Harrison, NY - The Wagner College men's tennis team traveled to Harrison, NY for a non-conference dual against the Fordham Rams on Saturday evening.
Wagner won a thrilling doubles point, but it wasn't enough to hold off the Rams in singles as the Seahawks fell 5-2.
Each of the doubles sets went to a tiebreaker as senior Abhinav Magow and junior Lucas Darling were first to finish, dropping their tiebreaker at #3, 7-6 (5). The Seahawks answered back at #2 doubles behind juniors Rodrigo Perez and Odeda Arazza, 7-6 (3). The doubles point came down to court #1, where seniors Tejasvi Mehra and Omar Loutfy put Wagner up 1-0 with a come from behind win, 7-6 (5).
The Rams stormed back as they took singles matches at #1 and #3. Wagner freshman Sebastian Dobson evened things up 2-2 with a straight sets win at #6, 6-2, 6-3. Dobson has won in both of his appearances this spring at the #6 singles.
Tejasvi Mehra won his first set at #2 singles, providing the Seahawks with a glimmer of hope, but Fordham clinched the match with a pair of straight set wins at #4 and #5 before Mehra fell in three, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Next up, the Seahawks host Merrimack in a Northeast Conference (NEC) dual at the CSI Tennis Courts on Friday, March 17th. First serve is set for noon.
Wagner tennis continues selling digital raffle tickets. Which can be purchased using the link above.
All ticket proceeds will go to the Wagner College men's and women's tennis programs.
Results
Fordham 5, Wagner 2
Doubles
1. Tejasvi Mehra & Omar Loutfy (WAG) def Quinn Fender & Nicholas Kanazirev (FOR), 7-6 (5)
2. Rodrigo Pérez & Odeda Arazza (WAG) def Toi Kobayashi & Giorgio Soemarno (FOR), 7-6 (3)
3. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley & Sampras Rakotondrainibe (FOR) def Lucas Darling & Abhinav Magow (WAG), 7-6 (5)
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles
1. Quinn Fender (FOR) def Rodrigo Perez (WAG), 6-0, 6-0
2. Nicholas Kanazirev (FOR) def Tejasvi Mehra (WAG), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FOR) def Philip Lynch (WAG), 6-1, 6-1
4. John Mascone (FOR) def Odeda Arazza (WAG), 6-3, 6-3
5. Bingru Chen (FOR) def Omar Loutfy (WAG), 6-3, 6-2
6. Sebastian Dobson (WAG) def Stefan Stojanovic (FOR), 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 3, 1, 6, 4, 5, 2
