ramya Pokala (NYU) 6-1, 6-4
#4 Janice Zhao (Rochester) def
Alexandra Ziarko (NYU) 6-1, 6-0
#5 Molly Goodman (Rochester) def
Jazmin Colling (NYU) 8-3
#6
Natassja Westover (NYU) def Darby McCall (Rochester) 8-4
Doubles:
#1 Cara Genbauffe/Christine Hu (Rochester) def
Alison Wang/
Mari Tzakis (NYU) 9-7
#2 Molly Goodman/Dorothy Tai (Rochester) def
Ramya Pokala/Inez Sonadiwardhanal (NYU) 8-3
#3 Janice Zhao/Lauren Zickar (Rochester) def
Jazmin Colling/
Alexandra Ziarko (NYU) 9-7
The Violets will be back in action on Sunday, April 6, against William Smith College in Geneva, NY. First serve is scheduled for 10:00 am.
