Results
The New York University men's tennis team hosted Haverford College on Saturday, February 24, at the Stadium Tennis Center in the Bronx, where the team won its spring season opener 6-3.
In doubles play, the Violets took two out of three matches from Haverford behind wins from
Umberto Setter and
Zeb Zheng (9-7) in #1 doubles, and
Rahul Das and
Vishal Walia (8-4) in #3 doubles.
In singles play, NYU earned wins from Setter (6-4, 6-3) in #1 singles, Das (6-2, 6-1) in #2 singles, Wallia (6-1, 6-1) in #4 singles, and
Yanik Parsch (6-2, 6-1) in #5 singles.
"This was a great start to the season," said NYU Assistant Coach
Matt DiMichiel in his coaching debut.
Other Highlights
NYU lost three close matches:
Michael Li and
Joshua Piatos #2 doubles (8-6), Li's #3 singles (6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0), and Zheng's #6 singles (7-5, 4-6, 1-0).
"I think the guys can use this to build off of for the big matches next weekend," concluded DiMichiel.
The Violets return to the court to host Vassar College in the Bronx on Sunday, February 25 at 1:00 pm.
