UNION, NJ – Short-handed Rutgers-Newark closed out its season with a 5-4 New Jersey Athletic Conference loss to Kean University on the Alumni Stadium Courts.

BOX SCORE

The match was delayed by intermittent rain with the Scarlet Raiders (6-6, NJAC 1-5) almost overcoming a pair of forfeit losses to upend the Cougars (6-3, NJAC 1-3) with just five players.

Sophomore Bushra Memon capped a 10-1 season on the top-flight singles court by rolling past Kean's Lauren Petrucelli, 6-0, 6-3, before teaming with junior Ashley Lawrence for an 8-1 win on the No. 1 doubles court over Petrucelli and Jaelynne Lee.

Lawrence, who completed the year with a 6-5 mark in dual match singles, downed Debbie Dress, 6-3, 6-3, on the second flight singles court.

Raider sophomore Dhaneya Kumar stopped Erin Hendricks, 6-1, 6-2, on the No. 3 singles court, but freshmen Yara Elsekhely and Adrianne Vizcarra could not come up with an upset on the fourth or fifth flight.

The Raiders played without regulars Michelle Kvitnitsky, Camille Sunga and Agnes Bangayan.