ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – The Brandeis University women's tennis team cruised past rivals New York University for the second time this season, 5-1, in the consolation semifinals of the 2024 University Athletic Association championships today at Sanlando Park in Florida. With the win, the #30 Judges will meet #15 Carnegie Mellon in the fifth-place match.
TEAM RECORDS
- Brandeis: 10-8, ranked #30 in Division III by Intercollegiate Tennis Association
- NYU: 5-5, ranked #46 in Division III by ITA
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Judges got off to a fast start with a doubles sweep.
- Junior Cecilia Denis (Ardmore, Pa./Lower Merion) and first-year Chahana Budhbhatti (Ahmedabad, India/Aavishkar School) opened with an 8-4 win at #3.
- Junior Sabrina Loui (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) and sophomore Nancy Zhang (Shangai, India/Shanghai International School) took an 8-5 win at #2.
- The closest match of the doubles series came at #1, where Brandeis sophomore Rebecca Suarez (Huntington, N.Y./International Virtual Learning Academy) and junior Bhakti Parwani (Ahmedabad, India/Kumkum School), ranked #10 in Division III, bested the #24 team from the Violets, Isabella Hartman and Dakota Fordham, 8-6.
- After NYU battled back from a 4-1 deficit to tie things at 4-all, the Judges won four of the final six games to improve to 18-3 on the season.
- After Fordham got NYU on the board with a 6-1, 6-2, win at #2 over Budhbhatti, Loui and Zhang provided the two winning singles points for the Judges.
- Loui won, 6-1, 6-1, over Kendal Kamerschen at #6 for Brandeis's fourth point, while Zhang won the clincher at #3, 6-1, 6-4, over Hartman.
- With the team victory, Brandeis reached the 10-win plateau for the second year in a row and the 11th time in the last 12 full seasons.
UP NEXT
- The Judges will take on Carnegie Mellon tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. in the fifth-place match at the 2024 UAA tournament.
