March 27, 2011

Philadelphia, Pa. - The Fordham men's tennis team closed out its weekend in Philadelphia with a match at Temple on Sunday, falling to the Owls by a 7-0 score.

The match opened with Temple taking the doubles point, winning all three doubles matches. Nick Kelly and Ken Fukumoto fell at first doubles to Filip Rams and Taylor Hairston, 8-1, while Eli Plangger and Kevin Maloney dropped second doubles to Andrey Morozov and Mansur Gishkaev, 8-1. At third doubles, Fordham's Dan Kane-West and Andriy Kulak also lost third doubles to Dmitry Vizhunov and Kacper Rams, 8-0.

The Rams then dropped all six singles matches in straight sets.

Fordham will return to action on Tuesday, March 29, as they travel to Lawrenceville, N.J., to face Rider College at 2:00 p.m.

Fordham (0) at Temple (7)
March 27, 2011

Doubles
1. F. Rams/Hairston (T) def. Nick Kelly / Ken Fukumoto, 8-1
2. Andrey Morozov/Gishkaev (T) def. Eli Plangger / Kevin Maloney, 8-1
3. Vizhunov/K. Rams (T) def. Dan Kane-West / Andriy Kulak, 8-0

Singles
1. Filip Rams (T) def. Kevin Maloney, 6-0, 6-0
2. Stanislav Stekolshikov (T) def. Ken Fukumoto, 6-1, 6-1
3. Dmitry Vizhunov (T) def. Andriy Kulak, 6-1, 6-0
4. Kacper Rams (T) def. Eli Plangger, 6-0, 6-0
5. Mansur Gishkaev (T) def. Dan Kane-West, 6-1, 6-1
6. Taylor Hairston (T) def. Nick Kelly, 6-1, 6-2