The New York University women's tennis team won its first match of the 2013 spring season, defeating the Stevens Institute of Technology 8-1 on Wednesday, April 3, at the National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY.

The Violets (1-2) entered play having not competed in a match since February 24 against Swarthmore College.

"We played very well and with lots of confidence," said Head Coach Horace Choy. "We got ahead early and were able to relax and just play."

Doubles Results:

#1 Jessica Bourque/Lisa Tessitore (ST) won 9-8(3) over Ashley Masanto/Alison Wang (NYU)
#2 Madeline King/Mari Tzakis (NYU) won 8-2 over Julia Guignard/Danielle Stewart (ST)
#3 Jazmin Colling/Becky Kumar (NYU) won 8-4 Victoria Tran/Arden Servidio (ST)

Singles Results:

#1  Ashley Masanto (NYU) won 7-5, 7-6(8) over Jessica Bourque (ST)
#2  Alison Wang (NYU) won 6-1, 6-3 over Lisa Tessitore (ST)
#3  Mari Tzakis (NYU) won 6-1, 6-4 over Danielle Stewart (ST)
#4  Madeline King (NYU) won 6-4, 6-0 over Julia Guignard (ST)
#5  Ramya Pokala (NYU) won 6-0, 6-0 over Victoria Tran (ST)
#6  Alexandra Ziarko (NYU) won 6-0, 6-0 over Arden Servidio (ST)

The Violets return to action on Saturday, April 6, when they host University Athletic Association (UAA) opponent University of Rochester on Family Day at 11:00am at the Stadium Tennis Center at Mill Pond in the Bronx.