BEAUMONT, Texas — The NJIT women's tennis team got back to its winning ways with a closely contested 4-3 victory over the Lamar University Cardinals Thursday evening at the Thompson Family Tennis Center.

NJIT (12-2) went ahead 2-0 to start the match after sweeping doubles and claiming the first singles flight (No. 4) in straight sets. 

Lamar would answer with three straight wins of their own, securing flight Nos. 5, 6 and 3 to take a 3-2 advantage.

The Cardinals had two chances to clinch the match against the Highlanders with the top two flights still in play, but NJIT would take them both, and with them, the match. In both matchups, the Highlanders would win the first set, drop the second, and close things out in the third.

NJIT 4, Lamar 3
3/14/2024 at Beaumont, TX (Thompson Family Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Laura Wipfli (NJIT) def. Leah Kuruvilla (LAMAR) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
2. Sandra Dzhambazov (NJIT) def. Marika Mueller (LAMAR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
3. Megan Do (LAMAR) def. Sofia Pinedo (NJIT) 7-5, 6-1
4. Irene Cocero (NJIT) def. Elena Rubio (LAMAR) 6-2, 6-4
5. Natalia Turczuk (LAMAR) def. Pa. Menendez Alvarez (NJIT) 6-1, 6-4
6. Nouray Metwally (LAMAR) def. Feyza Aydin (NJIT) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Irene Cocero/Laura Wipfli (NJIT) def. Leah Kuruvilla/Megan Do (LAMAR) 6-4
2. Sofia Pinedo/Sandra Dzhambazov (NJIT) def. Saloni Tamang/Natalia Turczuk (LAMAR) 6-4
3. Pa. Menendez Alvarez/Shalom Salvi (NJIT) def. Jayci Wong/Marika Mueller (LAMAR) 6-2

Match Notes
NJIT 12-2
Lamar 7-6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,5,6,3,1,2)