University Park, Pa. – The Fordham men's tennis team opened its 2026 spring season on Saturday with a 6-1 loss to Penn State at the Indoor Tennis Center.
 
The match opened with the Nittany Lions taking the doubles point, winning both completed doubles matches. Eyal Shyovitz and Christos Glavas took the win over Will Lokier and Nicolas Garnier at third doubles, 6-2, before Reiya Hattori and Marcus Schoeman defeated Dhananjay Athreya and Mateusz Gradzki by the same score at second doubles.
 
In singles play, Athreya earned the point for the Rams at fourth singles, dropping the first set, 7-5, before coming back to take the second, 6-3, and the tiebreaker, 10-7.
 
The Rams battled tough in the other singles matches with three of them going to a third set/tiebreaker. Lokier dropped the first set at second singles, 6-3, but came back to force a third set with a 6-0 win in the second set. Diego Cueto took the first set at fifth singles, 6-4, but dropped the second and third, 6-3 and 6-2, while Timotej Stofa dropped the first set at sixth singles, 6-1, but battled back to win the second, 6-3, before losing a tightly contested tiebreaker, 10-8.
 
Penn State 6, Fordham 1
Indoor Tennis Center | University Park, Pa.
Saturday, January 17, 2026
 
Singles Competition
1. Michael Wright (PSU) def. Mateusz Gradzki (FOR) 6-2, 7-5
2. Reiya Hattori (PSU) def. Will Lokier (FOR) 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
3. Marcus Schoeman (PSU) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FOR) 6-4, 6-3
4. Dhananjay Athreya (FOR) def. Eyal Shyovitz (PSU) 5-7, 6-3, 10-7
5. David Lindsay (PSU) def. Diego Cueto (FOR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
6. Kyle Chesman (PSU) def. Timotej Stofa (FOR) 6-1, 3-6, 10-8
Order of finish: 3, 1, 6, 2, 5, 4
 
Doubles competition
1. Michael Wright/David Lindsay (PSU) vs. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley/Diego Cueto (FOR) 5-3
2. Reiya Hattori/Marcus Schoeman (PSU) def. Dhananjay Athreya/Mateusz Gradzki (FOR) 6-2
3. Eyal Shyovitz and Christos Glavas (PSU) def. Will Lokier and Nicolas Garnier (FOR) 6-2
 
Order of finish: 3, 2
 
What's Next?
The Rams return to action on Monday, January 19, as they travel to Providence, R.I., to take on the Brown University Bears for a 10:00 a.m. match.