Syosset, N.Y. - The Fordham men's tennis team returned from their spring break rip to Florida to face Long Island University on Saturday, falling to the Sharks, 4-3, at Sportime Syosset.
The Rams opened the match by winning the doubles point, taking two out of three doubles matches, but could only find two points in singles matches with
Dhillon Virdee-Oakley winning at third singles and
John Mascone at fourth singles.
LIU 4, Fordham 3
Syosset, N.Y. | Sporttime Syosset
Saturday, March 18, 2023
SINGLES
1. Philip Hilble (LIU) def.
Quinn Fender (Fordham) 6-4, 7-5
2. Ales D'Anna (LIU) def. Nicholas Kanazirev (Fordham) def. Tejasvi Mehra (Wagner) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
3.
Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (Fordham) def. S Romera Fernandez (LIU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
4. John Mascone (Fordham) def. Gui Medeiros (LIU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Akhil Indrabalan (LIU) def. Sampras Rakotandrainibe
(Fordham) 7-6 (6), 6-2
6. Bingru Chen (Fordham) def. Danila Ishchanka (LIU) 6-1, 6-2
DOUBLES
1. Philip Hilble/Ales D'Anna (LIU) def.
Quinn Fender/Nicholas (Fordham) 7-6 (4)
2.
Toi Kobayashi/
Giorgio Soemarno (Fordham) def.
Danila Ishchanka/Akhil Indrabalan (LIU) 7-5
3.
Dhillon Virdee-Oakley/Sampras Rakotandrainibe (Fordham) def. Gui Medeiros/Tuna Nergizoglu (LIU) 6-4
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams will travel to Fairfield, Conn., on Saturday, March 25, to face Sacred Heart University at 5:30 p.m.
