Sept. 22, 2009

Fairfield, Conn. - The Fordham University men's tennis squad traveled up to Fairfield, Conn., for its second match of the fall season, where the Rams fell to Sacred Heart, 6-1. Ken Fukumoto picked up the point for the Rams, winning at the sixth singles spot.

Fukumoto opened his match with Sacred Heart's Jacob Miller dropping the first set, 7-6, before coming back to win the second, 6-1, to force a third and deciding set which he took by a score of 10-5.

Fordham opened the match by dropping the doubles point, losing all three doubles matches. Dallas Harting and Brandon Abbatiello fell at first doubles to Michael Syer and Adam Gart, 8-2, while Fukumoto and Nick Kelly lost second doubles to Chris Ujkic and Jinal Shah, 8-2, and Eli Plangger and Andriy Kulak lost at third doubles to Christie Albert and John Harvey, 8-4.

In singles action, Harting fell to Kirill Kasyanov at first doubles in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) as did Abbatiello at second singles to Ujkic (6-0, 6-2). Kevin Maloney was upended at third single by Gart (6-0, 6-0), Austin Shoup dropped fourth singles to Nick Mazzarese (6-1, 6-1) and Alex DeRienzo fell to Chadd Sullo at fifth singles (6-0, 6-0).

The Rams will next be in action on Wednesday, September 23rd, as they host NJIT on the Hawthorne/Rooney Courts at 3:00 p.m.

Singles
1. Kirill Kasyanov (SHU) def. Dallas Harting (FOR) 6-1, 6-3
2. Ujkic, Chris (SHU) def. Brandon Abbatiello (FOR) 6-0, 6-2
3. Adam Gart (SHU) def. Kevin Maloney (FOR) 6-0, 6-0
4. Nick Mazzarese (SHU) def. Austin Shoup (FOR) 6-1, 6-1
5. Chadd Sullo (SHU) def. Alex DeRienzo (FOR) 6-0, 6-0
6. Ken Fukumoto (FOR) def. Jacob Miller (SHU) 6-7, 6-1, 10-5

Doubles
1. Michael Syer/Adam Gart (SHU) def. Dallas Harting / Brandon Abbatiello (FOR) 8-2
2. Chris Ujkic/Jinal Shah (SHU) def. Nick Kelly / Ken Fukumoto (FOR) 8-4
3. Christie Albert/John Harvey (SHU) def. Eli Plangger / Andriy Kulak (FOR) 8-4