The New York University men's tennis team lost to The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) 6-3 on Wednesday, April 1, in Ewing, NJ.
The Violets dropped the first two doubles matches, but the #3 doubles team of senior
CJ Leong and sophomore
Matt DeMichiel picked up a 8-2 win to cut NYU's deficit in half.
In singles play, NYU kept it competitive, as four matches went three sets. However, TCNJ won three of those four matches, as well as four of the six total matches, to come away with the close victory.
"Singles went back and forth. It could have gone either way," said NYU Head Coach
Horace Choy.
The Lions improve to 6-1, while the VIolets fall to 1-4.
"I'm proud of the way the guys played, and if we keep it up the results will come," added Choy.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:- DeMichiel also won his (#5) singles match, defeating TCNJ's Sean Fernandez 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
- Freshman
Ian Combemale continued his strong season, defeating Billy Buchbinder 6-2, 6-1 in #3 singles.
The Violets are back in action on Tuesday, April 7, against Baruch College at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. The match is scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm.
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS:
Doubles: #1 Pierce Cooper/Billy Buchbinder (TCNJ) def.
Sidd Thangirala/
Ian Combemale (NYU) 8-3
#2 Jack August/Mike Stanley (TCNJ) def.
Billy Smithline/
Sammy Aronson (NYU) 8-3
#3
CJ Leong/
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def. Chris D'Agostino/Sean Fernandez (TCNJ) 8-2
Singles:
#1 Pierce Cooper (TCNJ) def.
Sidd Thangirala (NYU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
#2 Jack August (TCNJ) def.
CJ Leong (NYU) 6-2, 6-2
#3
Ian Combemale (NYU) def. Billy Buchbinder (TCNJ) 6-2, 6-1
#4 Chris D'Agostino (TCNJ) def.
Samuel Khoshbin (NYU) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
#5
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def. Sean Fernandez (TCNJ) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
#6 Mike Stanley (TCNJ) def.
Jiri Honajzer (NYU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
