NEW YORK — 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 at the Columbia Invitational/Lion Quad at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center this weekend.

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).

Columbia Invitational Results (winners in bold)

Singles:

Shivani Ingle (NJIT) vs. Sabine Rutlauka (UPENN) 1-6, 3-6
Shivani Ingle (NJIT) vs. Jimena Garbino (Hofstra) 6-2, 6-0

Joleta Budman (NJIT)  vs. Eileen Want (UPENN) 6-2, 6-4
Joleta Budman (NJIT) vs.Ananyaa Bhargava (HOFSTRA)  6-4, 7-5

Sandra Dzhambazov (NJIT) VS. Maya Urata (UPENN) 1-6, 6-3, 10-7
Sandra Dzhambazov (NJIT) vs. Kaitlyn Ferguson (HOFSTRA) 6-2, 6-3

Laura Wipfli (NJIT) vs. Iris Gallo (UPENN) 4-6, 5-7 
Laura Wipfli (NJIT) vs. Brooklyn Samuels (HOFSTRA)6-1, 6-2

Shalom Salvi (NJIT) vs.Saige Roshkoff (UPENN) 6-1, 3-6. 3-10 

Irene Cocero (NJIT) vs. Gibson Thomas (UPENN) 6-3, 1-6, 10-6
Irene Cocero (NJIT) vs. Simran Desai (HOFSTRA) 6-3, 6-2

Paula Menendez Alvarez (NJIT) vs. Mary Madigan (HOFSTRA) 6-4, 6-0

Doubles:

Shivani Ingle/Joleta Budman (NJIT) vs. Rutlauka/Urata (UPENN) 5-7
Shivani Ingle/Joleta Budman (NJIT) vs. Jimena Garbino/Deniz Soyer (Hofstra) 4-6

Sandra Dzhambazov/Laura Wipfli (NJIT) vs Wang/Thomas (UPENN)  6-3
Sandra Dzhambazov/Laura Wipfli (NJIT) vs Ananyaa Bhargava/Kaitlyn Ferguson (HOFSTRA) 6-3

Shalom Salvi/Irene Cocero (NJIT) vs. Roshkoff/Gallo (UPENN) 7-5
Shalom Salvi/Paula Menendez Alvarez (NJIT) vs. Simian Desai/Brooklyn Samuels (HOFSTRA) 6-2