EWING, N.J. — The New Jersey City University women's tennis team, seeded #2 in the 2023 New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championship Tournament, faced off with top-seeded The College of New Jersey on Saturday, April 29, on the road in the NJAC Championship match. The Gothic Knights pushed the Lions throughout, but eventually closed the book with a tough, 5-0 loss.

NJCU (11-6) held several break-point advantages at first doubles against TCNJ (15-4), but eventually fell in a tiebreak, 8-7(3). The Lions also won second and third doubles, 8-2 and 8-1, to take a 3-0 lead into singles play. A quartet of First Team All-NJAC selections squared off at first and second singles, however seniors Giada Zorzan (Milan, Italy/Liceo dello Sport Marco Pantani) and Eliza Clamor (Auckland, New Zealand/Rangitoto College) were defeated in their final matches, respectively. With those two wins, TCNJ clinched its 40th consecutive NJAC Women's Tennis Championship.

Despite their singles matches going unfinished, sophomore Vanshita Malhotra (Barwala, India/DAV Model School) and freshman Sophia Jurina (Munich, Germany/Carl-Spitzweg-Gymnasium) were each off to a good start. Malhotra had lost her first set at third singles, 7-5, but was up 1-0 in the second when the match was called. Jurina had taken her first set, 6-4, at fourth singles and was leading 2-1 in the second at the time.