The New York University men's tennis team lost to the University of Rochester by a score of 5-4 on Saturday, March 28, at the Stadium Tennis Club in the Bronx, NY.
NYU honored its two seniors,
CJ Leong and
Billy Smithline, on Saturday with pre-game ceremonies.
The Violets got off to a slow start against their University Athletic Association (UAA) rival, dropping all three doubles matches.
"We came out flat and got off to a slow start," said NYU Head Coach Horace Choy. NYU made a ferocious comeback in singles play, winning four of the first five matches. However, they could not win the final singles match, and Rochester came away with a close victory to improve to 6-6. The Violets dropped to 0-3.
"We dug ourselves into a hole, and you can't do that against a UAA team like Rochester," added Choy.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:- Junior
Sidd Thangirala won at #1 singles, defeating Rochester's Ben Shapiro 7-5, 6-2.
- Freshmen
Ian Combemale (#3) and
Samuel Khoshbin (#4) each won their singles match in three sets. This was the second singles win of the season for both players.
- Sophomore
Matt DeMichiel (#5) defeated Rochester's Sam Leeman 6-4, 6-2 to earn his first singles victory of the season.
The Violets return to the Stadium Tennis Club tomorrow, March 29, for a match against Hobart College, which begins at 10:00 am.
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS:Doubles:#1 Ian Baranowski/Aaron Mevorach (UR) def.
Sidd Thangirala/
Ian Combemale (NYU) 8-5
#2 Ben Shapiro/Jonny Baker (UR) def.
Billy Smithline/
Alex Jacobs (NYU) 8-3
#3 Julian Danko/Sam Leeman (UR) def.
CJ Leong/
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) 8-5
Singles:#1
Sidd Thangirala (NYU) def. Ben Shapiro (UR) 7-5, 6-2
#2 Ian Baranowski (UR) def.
CJ Leong (NYU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
#3
Ian Combemale (NYU) def. Jonny Baker (UR) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
#4
Samuel Khoshbin (NYU) def. Julian Danko (UR) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
#5
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def. Sam Leeman (UR) 6-4, 6-2
#6 Aaron Mevorach (UR) def.
Jiri Honajzer (NYU) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
