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WEST HARTFORD, CT—The NJIT women's tennis team won its 14
th straight match of the season with a convincing, 7-0, victory at Hartford Sunday afternoon.
With the victory over Hartford on Sunday, the Highlanders improve to 18-2 overall. The 18 overall wins are the highest total in NJIT's six seasons of Division I competition. The team finished 17-8 last season and captured the 2011 Great West Conference Title.
The Highlanders started off the match sweeping the doubles contests.
Nina Mayevska and
Jana Luste won at first doubles, 8-1. Mayevksa won by identical scores at second singles, 6-0, 6-0.
Hannelore MacDonald and
Martina Tripcovici were 8-2 winners at second doubles. Tripcovici and MacDonald won by identical scores at the fourth and fifth spot, 6-1, 6-1.
At third singles,
Monika Graff and
Carolina Zanotta posted an 8-1 victory over Hartford. Graff won 6-1, 6-0 at third singles and teammate
Megan Guidry, competing at sixth singles, won 6-0, 6-0.
Sophomore
Ksenia Kuzmenko went the distance with Hartford's Abby Liu at first singles. Kuzmenko took the first set 6-3, but was blanked in the next frame, 6-0. The sophomore won the final set tiebreaker 7-6 (7-4) to earn the point.
The Highlanders will return to action on April 10 at Stony Brook at 2:30pm.