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The New York University men's tennis team returned to the court on Wednesday, March 30, and dropped a 6-3 decision to The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ.

The Violets (2-4), who hadn't played a match since March 13, were swept in doubles but rallied for three singles wins against the Lions (4-1).

One of the doubles matches resulted in a 9-8 (8-6) tiebreaker loss, while another was a close 9-7 defeat. 

"I thought the guys competed well after the disappointing doubles result," said NYU Head Coach Horace Choy. "We had some chances. but TCNJ made more of their opportunities."

NYU did make a strong comeback, winning at #1-3 singles, but were thwarted at #4-6.  

"We split the six singles matches with good play from Sidd, Ben and Matt," Choy added. "But, it's hard to give someone a 3-0 lead and come back."

The College of New Jersey 6, New York University 3
Doubles competition 
1. Jack August/Mike Stanely(TCNJ) def. Benedict Teoh/Sammy Aronson (NYU) 8-1
2. Pierce Cooper/Mitchel Sanders (TCNJ) def. Sidd Thangirala/Shrikar Kundur (NYU) 9-8 (8-6)
3. Matt Puig/Tim Gavomik (TCNJ) def. Matt DeMichiel/Yanik Parsch (NYU) 9-7 
Singles competition 
1. Sidd Thangirala (NYU) def. Pierce Cooper (TCNJ) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
2. Benedict Teoh (NYU) def. Mitchel Sanders (TCNJ) 6-4, 4-6, 10-4
3. Matt DeMichiel (NYU) def.  Jack August (TCNJ) 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
4. Mike Stanley (TCNJ) def. Yanik Parsch (NYU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Chris D'Agostino (TCNJ) def. Sammy Aronson (NYU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Tim Gavornik (TCNJ) def. Shrikar Kundur (NYU) 6-0, 6-1

The Violets return to action this Saturday, April 2, when they travel to Cleveland, OH, to face University Athletic Association (UAA) foe Case Western Reserve University. First serves are set for 3:00 pm.