NEWARK, N.J. (September 22, 2018) – The Rutgers University-Newark women's tennis team lost to visiting Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham this afternoon on The Golden Dome Courts, 9-0. The Scarlet Raiders fall to 0-6 on the season while the Devils win their regular season opener.

Newark had a tough start, dropping all three doubles contests to begin the match. Junior Nell Karpinski and senior Bryanna Thaxton as well as the pairing of senior Kallah Masudi and freshman Sophia Raza suffered 8-3 losses at the top two spots while senior Melissa Saenz and rookie Natalie Hernandez fell 8-1.

In singles action, Thaxton had the closest set of the match but eventually fell in a tiebreak in the first set of her contest at no. 2 before losing the second set 6-0. Karpinski earned four games off her opponent but fell 6-3, 6-1 at the top position. The next four spots also fell in straight sets.

The Raiders return to action next Saturday when they host Lehman College in non-conference play at 1 p.m.