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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (October 17, 2016) – The College of Staten Island topped Rutgers University-Newark in a darkness-shortened non-league women's tennis math Monday evening.
 
CSI had a 3-0 lead after doubles play, cruising out of the first slot, but the Scarlet Raiders battled hard at Nos. 2 & 3 as Marthalyn Johnson and Jamie Lee Buhain were topped were topped 9-7 in a hotly contested match out of the second slot, and the Julibeth Hernandez/Kallah Masudi pairing fell 8-6 in a very good match out of the third.
 
"With all of the rain the past couple weeks we haven't had a lot of match play and we came out very rusty," said Head Coach Tom Battaglia. "We went down 3-0 after doubles play, but with the closeness of the matches at two and three things could have been a lot different."
 
The only three matches to finish in singles play before darkness took over were flights one, two and three. Johnson won six games in a 6-2, 6-4 loss at No. 1 and freshman Jessica Smoot won three games at No. 2 in a 6-3, 6-0 loss.
 
"Our ladies fought hard in singles, and they did a nice job of hitting through the ball and moving their opponents around the court," added Battaglia. "We forced a lot of errors, but in the end we just could not get big points we needed."
 
Rugers-Newark is working to reschedule several rained out matches, but the Scarlet Raiders are currently slated to return to competitive action in 2017.
 
The Scarlet Raiders dropped to 4-7 with the non-league loss, and the Dolphins move to 6-6.