NEWARK, N.J. -The Fairleigh Dickinson women's tennis team (1-2, 0-0 NEC) dropped its matchup against the NJIT Highlanders (2-2, 0-0 ASUN) 6-1 Friday night at the Naimoli Tennis Center. 

The match began with doubles play. Sophomore Gauri Bhagia and junior Shreya Gulia won by default at No. 3. In the No. 1 spot, graduate student Marta Bettinelli and senior Aleksandra Vorozheikina dropped their match to Aya El Sayed and Sandra Dzhambazov, 6-1. The Highlanders followed with a victory in the No. 2 spot as Amira Badavvi and Soleta Dubimon defeated the Knights' junior Alena Kubanova and freshmen Namie Isago, 7-5, to take the doubles point.  

In singles action, NJIT won five of six matches. Bettinelli took home the lone point for the Knights in No. 6 spot by default. At No.1, Gulia fell in straight sets to El Sayed, 0-6, 0-6 and Vorozheikina dropped her match at No. 2 to Budiman, 4-6, 3-6. Salvi led wire-to-wire at No. 4, defeating junior Amina Lasheen 6-4, 6-4. Kubanova and Namie lost in two sets in the No. 3 and No. 5 positions respectively.  

Up next, FDU will go on the road to take on St. John's next Friday, Feb 18 at 8:30 a.m. at the USTA National Tennis Center. 

Box Score 

Singles competition  
1. Aya El Sayed (NJIT) def. Shreya Gulia (FDU) 6-0, 6-0   
2. Joleta Budiman (NJIT) def. , Aleksandra Vorozheikina. (FDU) 6-4, 6-3   
3. Amira Badawi (NJIT) def. Alena Kubanova (FDU) 6-4, 6-4   
4. Shalom Salvi (NJIT) def. Amina Lasheen (FDU) 6-4, 6-4   
5. Sandra Dzhambazov (NJIT) def. Namie Isago, (FDU) 6-2, 6-2   
6. Marta Bettinelli (FDU) def. Advaita Saravanan (NJIT), by default   

Doubles competition  
1. El Sayed/Dzhambazov (NJIT) def. Bettinelli/Vorozheinkina (FDU) 6-1   
2. Badawi/Budiman (NJIT) def. Kubanova/Isago (FDU) 7-5   
3. Bhagia/Gulia (FDU) def. Salvi/Saravanan (NJIT), by default 

Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (1,2,4,3,5) 
 
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