Box Score vs TCNJ | Box Score vs Ohio Northern

NEWARK, N.J. (September 1, 2016) – The Rutgers University-Newark women's tennis team opened the 2016 season Friday on The Golden Dome Courts, falling in a doubleheader to The College of New Jersey and Ohio Northern University.
 
The final score of both matches was 9-0 but head coach Tom Battaglia was pleased with the progress his team is making.
 
"Both teams we played today were excellent," said Battaglia. "Our consistency is improving in a big big way, and I don't think the scores indicate the how hard and how well we played. We just need to keep grinding along and the wins will starting coming."
 
TCNJ 9, Rutgers-Newark 0
A powerful TCNJ squad shutout the Scarlet Raiders in the first match of the day by a score of 9-0. The match took 2:15 and R-N earned wins in two games. The No. 1 doubles pairing of Jessica Smoot and Nell Karpinski earned a single triumph, falling 8-1, and Karpinski was the lone singles player to get a win, falling 6-0, 6-1 out of the fourth slot.
 
Ohio Northern 9, Rutgers-Newark 0
The Scarlet Raiders were able to take four games in doubles action as the Smoot-Karpinski pairing at No. 1 took three games in their battle.
 
Karpinski was the top performer is singles action, winning three games in what was an 8-3 loss at No. 4. Both Smoot and second-year Bryanna Thaxton picked up a single tally at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.
 
Rutgers-Newark will return to action Saturday at SUNY New Paltz in another non-conference matchup.