Men's Tennis | April 10, 2021

Box Score BRONX, N.Y. - Fresh off being named Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week, senior Rogelio Gonzalez earned his third straight win at No. 1 singles for the La Salle men's tennis team, who fell to A-10 foe Fordham, 6-1, on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The doubles point went to Fordham, despite the fact that Gonzalez and classmate Connor Merrill led their match at No. 1 doubles by a 5-4 margin.
• Trailing 1-0, the Explorers received a straight-set victory from Gonzalez over Fabian Mauritzson, 6-2, 6-3.
• Junior Nassim Fenjiro dropped a tiebreaker in the first set of his match, before bouncing back with a 6-4 win in the second.
• The third saw Fenjiro and his opponent, Nicholas Kanazirev, go toe-to-toe in a marathon supertiebreak that saw the La Salle player have five match points.
• In the end, Kanazirev took the third, 19-17, and the Rams would take the remaining singles matches to account for the final margin of victory.

UP NEXT

• La Salle has a busy week next week, with matches at Rider, Loyola (Md.), and Harford Community College, before Senior Day against Hofstra at Legacy Tennis Center on Sunday, April 18.

RESULTS
Fordham 6, La Salle 1
Doubles
1. Rogelio Gonzalez/Connor Merrill (LAS) led Mauritzson/De Macar (FOR), 5-4
2. Green/Makatsaria (FOR) def. Nassim Fenjiro/Colin Lucius (LAS), 6-4
3. Russwurm/Segarra (FOR) def. Brandon Caban/Dylan Tull (LAS), 6-1

Singles
1. Gonzalez (LAS) def. Mauritzson (FOR), 6-2, 6-3
2. Green (FOR) def. Merrill (LAS), 6-1, 6-3
3. Kanazirev (FOR) def. Fenjiro (LAS), 7-6, 4-6, 19-17
4. Makatsaria (FOR) def. Lucius (LAS), 6-1, 7-5
5. De Macar (FOR) def. Caban (LAS), 2-6, 6-0, 6-0
6. Russwurm (FOR) def. Tull (LAS), 2-0 (ret.)