University Park, Pa. – The Fordham University men's tennis team traveled to central Pennsylvania where the Rams were shutout by Penn State, 7-0, on Saturday.
 
"Penn State is probably the toughest team we will play all year," said head coach David Slater. "Always positives to take away from the match as DJ (Dhananjay Athreya) played very well, being a couple of points away from winning at second singles."
 
Fordham opened the match by dropping all three doubles matches. Nicolas Garnier and Andro Barrientos started the match with a 6-1 loss at third doubles to Penn State's Reiya Hattori and Marcus Schoeman and the Nitanny Lions then clinched the point when Sam Bossem and Loren Byers defeated Fordham's Phillip Uhde and Filip Horak, 6-3, at second doubles. Charles Morgan and David Lindsay completed the sweep for Penn State with a 6-2 win over Dhillon Virdee-Oakley and Dhananjay Athreya at the first position.
 
The Nittany Lions then took all six singles matches. The closest the Rams got to earning a point was second singles where Athreya took the first set from Schoeman, 7-5, but dropped the second, 6-2, and the tiebreaker, 10-8.

Penn State 7, Fordham 0
Indoor Tennis Center | University Park, Pa.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
 
Singles Competition
1. Loren Byers (PSU) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FOR) 6-3, 6-3
2. Marcus Schoeman (PSU) def. Dhananjay Athreya (FOR) 5-7, 6-2, 10-8
3. Reiya Hattori (PSU) def. Filip Horak (FOR) 6-0, 6-2
4. David Lindsay (PSU) def. Phillip Uhde (FORM) 6-3, 6-0
5. Shrikeshav Murugesan (PSU) def. Nicolas Garnier (FORM) 6-3, 6-2
6. Denys Forgaci (PSU) def. Stefan Stojanovic (FORM) 6-2, 6-2
 
Order of finish: 4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 6
 
Doubles competition
1. Charl Morgan/David Lindsay (PSU) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley/Dhananjay Athreya (FORM) 6-2
2. Sam Bossem/Loren Byers (PSU) def. Phillip Uhde/Filip Horak (FORM) 6-3
3. Reiya Hattori/Marcus Schoeman (PSU) def. Nicolas Garnier/Andro Barrientos (FORM) 6-1
 
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
 
What's Next?
The Rams return to action on Sunday, February 2, as they travel to Newark, N.J., to face the NJIT Highlanders for a 4:00 p.m. match.