The New York University men's tennis team lost to the Stevens Institute of Technology 7-2 on Wednesday, April 15, in Hoboken, NJ.
The Violets got off to a slow start, dropping all three doubles matches.
"Stevens outplayed us in the doubles matches," said NYU Head Coach
Horace Choy. "They deserved to be up 3-0."
In singles play, senior
CJ Leong (#2) and freshman
Ian Combemale (#3) picked up victories, but Stevens held on to win their seventh consecutive match. The Ducks improved to 12-5, while the Violets dropped to 3-5.
"Once you're down 3-0, it puts a lot of pressure on the team," added Choy. "We fought hard in singles, but we weren't able to overcome that deficit."
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:- Freshman
Samuel Khoshbin played well at #4 singles, narrowly losing to Stevens' Charles Drake 5-7, 6-3, 10-7.
The Violets return to the court on Friday, April 17, to take on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm.
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS:Doubles:#1 Matthew Heinrich/Ben Foran (SIT) def.
Sidd Thangirala/
Ian Combemale (NYU) 8-3
#2 Kyle Henry/Michael Feldman (SIT) def.
Sammy Aronson/
Billy Smithline (NYU) 8-2
#3 Danny Polk/Charles Drake (SIT) def.
CJ Leong/
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) 8-3
Singles:#1 Matt Heinrich (SIT) def.
Sidd Thangirala (NYU) 6-3, 7-6 (2)
#2
CJ Leong (NYU) def. Michael Feldman (SIT) 5-7, 6-1, 10-8
#3
Ian Combemale (NYU) def. Ben Foran (SIT) 6-3, 6-3
#4 Charles Drake (SIT) def.
Samuel Khoshbin (NYU)5-7, 6-3, 10-7
#5 Danny Polk (SIT) def.
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) 7-5, 7-5
#6 David Schulz (SIT) def.
Karan Goyal (NYU) 6-3, 6-2
