Ewing, NJ ... The College of New Jersey men's tennis team came up short in a spirited match against New York University on Wednesday afternoon in the Student Recreation Center.

The #40 Lions (7-2) swept the top three singles matches, but the #29 Violets rallied to take the final three to improve to 6-2 on the season.

TCNJ fell behind 2-1 in the doubles matches. Seniors Jack August (Medford, NJ) and Mike Stanley (Newtown, NJ/Council Rock North) delivered an 8-4 win at second doubles to get the Lions on the board. Sophomore Mitchel Sanders (Randolph, NJ/Randolph) followed with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) victory at first singles and August won his match-up in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2. Sophomore Omar Bokhari (Lake Hiawatha, NJ/Parsipanny) also won by a score of 7-5, 6-2 to put TCNJ one win away from a match triumph. But NYU battled back to capture the final three matches to steal the road win.

The Lions will be back in action this Saturday when they visit the University of Mary Washington for a match-up beginning at 12:30 p.m. in Fredericksburg, Va.

#29 New York University 5, #40 The College of New Jersey 4

Singles competition
1. Mitchel Sanders (TCNJM) def. Umberto Setter (NYUM) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Jack August (TCNJM) def. Benedict Teoh (NYUM) 7-5, 6-2
3. Omar Bokhari (TCNJM) def. Matt DeMichiel (NYUM) 7-5, 6-2
4. Michael Li (NYUM) def. Chris D'Agostino (TCNJM) 6-2, 6-4
5. Vishal Walia (NYUM) def. Tim Gavornik (TCNJM) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
6. Xavier Pacthod (NYUM) def. Mike Stanley (TCNJM) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Umberto Setter/Samuel Khoshbin (NYUM) def. Mitchel Sanders/Matt Puig (TCNJM) 8-6
2. Jack August/Mike Stanley (TCNJM) def. Michael Li/Benedict Teoh (NYUM) 8-4
3. Matt DeMichiel/Zeb Zheng (NYUM) def. Chris D'Agostino/Tim Gavornik (TCNJM) 8-7 (9-7)

Match Notes:
New York University 6-2; National ranking #29; Regional ranking #17
The College of New Jersey 7-2; National ranking #40; Regional ranking #13
T-4:30 A-45