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Women’s Tennis Wins Third Straight; Blanks Marist, 7-0

Senior Ksenia Kuzmenko (front page) and Jana Luste (above) were double-winners on the day for NJIT vs. Marist

Box Score
 
NEWARK, NJ—The NJIT women's tennis team won its third straight match with a convincing 7-0 victory over visiting Marist at The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility Saturday evening.
 
NJIT (6-5) won two out of three doubles contests and swept the six singles contests earning the 7-0 victory.  The Red Foxes fall to 1-4 on the season.
 
Highlander pair Carolina Zanotta and Natalia Melibeu got things started at second doubles defeating Marist's Callie Marlock and Melissa Carlay, 8-4.  Melibeu won by identical scores, 6-1, 6-1 at fourth singles over Marielle Campbell while Zanotta earned a 6-1, 6-4 victory at the fifth spot topping Lisa Ventimiglia.
 
Seniors Ksenia Kuzmenko and Jana Luste won at first doubles, 8-6, topping Marist's Karly Pong and Sabrina Tahir.  NJIT's Kuzmenko won a three set tilt at first singles, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 notching the win over Pang as Luste competing at the second spot, won the first set against Tahir but dropped a 7-5 decision in the second frame.  Luste came back in the third set cruising to a 6-4 victory.
 
Nathalie Habegger won in straight sets at third singles, 6-2, 6-1 over Callie Marlock while Hannelore MacDonald won by identical scores at the sixth spot, 6-4, 6-4, defeating Nikki Rohan.
 
The match at Rhode Island scheduled for Sunday, March 30 has been postponed due to the weather.
 
NJIT will return to action on April 4 when the Highlanders host Manhattan at 4pm in The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility.
 
NJIT 7, Marist 0 (Final)
Doubles
1. Kuzmenko/Luste (NJIT) def. Pang/Tahir (Marist) 8-6
2. Melibeu/Zanotta (NJIT) def. Morlock/Carlay (Marist) 8-4
3. Campbell/Seitz (Marist) def. MacDonald/Guidry (NJIT) 8-6
 
Singles
1. Ksenia Kuzmenko (NJIT) def. Karly Pang (Marist) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
2. Jana Luste (NJIT) def. Sabrina Tahir (Marist) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
3. Nathalie Habegger (NJIT) def. Callie Marlock (Marist) 6-2, 6-1
4. Natalia Melibeu (NJIT) def. Marielle Campbell (Marist) 6-1, 6-1
5. Carolina Zanotta (NJIT) def. Lisa Ventimiglia (Marist) 6-1, 6-4
6. Hannelore MacDonald (NJIT) def. Nikki Rohan (Marist) 6-4, 6-4
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