New York University's men's and women's tennis teams are in action at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, FL, from April 25-28.
The NYU men are seeded sixth at the event while the women are seventh. The men's team opened against third-seeded Emory University, who are also ranked fourth nationally, falling 5-1 in the quarterfinals with
Alexander Lee and
Boren Zheng winning 8-7 (9-7) at first doubles for the Violets' lone point.
"We started string in doubles pulled out a close one at #1," said Head Coach
Horace Choy of today's men's match. "Unfortunately we weren't able to sustain the momentum into the singles. We had some close matches but they are a very good and deep team."
NYU's women begin against the second-seeded Emory women on Friday, April 26, at 8:30am. The Violet women are ranked 46th in Division III, led by
Jimena Menendez who is ranked 16th nationally in singles while the duo of
Dakota Fordham and
Isabella Hartman are the 24th-ranked doubles team.
Menendez boasts and 19-4 singles record this season, going 8-0 at the top flight in dual matches entering UAAs. Fordham has a 10-4 singles record while Hartman is 9-5.
Fordham and Hartman have compiled a 12-6 record at doubles thus far while Menendez and
Molly Heber are 4-1 entering this weekend.
NYU's men are 4-6 against Division III opponents in dual matches this season, recently defeating UAA foes Brandeis University and University of Rochester in regular seasons matches.
Zheng has been the Violets' standout singles performer this year, holding an 11-6 record entering UAAs, playing exclusively at the top flight in duals.
Jingyuan Chen and
Rumaish Khastgir posted 10 and eight singles wins in the regular season, respectively.
In men's doubles, Zheng and Lee went 11-5 in doubles as a pair with a 9-2 mark at first doubles in dual-match play. Chen and
Louis Frowein have collected 10 doubles wins, primarily at the second flight.
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