The New York University men's tennis team lost to Case Western Reserve University 7-2 in the second round of the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship on Saturday, April 25. The comopetition is being held at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, FL.
The #8-seeded Violets lost all three doubles matches to the #5-seeded Spartans, but fought hard in singles play and took two of six matches.
"It was a hard hole to dig out of after going down in doubles," said Head Coach
Horace Choy. "We showed a lot of heart and competed well in singles, taking three matches to the third set. Unfortunately, we couldn't finish with victories."
The Violets return to the court tomorrow to face #7 University of Rochester in the consolation draw. The match is scheduled to begin at 9:00 am.
MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS:Doubles:
#1 Christopher Krimbill/Louis Stuerke (CW) def.
Sidd Thangirala/
Billy Smithline (NYU) 8-4
#2 Will Drougas/Visajit Simhadri (CW) def.
Ian Combemale/
Samuel Khoshbin (NYU) 8-3
#3 Andrew Komarov/Tytus Chen (CW) def.
CJ Leong/
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) 8-5
Singles:
#1 Christopher Krimbrill (CW) def.
Sidd Thangirala (NYU) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Will Drougas (CW) def.
CJ Leong (NYU) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7
#3
Visajit Simhadri (CW) def.
Ian Combemale (NYU) 6-1, 6-1
#4
Samuel Khoshbin (NYU) def. Louis Stuerke (CW) 6-4, 6-4
#5
Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def. Andrew Komarov (CW) 5-7, 6-3, 12-10
#6 Joshua Dughi (CW) def.
Billy Smithline (NYU) 6-2, 6-2
