The New York University men's tennis team defeated Vassar College 8-1 on Saturday, April 11, at the Stadium Tennis Center in the Bronx, NY.
In #1 doubles, junior
Sidd Thangirala and freshman
Ian Combemale picked up a 8-6 victory over Vassar's Nick Litsky and Daniel Cooper. NYU won the next two doubles matches, as well, with senior
Billy Smithline and sophomore
Sammy Aronson winning #2 doubles, and senior
CJ Leong and sophomore
Matt DeMichiel winning #3 doubles.
The Violets also dominated singles play, winning five of the six matches to earn the 8-1 victory and improve to 2-4 on the season. The Brewers dropped to 6-8.
"It's good to get a win with contributions from everyone," said NYU Head Coach
Horace Choy.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:- Aronson's win in #2 doubles was the first of his college career.
"We're happy that Sammy picked up his first college win," added Choy. "He's worked very hard in practice this year and has worked his way into our rotation."
- In addition to their doubles wins, Leong (#2), Combemale (#3) and DeMichiel (#5) earned singles victories, as well.
- Freshmen
Samuel Khoshbin (#4) and
Karan Goyal (#6) picked up the final two singles wins for NYU. Khoshbin defeated Vassar's Evan Udine 6-1, 6-0, while Goyal defeated Alexander Luckmann 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
The Violets return to the court tomorrow, April 12, for a matchup against United States Coast Guard Academy at the U.S. Tennis Center in Flushing, NY. The match is scheduled to begin at 10:00 am.
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS:Doubles:#1
Sidd Thangirala/
Ian Combemale (NYU) def. Nick Litsky/Daniel Cooper (Vassar) 8-6
#2
Billy Smithline/
Sammy Aronson (NYU) def. Christian Phelps/Evan Udine (Vassar) 8-1
#3
CJ Leong/
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def. Juan Felipe Laso/Alexander Luckmann (Vassar) 8-6
Singles:#1 Nick Litsky (Vassar) def.
Sidd Thangirala (NYU) 6-2, 6-3
#2
CJ Leong (NYU) def. Daniel Cooper (Vassar) 6-1, 6-3
#3
Ian Combemale (NYU) def. Christian Phelps (Vassar) 6-3, 6-4
#4
Samuel Khoshbin (NYU) def. Evan Udine (Vassar) 6-1, 6-0
#5
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def. Juan Felipe Laso (Vassar) 7-6, 6-3
#6
Karan Goyal (NYU) def. Alexander Luckmann (Vassar) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
