Box Score Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham men's tennis squad picked up its first win on Saturday night with a hard fought 4-3 win over Binghamton University at the Cary Leeds Center.
 
Jack Mascone, who sealed the late night win with the final singles victory said, "the team looks at this as a great invitation to work even harder".
 
The Rams opened the night taking the doubles point. Nick Mueller and Giorgio Soemarno got things started with a 6-3 win over Ronin Lotlikar and Kyle Weekes at first doubles and then, with doubles tied 1-1, John Mascone and Bingru Chen went an extra game to defeat James McPherson and Matt Carlson 7-5 at the third position.
 
Fordham then won the match by winning three of the six singles matches. Mueller took first singles from Lotlikar, dropping the first set, 7-5, before rallying back to take the next two by identical 6-2 scores.
 
Kanazirev was victorious at second singles over Weekes, winning the first set, 6-2, before losing the second, 7-6(5). But Kanazirev came back to win the third, 6-1.
 
With the match tied 3-3 it all came down to fourth singles where Mascone dropped the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-6, but came back strong to win the second set, 6-2, and then clinched the match for the Rams with a 6-3 win in the third set.
 
Fordham 4, Binghamton 3
Cary Leeds Center | Bronx, N.Y.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
 
Singles Competition
1. Nick Mueller (FORM) def. Ronin Lotlikar (BING), 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
2. Nicholas Kanazirev (FORM) def. Kyle Weekes (BING) 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-1
3. Filipe Costa (BING) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FORM) 6-1, 6-1
4. John Mascone (FORM) def. James McPherson (BING) 6-7(1), 6-2, 6-3
5. Andrew Feng (BING) def. Bingru Chen (FORM) 6-3, 6-4
6. Zubin Omar (BING) def. Stefan Stojanovic (FORM) 6-2, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Nick Mueller/Giorgio Soemarno (FORM) def. Ronin Lotlikar/Kyle Weekes (BING) 6-3
2. Filipe Costa/Andrew Feng (BING) def. Nicholas Kanazirev/Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FORM) 6-4
3. John Mascone/Bingru Chen (FORM) def. James McPherson/Matt Carlson (BING) 7-5
 
What's Next?
The Rams host Marist College on Sunday night, February 25, at Cary Leeds Center at 7:00 p.m.