The New York University women's tennis team lost to the University of Rochester 5-4 on Saturday, March 28, at the Stadium Tennis Club in the Bronx, NY.
NYU is now 1-1 on the season.
The Violets started out the contest strong, as junior
Carmen Lai and sohpomore
Laila El Dessouki won the #1 doubles match by a score of 8-1. However, the Yellowjackets won the next two doubles matches to take the lead heading into singles play.
"We had some chances to come out of the doubles up 2-1 or 3-0 and we let that slip away," said NYU Head Coach
Horace Choy.
In singles play, Lai (#1) and El Dessouki (#3), as well as freshman
Nicole Schnabel (#5), picked up victories for NYU, but Rochester held on to improve to 4-5 on the season.
"We had some good results from singles. But when you get down, it's hard to get back in it," added Choy.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:- Senior
Mari Tzakis played in two competitive matches. The Miami, FL native dropped a close match in #2 singles (3-6, 6-1, 6-4) and in #2 doubles (8-6).
The VIolets return to the court tomorrow at the Stadium Tennis Club for a home match against William Smith College beginning at 10:00 am.
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS:Doubles:#1
Carmen Lai/
Laila El Dessouki (NYU) def. Cara Genbauffe/Christine Ho (UR) 8-1
#2 Dorothy Tai/Molly Goodman (UR) def.
Mari Tzakis/
Madeline King (NYU) 8-6
#3 Alex Wolkoff/Lauren Zickar (UR) def.
Nicole Schnabel/
Jazmin Colling (NYU) 9-8 (1)
Singles:#1
Carmen Lai (NYU) def. Christine Ho (UR) 6-1. 6-3
#2 Dorothy Tai (UR) def.
Mari Tzakis (NYU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
#3
Laila El Dessouki (NYU) def. Cara Genbauffe (UR) 6-1, 6-2
#4 Molly Goodman (UR) def.
Madeline King (NYU) 6-1, 6-4
#5
Nicole Schnabel (NYU) def. Alex Wolkoff (UR) 6-0, 6-2
#6 Darby McCall (UR) def.
Alexandra Ziarko (NYU) 6-3, 6-2
