TRUMBULL, Conn.— The Sacred Heart University men's tennis team picked up a 6-1 non-conference win over Fordham on Saturday.
Junior
Lefteri Apostolou and sophomore
Matyas Vencl, who reached 20 career singles victories this season, clinched wins in three sets.
Graduate student
Alberto Mello won his 17th career match and is three away from joining the 20
th career win milestone.
Sophomore
Darius Eftekhar notched his 10
th career nod in straight sets.
Up next, the Pioneers travel to Rider on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
Doubles
- Quinn Fender/Nicholas Kanazirev (FU) vs Lefteri Apostolou/Alberto Mello (SHU) 5-5, unfinished
- Charlie Levinson/Antoine Hernandez (SHU) def. Giorgio Soemarno/Toi Kobayashi (FU) 6-3
- Matyas Vencl/Darius Eftekhar (SHU) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley/Sampras Rakotondrainibe (FU) 6-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
- Lefteri Apostolou (SHU) def. Quinn Fender (FU) 5-7, 7-5, 10-4
- Matyas Vencl (SHU) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alberto Mello (SHU) def. Nicholas Kanazirev (FU) 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Antoine Hernandez (SHU) def. John Mascone (FU) 4-6, 7-6 (6), 10-8
- Darius Eftekhar (SHU) def. Bingru Chen (FU) 6-2, 6-1
- Sampras Rakotondrainibe (FU) def. Arya Alla (SHU) 6-3, 2-6, 4-6
Order of finish: 5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 1
