Manchester, Conn. – The Fordham University men's tennis team continued its spring schedule, traveling to Fairfield on Sunday where the Rams were edged by the Stags, 4-3.
Fordham opened the match by dropping the doubles point, losing two of the three doubles matches.
Phillip Uhde and
Filip Horak picked up a win for Fordham at second double over Alex Aguiar and Andrew Immink, 6-3, before
Nicolas Garnier and
Will Lokier fell at the third position to Luca Benaibbouche and Will O'Brien, 6-4. The doubles point came down to first doubles where
Dhillon Virdee-Oakley and
Dhananjay Athreya gave Fairfield's Kostas Kollias and Kacper Krolikowski all they could handle before falling, 7-5.
The Rams picked up three points with singles wins at the first, second, and third positions. Virdee-Oakley
(FOR) defeated Krolikowski at first singles, 6-3, 7-5, and Horak bested Kollias at third singles, 7-5, 6-3. At second singles, Athreya took the first set from Calum Jessett, 6-4, before dropping the second, 7-6(1). Athreya then won the third set, 6-0.
Fairfield won at fifth and sixth singles which meant the match came down to fourth singles. Lokier dropped the first set to Benaibbouche, 6-3, but battled back to take the second, 7-5, forcing a third and deciding set which went to a tiebreaker with Benaibbouche squeaking out a 7-6(3) win.
Fairfield 4, Fordham 3
Magic Lincer | Manchester, Conn.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Singles Competition
1.
Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FOR) def. Kacper Krolikowski (FFD) 6-3, 7-5
2.
Dhananjay Athreya (FOR) def. Calum Jessett (FFD) 6-4, 6-7 (1-7), 6-0
3.
Filip Horak (FOR) def. Kostas Kollias (FFD) 7-5, 6-3
4. Luca Benaibbouche (FFD) def.
Will Lokier (FOR) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3)
5. Domagoj Stabek (FFD) def.
Phillip Uhde (FOR) 6-3, 6-4
6. Alex Aguiar (FFD) def.
Nicolas Garnier (FOR) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Kostas Kollias/Kacper Krolikowski (FFD)
def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley/
Dhananjay Athreya (FOR) 7-5
2. Phillip Uhde/
Filip Horak (FOR) def. Alex Aguiar/Andrew Immink (FFD) 6-3
3. Luca Benaibbouche/Will O'Brien (FFD) def.
Nicolas Garnier/
Will Lokier (FOR) 6-4
What's Next?
The Rams host their first home match of the spring season when they face Wagner College on Monday, February 17, at the Cary Leeds Center.
