JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The New Jersey City University men's and women's tennis teams hosted a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) matches at the Lincoln Park Tennis Center on Friday, April 7, as Rutgers-Camden came to town. The NJCU women, who also celebrated Senior Day on the afternoon, defeated the Scarlet Raptors, 9-0. The Gothic Knight men also dispatched Camden, 9-0.

Prior to the start of the day's action, the NJCU women (7-3, 4-0 NJAC) recognized its two graduating seniors, Giada Zorzan (Milan, Italy/Liceo dello Sport Marco Pantani) and Eliza Clamor (Auckland, New Zealand/Rangitoto College), as well as third-year team member and team captain, Lockslea Mayers (Westminster, Md./Westminster). See below for the photos, courtesy of ©PrescodMedia.
 
Women | NJCU 9, Rutgers-Camden 0
Once play began against Rutgers-Camden (2-6, 0-2 NJAC), the Gothic Knights hunkered down amd went to work. Second doubles was first to finish as sophomores Vanshita Malhotra (Barwala, India/DAV Model School) and Sara Zorzan (Milan, Italy/Liceo Falcone Borsellino) swept their opponents, 8-0. Following suit and third doubles with an 8-0 win of their own was freshman Sophia Jurina (Munich, Germany/Carl-Spitzweg-Gymnasium) and Mayers. Finally, Giada and Clamor ended up with the 8-3 win at first doubles, putting NJCU up 3-0 heading into singles.

Sara started off singles with a sweeping, 6-0, 6-0, victory at #5 to make it 3-0 before Malhotra won her match at third singles (6-2, 6-0) to make it 4-0. finally, Jurina clinched the victory with her 6-1, 6-1 win at fourth singles. Freshman Mar Julia (Barcelona, Spain/INS Sant Quirze) continued the winning ways for Jersey City, picking up a 6-4, 6-1 victory at #6 before Giada earned a 6-1, 6-2 win at #1. The final match to finish was the most contested one of the afternoon as Clamor won at second singles, 6-2, 7-6(40.

Men | NJCU 9, Rutgers-Camden 0
For the Gothic Knight men (6-6, 1-0 NJAC), this was their first conference match of the season, however they made quick work of the Scarlet Raptors (0-6, 0-2 NJAC) for the scoreless sweep. Rutgers-Camden forfeited third doubles and sixth singles to start, so NJCU took a 2-0 lead heading into the start of doubles play. Rookie Pedro Caro-Accino Roca (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain/British School of Gran Canaria) and sophomore Joaquin Pluis (Buenos Aires, Argentina/Santa Felicitas) teamed up for the 8-0 win at second doubles to get things started before junior Alejandro Ley (Las Palmas, Spain/I.E.S. Politécnico) and Jordi Julia (Barcelona, Spain/IES Sant Quirze del Valles) closed it out with an 8-1 win at #1.

Leading 4-0 at the start of singles, Jersey City needed just one more victory to make it official, and Caro was the one to do it first, winning 6-0, 6-0 at second singles. Not far behind at third singles was Julia with a scoreless, 6-0, 6-0, sweep as well. Ley was the other Gothic Knight to win, 6-0, 6-0, doing so at first singles. Loras closed his match out at fourth singles, 6-0, 6-1, before junior Pau Torrebella (Palma de Mallorca, Spain/Banks) made his NJCU tennis debut at fifth singles, winning, 6-4, 6-3.

Up Next:
The women get a few days off, having just played four matches in a six-day span (going 4-0). They return to action in Mahwah, N.J., for more NJAC play on Monday afternoon, April 10, at Ramapo College, beginning at 4:00 p.m. The Jersey City men play another NJAC East Division match tomorrow, Saturday, April 8, on the road at SUNY Oneonta, beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Oneonta, N.Y. They then join the NJCU women in Mahwah on Monday, also at 4:00 p.m.