Fairfield, Conn. – The Fordham men's tennis squad opened its 2025-26 season at the Fairfield Invitational from September 19-21 at the WAC Tennis Courts. The Rms faced off against Boston College, Marist, Quinnipiac, and Sacred Heart.
 
Leading the way for Fordham was Will Lokier, who won all three of his singles matches.
 
Day 1 – Friday, September 19
Singles vs. Quinnipiac
Carlos Braun-Simo (Quinn) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (Ford) 6-4, 6-4
Filip Horak (Ford) def. Elias Hoxha (Quinn) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (6)
Mateusz Gradzki (Ford) def. Carl Sjoholm (Quinn) 6-7(6), 6-2, 1-0 (11)
Finn Burridge (Quinn) def. Dhananjay Athreya (Ford) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4)
Will Lokier (Ford) def. Scialla (Quinn) 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (6)
Csanad Nyaradi (Quinn) def. Ruben Russwurm (Ford) 6-1, 7-5
 
Day 2 – Saturday, September 20
Singles vs. Marist
Filip Horak (Ford) def. Jose Catala (Marist) 7-5, 6-3
Thomas Bevon (Marist) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (Ford) 6-2, 5-4, ret.
Dhananjay Athreya (Ford) def. Gregor Heineman (Marist) 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4)
Will Lokier (Ford) def. Nick Suhanitski (Marist) 6-4, 6-4
Brandon Ramos (Marist) def. Andro Barrientos (Ford) 6-4, 6-2
Fateh Singh (Marist) def. Stefan Stojanovic (Ford) 6-2, 6-0
 
Doubles vs. Boston College
Matvey Greschner/Liam O'Leary (BC) def. Dhananjay Athreya/Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (Ford) 7-5
Luke Levanat/Matthew Overvelde (BC) def. Mateusz Gradzki/Filip Horak (Ford) 7-5
Will Lokier/Nicolas Garnier (Ford) def. Aiden Pack/Matthew Carioacia (BC) 6-1
Ruben Russwurm/Andro Barrientos (Ford) def. Mai Gao/Lucas Rao (BC) 7-6(2)
 
Doubles vs. Sacred Heart
Dhananjay Athreya/Filip Horak (Ford) def. Tomasz Garbacz/Martin Macias (SHU) 6-4
Brennan Hart-Nova/Vayo Rodriguez (SHU) def. Will Lokier/Nicolas Garnier (Ford) 6-4
Ruben Russwurm/Mateusz Gradzki (Ford) def. Arya Alla/Darren Huang (SHU) 7-6(3)
 
Day 3 – Sunday, September 21
Singles vs. Boston College
Filip Horak (Ford) def. Mai Gao (BC) 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (8)
Mateusz Gradzki (Ford) def. Matthew Carioacia (BC) 6-1, 7-5
Aiden Pack (BC) def. Dhananjay Athreya (Ford) 6-4, 6-2
Will Lokier (Ford) def. Matvey Greschner (BC) 7-5, 6-2
Matthew Overvelde (BC) def. Nicolas Garnier (Ford) 6-1, 6-2
Luke Levanat (BC) def. Timotej Stofa (Ford) 6-7(4), 6-7(1)
Liam O'Leary (BC) def. Jeremy Victoria (Ford) 6-4, 7-6(6)
Lukas Rais (BC) def. Stefan Stojanovic (Ford) 6-2, 6-1
Lucas Rao (BC) def. Cristian Ramos (Ford) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles vs. Boston College
Matvey Greschner/ Matthew Overvelde (BC) def. Andro Barrientos/Timotej Stofa (Ford) 6-4