BOX SCORE

NEWARK, NJ – An injury in doubles play kept Rutgers University-Newark from upsetting Rutgers University-Camden in a New Jersey Athletic Conference match on The Golden Dome Courts.  The Scarlet Raiders fell, 5-4, to the Scarlet Raptors with an injury retirement loss in doubles play looming large in the final result.
 
Senior Maggie Tchorzewska and freshmen Catherine Popow and Nandini Gami registered singles victories for Rutgers-Newark (0-2, NJAC 0-1) while Popow joined senior Yara Elsekhely for a doubles victory.
 
Sophomore Kesha Patel and freshman Cristina Faviao were ahead 5-4 against the Raptors' Theresa Adamson and Donna Safar on the No. 3 doubles court when Patel was forced to withdraw because of an injury.  Popow and Elsekhely swept past Angela Errigo and Christine Abacan, 8-2, on the No. 2 double court, but he Raptors claimed the top-flight court to enter singles play with a decisive 2-1 edge.
 
Popow raced past Errigo, 6-1, 6-2, on the No. 2 singles court while Tchorzewska handled Adamson, 6-1, 6-4 on the No. 4 court.  Gami joined Popow by posting her first collegiate singles victory with a 6-1, 6-2 decision over Safar on the No. 6 court.
 
Rutgers-Newark hosts John Jay on Monday at 4 o'clock and York NY on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. to end a string of four straight home matches to start the season.