The New York University women's tennis team began competition at the University Athletic Association (UAA) Championship on Friday, April 26, in Altamonte Springs, FL.

The #7-seeded Violets faced the #2 seed Emory University in their first match of the Championship and were defeated 5-0.

NYU entered the three-day event ranked #46 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), while Emory is at #5.

Friday's match began with the doubles competition, where the Violets' Jimena Menendez and Aditi Narayan fell 8-4 at #2. NYU's #1 team of Dakota Fordham and Isabella Hartman was defeated 8-2, and the #3 tandem of Tess Heber and Hannah Chang fell 8-1.

NYU also went winless in singles as Heber lost 6-1, 6-0 at #5 and Narayan was shutout 6-0, 6-0 at #4.

The match was halted at that point with the Eagles clinching the match. 

Menendez, who is ranked #16 nationally by the ITA,  was ahead in her #1 singles match vs top-ranked Emily Kantrovitz when the competition ended.

"We played well, but had some nerves early on," said Head Coach Horace Choy. "We needed to execute better and be more aggressive when it was called for. Emory is a very deep team and proved it today."  

Next up for the Violets is Brandeis University on Saturday.