New York University's men's and women's tennis teams completed play at the Lions Invitational, hosted by The College of New Jersey, on Saturday and Sunday, September 17 and 18, in Ewing, NJ.
The Invitational was the first event for the men of 2022 while the women continued their hot start to the campaign.
Women's Highlights
NYU won all but one match on the weekend, taking on Ithaca College and the host Lions.
Dakota Fordham, the 2021 ITA Northeast Regional Singles Champion, maintained her undefeated start to the season to lead a strong performance from top to bottom.
The full list of victorious Violets is as follows:
NYU vs. Ithaca
Singles
Doubles
- Jensrud/Narayan (NYU) def. Crain/Rodriguez, 8-7 (7-5)
- Wuelfing/Glenda Boeker (NYU) def. Davis/Chelnick, 8-3
- Chang/Kendall Kamerschen (NYU) def. Andrews/Cheung, 8-4
- Herz/Kohberger (Ithaca) def. Robinson/Lucy Avant, 8-6
NYU vs. TCNJ
Singles
Fordham (NYU) def. Roarty, 6-2, 6-3
Krause (NYU) def. Abalos, 6-0, 6-1
Jensrud (NYU) def. Vasile, 6-3, 6-4
Menendez (NYU) def. Rangu, 6-3, 6-0
Narayan (NYU) def. Landells, 3-6, 6-0, 10-4
Balyk (NYU) def. Grimmie, 6-2, 6-3
Wuelfing (NYU) def. Davis, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 10-8
Chang (NYU) def. Hansen, 8-5
Kamerschen (NYU) def. Hansen, 8-2
Robinson (NYU) def. Grace Hamburg, 8-1
Avant (NYU) def. Cassandra McDermott, 8-6
Doubles
Fordham/Krause (NYU) def. Roarty/Landells, 8-5
Balyk/Menendez (NYU) def. Vasile/Eisenberg, 8-4
Narayan/Jensrud (NYU) def. Rangu/Abalos, 8-4
Wuelfing/Boeker (NYU) def. Grimmie/Davis, 8-0
Men's Highlights
The Violets performed well against Ithaca, winning all four doubles matches and all but two singles draws.
TCNJ proved to be a challenge, however, as
Joseph He and
Andy Watterson were the only Violets to win in doubles (8-7) while
Devan Sabapathy (2-6, 6-1, 14-12) — who won in exciting fashion — and
Massimo Perrotta (8-5) provided the only two singles victories.
Below are the full results from the NYU/Ithaca matchup:
Singles
Luis Vega (Ithaca) def.
Alex Yang, 8-4
Zachary Freier (NYU) def. Eric Dubilirer, 8-5
He (NYU) def. Jimin Woo, 8-4
Watterson (NYU) def. Carlos, 8-1
Rumaish Khastgir (NYU) def. Siddharth Vaada, 8-3
Diwson Kraft (Ithaca) def.
Shrey Arora, 8-7 (7-5)
Alex Lee (NYU) def. Lubell, 8-3
Sabapathy (NYU) def. Sobel, 8-1
Ryan Shayani (NYU) def. Daniel Borenius, 8-1
David Green (NYU) def. Max Funiciello, 8-1
Doubles
Yang/Freier (NYU) def. Dubilirer/Vega, 8-1
Watterson/He (NYU) def. Jacob Wachs/Kraft, 8-4
Khastgir/Lee (NYU) def. Vaada/Woo, 8-5
Arora/Sabapathy (NYU) def. Ran Lantzy/Carlos, 8-1
Next Up
The Violet women shift their focus to the ITA Northeast Regional, beginning on Thursday, September 22, in Ithaca, NY. The men's next official competition is their ITA Regional as well, but they're first scheduled to play Stevens in a scrimmage on Saturday, September 24.
