Men's Tennis | February 12, 2017
HARRISON, N.Y. - Junior
Tomas Christian earned a three-set victory at the No. 4 singles spot for the La Salle University men's tennis team, who dropped its Atlantic 10 opener to Fordham by a 6-1 margin on Saturday.
Despite dropping the doubles point to open the match, the Explorers were within striking distance in all three matches and fell at the No. 1 and No. 3 slots by 7-5 margins. In singles play, Christian won his first set by an impressive 6-1 score before falling in the second, 6-3. The third set went to a tiebreak, where the Glenside, Pa. product picked up a 7-6 (5) victory to gather a point for La Salle.
In other singles action, both sophomore
Francesco Mowrey and freshman
Braden Ward forced tiebreakers in their matches but each fell in straight sets at the No. 1 and No. 6 positions, respectively.
The Explorers (2-5, 0-1 A10) return to the courts on Thursday, Feb. 16 for a non-conference match against Delaware.
Fordham 6, La Salle 1
Doubles
1. Tomas
Cosmai/Allen
Thornes (FOR) def.
Francesco Mowrey/
Tomas Christian (LAS), 7-5
2. Victor
Li/Jeremy
Chung (FOR) vs.
Joe DiOrio/Brian Bolico (LAS), 5-6 (dnf)
3. Joseph
Kavaloski/Steven Duka (FOR) def.
Patrick Pascual/
Braden Ward (LAS), 7-5
Singles
1. Tomas Cosmai (FOR) def.
Francesco Mowrey (LAS) 7-5, 7-6 (4)
2. Victor Li (FOR) def. Brian Bolico (LAS), 6-0, 6-3
3. Fabian Mauritzson (FOR) def.
Joe DiOrio (LAS), 6-4, 6-1
4.
Tomas Christian (LAS) def. Jeremy Chung (FOR), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)
5. Allen Thornes (FOR) def.
Patrick Pascual (LAS), 6-2, 6-4
6. Joseph
Kavaloski (FOR) def.
Braden Ward (LAS), 6-2, 7-6 (5)
