Women's Tennis Opens Fall Schedule With Strong Showing At Columbia
The NJIT women's tennis team kicked off its 2022-23 fall campaign - and the tenure of newly hired head coach Patricia Piorkowski McDonald - in impressive fashion, securing a pair of victories at the Columbia Invitational/Lion Quad at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center this weekend.
NJIT played full singles and doubles matches against Penn (Friday, 9/16) and Hofstra (Saturday, 9/17) and picked up wins in both. The Highlanders edged out the Quakers, 4-3, and dominated the Pride, 6-1.
NJIT was led by junior Sandra Dzhambazov, who was the only Highlander to play all four matches across the two days (two singles, two doubles) and win them all. Freshman Irene Cocero also went undefeated in three matches over the weekend (2-0 singles, 1-0 doubles).
NJIT vs UPENN
| SINGLES | |||
| COURT | NJIT | UPENN | SCORE |
| 1 | Shivani Ingle | Sabine Rutlauka | UPENN 6-1, 6-3 |
| 2 | Joleta Budman | Eileen Want | NJIT 6-2, 64 |
| 3 | Sandra Dzhambazov | Maya Urata | NJIT 1-6, 6-3, 10-7 |
| 4 | Laura Wipfli | Iris Gallo | UPENN 6-4, 7-5 |
| 5 | Shalom Salvi | Saige Roshkoff | UPENN 1-6, 6-3, 10-3 |
| 6 | Irene Cocero | Gibson Thomas | NJIT 6-3, 1-6, 10-6 |
| DOUBLES | |||
| COURT | NJIT | UPENN | SCORE |
| 1 | Shivani Ingle/Joleta Budman | Rutlauka/Urata | UPENN 7-5 |
| 2 | Sandra Dzhambazov/Laura Wipfli | Wang/Thomas | NJIT 6-3 |
| 3 | Shalom Salvi/Irene Cocero | Roshkoff/Gallo | NJIT 7-5 |
NJIT vs HOFSTRA
| SINGLES | |||
| COURT | NJIT | HOFSTRA | SCORE |
| 1 | Shivani Ingle | Jimena Garbino | NJIT 6-2, 6-0 |
| 2 | Joleta Budman | Ananyaa Bhargava | NJIT 6-4, 7-5 |
| 3 | Sandra Dzhambazov | Kaitlyn Ferguson | NJIT 6-2, 6-3 |
| 4 | Laura Wipfli | Brooklyn Samuels | NJIT 6-1, 6-2 |
| 5 | Irene Cocero | Simran Desai | NJIT 6-3, 6-2 |
| 6 | Paula Menendez Alvarez | Mary Madigan | NJIT 6-4, 6-0 |
| DOUBLES | |||
| COURT | NJIT | HOFSTRA | SCORE |
| 1 | Shivani Ingle/Joleta Budman | Jimena Garbino/Deniz Soyer | Hofstra 4-6 |
| 2 | Sandra Dzhambazov/Laura Wipfli | Ananyaa Bhargava/Kaitlyn Ferguson | NJIT 6-3 |
| 3 | Shalom Salvi/Paula Menendez Alvarez | Simian Desai/Brooklyn Samuels | NJIT 6-2 |