Men's and Women's Tennis Open ASUN Action with Wins Over USC Upstate

NJIT men's and women's tennis won their opening ASUN matches with wins over USC Upstate at the Naimoli Tennis Center on Saturday.

"Great start to our conference schedule", said men's head coach Ira Miller about the 6-1 victory. "Doubles was tight but we pulled out the point and rode the momentum into some of our best singles play of the year."

Women's tennis 5-2 victory means they have won four-out-of-five matches, moving to 1-0 in the ASUN and 8-6 overall.  The eight wins ties the Highlanders win total accomplished in 2016-17.

"USC Upstate is a team that did beat us 4-3 last season so it feels good to see how much we developed and be able to come up with 5-2 victory," women's head coach Zaki Abdelrahman added after the win. "It's never easy to get a win in the first match of the conference play and get rid of the nerves but the team handled the situation well. We did not play our best tennis but the team was focused enough to get this win without problems."

To read the full story for the men's matchup, visit http://njithighlanders.com/news/2018/3/24/mens-tennis-opens-up-asun-play...

To read the full story for the women's matchup, visit http://njithighlanders.com/news/2018/3/24/womens-tennis-opens-asun-actio...