FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – The Yeshiva University women's tennis team showed a lot of promise in its season opener at perennial Skyline Conference Championship contender Farmingdale State College on Wednesday afternoon. Although the Maccabees lost by a score of 8-1, the rookies of Yeshiva competed in several competitive flights.

Newcomer Sarah Leiderman earned a hard-fought victory at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (6). Earlier in the afternoon, she teamed up with fellow rookie Sarah Grunseid and just fell short in a very competitive No. 3 doubles battle, 8-7 (4).

At No. 2 doubles, first-year players Shira Adler and Micka Mimoun teamed up to win six games, but fell in the flight, 8-6. In the first singles matchup of her collegiate career, Mimoun won three games in the first set, and two more in the second, but fell short in both sets.

Second-year player Tali Kletnicki narrowly lost the first set at No. 5 singles, 7-5, before falling in the second set as well.

"We have a lot of new faces, and it was a good learning experience right off the bat," Yeshiva University Head Coach Danielle Carr said. "We can only go up from here."

Yeshiva will take on Purchase College, in a Skyline Conference match at the Purchase College Tennis Courts, on Sunday morning. First serve is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Note, Yeshiva will be the official home team in that contest.