Published: September 18, 2022

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