Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham women's tennis squad hosted its second home match of the spring season today and came away with a 4-3 victory over Temple University at the Cary Leeds Center.
 
Fordham opened the match taking the doubles point as the Rams won both completed doubles matches. Fordham's Lily Chitambar and Valerija Kargina got things started with a 6-1 win at second doubles over Temple's Irmak Ozturk and Tianni Zhou before Catalina Padilla and Paola Dalmonico clinched the point for the Rams with a 6-4 decision over Marianthi Christofovidou and Yasmin Costa at the third position.
 
The Rams then won the match by taking three of the six singles matches. Dalmonico defeated Thamara Frasser at third singles, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4, Julianne Nguyen was victorious at fourth singles over Yasmin Costa, 6-3, 7-6(4), and Padilla upended Martyna Markiewicz at the sixth position, 6-1, 6-2.

Fordham 4, Temple 3
Bronx, N.Y. | Cary Leeds Center
Friday, February 6, 2026
 
Singles Competition
1. Irmak Ozturk (TEM) def. Valerija Kargina (FORW) 6-3, 6-4
2. Marianthi Christofovidou (TEM) def. Aya Matsunaga (FORW) 6-2, 6-2
3. Paola Dalmonico (FORW) def. Thamara Frasser (TEM) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
4. Julianne Nguyen (FORW) def. Yasmin Costa (TEM) 6-3, 7-6(4)
5. Nina Andreoni (TEM) def. Lily Chitambar (FORW) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8
6. Catalina Padilla (FORW) def. Martyna Markiewicz (TEM) 6-1, 6-2
 
Doubles competition
1. Nevena Kolarevic/Julianne Nguyen (FORW) vs. Thamara Frasser/Maria Martinez (TEM) 6-5, DNF
2. Lily Chitambar/Valerija Kargina (FORW) def. Irmak Ozturk/Tianni Zhou (TEM) 6-1
3. Catalina Padilla/Paola Dalmonico (FORW) def. Marianthi Christofovidou/Yasmin Costa (TEM) 6-4

What's Next?
The Rams will travel to Rutgers on Saturday, February 7, for a 4:00 p.m. match.