Women's Tennis | 4/15/2017 8:31:00 PM

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, SC—USC Upstate (3-18, 1-5 ASUN) edged visiting NJIT (7-12, 3-3 ASUN), 4-3, Saturday morning in the Highlanders regular season finale.

"A tough loss but still plenty of momentum based on our regular season work to carry us into a successful ASUN Conference tournament," head coach Ira Miller commented.

NJIT will return to the court next Friday, April 21, when the Highlanders travel to Fort Myers, FL, to compete in the ASUN Conference Tournament.  The Highlanders will open play as the three seed.

Highlander duo Natacha Minc and Amanda Helminsky earned a doubles victory over USC Upstate's Morgan Dodd and Anna Nemeth, defeating the pair, 6-1, at third doubles.  USC Upstate, however, went on to take the doubles point.

In the singles competition, senior Nathalie Habegger defeated Vale Zarama of USC Upstate at fourth singles, in straight sets, 7-5, 6-3.

Junior Alba Rosas Garcia earned a singles victory over USC Upstate's Taylor Dodd, in straight-sets, 6-4, 7-6, at the fifth spot.

Amanda Helminsky continued her fine play, defeating Morgan Dodd at sixth singles, also in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.