It was a tight match throughout, but visiting New York University pulled out a 6-3 victory over the University of Rochester in men's tennis action on Saturday afternoon at the Goergen Athletic Center.
 
The loss moves UR's record to 6-11 on the year with one regular season match left, while NYU improves to 4-5 on the season.
 
After doubles, the Violets held a 2-1 lead.  NYU's team of Benedict Teoh and Shrikar Kundur opened with an 8-3 victory over UR's Sahaj Somani and Mattias Hartveit.  That was followed by an 8-4 win from NYU's Vishal Walia and Rahul Das at #3 over Damani Eubanks and Jun Yuminaga.
 
The Yellowjackets then capped doubles with a win at #1, coming from Masaru Fujimaki and Yifan Shen.  That duo won 8-6 over Umberto Setter and Zeb Zheng.
 
In singles, Rochester opened with a straight set win from Tanmay Thakkar at #4 to even the score.  UR's sophomore won 6-4, 6-1 over Joshua Piatos.
 
NYU then ran off three straight victories to swipe the match.  At #2, Walia won 6-4, 7-5 over Yuminaga, while both the #1 and #3 singles matches went to three sets.
 
At #1 in a battle of regionally ranked individuals, Setter defeated Fujimaki 6-0, 6-7, 6-3 while at #3, Stefan Rodic outlasted Shen 4-6, 6-4, 7-5.
 
UR's third point came from Peter Huang at #6, winning 6-3, 6-4 over Teoh, while Yanick Parsch topped Somani at #5 by a 6-3, 6-1 score to grab the Violets final point of the match.
 
The Yellowjackets are back in action next Friday at Union College.