Across the board, it was a successful week for Fordham University Men’s and Women’s Tennis. The men’s team started things off on Friday, Feb. 28 by clinching their second win of the spring run, defeating the Queens College Knights 4-3. The Rams took the doubles point by winning two of the three matches of the day. Graduate student Phillip Uhde and freshman Filip Horak teamed up to win second doubles 6-3, while junior Ruben Russwurm and freshman Will Lokier took third doubles, 7-6(5). They locked down the win by defeating Queens College in second, third and fifth singles. Horak defeated Tim Andersson in second singles 6-1, 7-6(4), Lokier defeated Loup Alleno 4-6, 6-4, 10-3, and Russwurm defeated Pablo Serrano 7-5, 0-6, 6-4. They have a couple of weeks off before their next match, where they will take on the Hofstra University Pride on the road at the Point Set Indoor Tennis Club in Oceanside, New York on Saturday, March 15.
The women headed down to the Washington metropolitan area and grabbed two shutouts over the weekend. Then, on Saturday, March 1, they dominated the George Mason University Patriots 4-0, clinching the doubles point by winning all three matches and then taking straight set wins in the three completed singles matches. Sophomore Julianne Nguyen, who was named Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis Performer of the Week in early February, teamed with junior Nevena Kolarevic and won first doubles 6-2. Freshman Catalina Padilla Udaeta, named Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis Rookie of the Week in mid-February, teamed with freshmen Paola Ueno Dalmonico to win second doubles 7-6(1). Juniors Aya Matsunaga and Sofie Siem blanked the Patriots 6-0 in third doubles. In singles, Kolarevic won 6-4, 6-0, senior Lorraine Bergmann won 6-4, 6-2 and Padilla Udaeta won 6-3, 6-2.
The following day, the women continued their perfect weekend, defeating the George Washington University Revolutionaries 4-0 as well. The Rams won both completed doubles matches of the day. The Nguyen/Kolarevic duo won first doubles 6-1, while sophomore Lily Chitambar and Bergmann won second doubles 6-3. They then repeated their trend from the day before and won all three completed singles matches in straight sets. Kolarevic and Bergmann once again won their singles matches with scores of 6-2, 6-1 and 6-3, 6-4 respectively, while Ueno Dalmonico won fourth singles 7-5, 7-5. The Rams did not drop a set over the weekend. Next up, the women will travel to Rhode Island to face the Brown University Bears on Saturday, March 8.
