Men's Tennis Drops First Contest of 2016 Against Saint Joseph's

Box Score
 
HARRISON, N.Y. – The Fordham men's tennis team dropped its first dual match of the 2015-16 campaign with a 6-1 loss to Saint Joseph's at nearby Life Time Athletic. The Rams are now 3-1 on the season.
 
After a dominant 7-0 victory over Saint Peter's last weekend, the Rams came out flat in the first home match of the spring season against the visiting Hawks.
 
The doubles point went to the visitors after they took all three matches. The senior pair of Renier Moolman and Andres Urrea took down Pedro Alonso and Joseph Kavaloski, 6-0, before Andre Fick and Dan Tan clinched the point with a 6-2 win over reigning A-10 Player of the Week Tomas Cosmai and his partner Cameron Posillico. In the final match, Kyle Chalmers and Peter Dewitt defeated Nick Borak and Victor Li, 7-6 (7-1) in the second flight.
 
Moolman won his singles match as well, downing Cosmai, 6-2, 6-4, in the top flight, before Li, the reigning A-10 Rookie of the Week, battled back to take a three-set victory over Urrea, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2. The Hawks clinched the match after the next two contests, however, with Chalmers defeating Alonso, 6-1, 6-3, and Tristan Boustany taking down Nick Borak 6-4, 6-4.  
 
Fick defeated Kavaloski, 6-0, 6-2, in the fifth flight and senior Kevin Gates took down Kavaloski, 6-0, 6-2, in the fifth.
 
Junior Tristan Boustany and senior Kevin Gates were winners in the fourth and sixth flights, respectively; Boustany was a 6-4, 6-2 winner, while Gates took a 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) result against Posillico.
 
The Rams are off for 15 days before a doubleheader on Sunday, February 21. Fordham will host Colgate and Villanova with the respective contests beginning at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at Life Time Athletic in nearby Harrison.
 
Results
Doubles
1. Renier Moolman / Andres Urrea (SJU) def. Pedro Alonso / Joe Kavaloski (FOR), 6-0
2. Kyle Chalmers / Peter Dewitt (SJU) def. Nick Borak / Victor Li (FOR), 7-6 (7-1)
3. Andre Fick / Dan Tan (SJU) def. Tomas Cosmai / Cameron Posillico (FOR), 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
 
Singles
1. Renier Moolman (SJU) def. Tomas Cosmai (FOR), 6-2, 6-4
2. Victor Li (FOR) def. Andres Urrea (SJU), 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
3. Kyle Chalmers (SJU) def. Pedro Alonso (FOR), 6-1, 6-3
4. Tristan Boustany (SJU) def. Nick Borak (FOR), 6-4, 6-4
5. Andre Fick (SJU) def. Joseph Kavaloski (FOR), 6-0, 6-2
6. Kevin Gates (SJU) def. Cameron Posillico (FOR), 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
Order of Finish: 5, 3, 4, 1, 6, 2