NEWARK, N.J. - FDU women's tennis fell to 0-2 on the year Friday as the Knights fell to NJIT (4-1) at the Naimoli Tennis Center by a 5-2 final team score at the indoor facility.

The Knights' two team points came by way of singles victories by freshmen Anastasia Lim at the top singles slot and Valentina Silva at sixth singles. The wins were the first for the duo in dual matches this season while Silva made her dual debut in Brick City. Youth showed in Jeff Brandes' lineup in the non-conference matchup as half of the six singles spots were occupied by freshmen as Lim and Silva were joined by fellow newcomer Madeleine Graber who made her debut in the fifth singles bout.
 

Results

Doubles
First Doubles: Joleta Budiman/Irene Cocero (NJIT) def. Namie Isago/Alena Kubanova (FDU), 6-2
Second Doubles: Laura Wipfli/Shivani Ingle (NJIT) def. Shreya Gulia/Valentina Silva (FDU), 6-2
Third Doubles: Shalom Salvi/Paula Menendez Alvarez (NJIT) def. Anastasia Lim/Madeleine Graber (FDU), 7-5

Order of finish: 1, 2, 3

Singles
First Singles: Lim (FDU) def. Ingle (NJIT), 6-2, 5-7, 11-9
Second Singles: Dzhambazov (NJIT) def. Kubanova (FDU), 6-0, 6-4
Third Singles: Wipfli (NJIT) def. Gulia (FDU), 6-3, 6-1
Fourth Singles: Salvi (NJIT) def. Isago (FDU), 6-0, 6-1
Fifth Singles: Cocero (NJIT) def. Graber (FDU), 6-1, 6-3
Sixth Singles: Silva (FDU) def. Menendez Alvarez (NJIT), 7-6 (2-0), 6-4

Order of finish: 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 6

The Knights continue their slate on in-state matches with a visit to Rutgers on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m. in East Brunswick, N.J. at the East Brunswick Racquet Club.

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