BABSON PARK, Fla. (March 7, 2020) – For the second time in as many days, the Webber International University men's tennis team earned a win over a team from the NCAA ranks, this time taking down NCAA Division-II West Chester University of Pennsylvania 5-2 in nonconference action on Saturday at the Webber Campus Tennis Courts. Meanwhile, the Webber women's tennis team fell short against the Golden Rams, falling 4-3.
 
Notable Men's Results:
 
Doubles

• Ivan Bondarenko and Matthew Alexander won 6-2 at No. 1 doubles while for the second match in a row, Cyrille de Hollain and Marc Schneider won 6-1 at No. 2 doubles.

 
Singles

• The Warriors won each of their top four singles matches for the second day in a row.
• Ivan Bondarenko returned to the No. 1 singles spot and was victorious 6-3, 6-2 to improve to 5-4 overall in singles action on the season.
• Cyrille de Hollain won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles for his second singles win in a row along with two doubles wins in a row.
• Matthew Alexander won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3 singles for his third singles victory of the year.
• Last but not least, Marc Schneider won 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4 singles to earn his third win in his last four matches.

 

• With its second win in a row, Webber men's tennis is now 2-8 overall while West Chester University of Pennsylvania dropped to 2-3.
• It was also the second win in a row for the Warriors over the Golden Rams after Webber earned a 9-0 sweep last year in Babson Park, Florida.

 
Notable Women's Results:
 
Doubles

• The Warriors were swept in doubles as Isabelle Niehoff and Svenja Koenig battled down to the wire in a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles, but fell 7-6 (7-2)
• Jenna Fosdick and Lily-Rose Rochat fell 6-2 at No. 2 doubles while Esmeralda Fernandez and Cheyenne Cannor lost 6-1 in the three spot.

 
Singles

• The Warriors put together a win in each of the top three singles spots, but it would not be enough to complete the victory.
• Isabelle Niehoff cruised to victory 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. It was her fourth singles win of the year and third in a row.
• Svenja Koenig battled hard at No. 2 singles and stayed with it to come out on top 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 1-0 (10-6) in a third-set super tiebreaker even after dropping the first set also in a tiebreaker. It was her third singles win of the season so far.
• Jenna Fosdick won a third-set super tiebreaker as well, pulling it out 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) in gutsy fashion to improve to 6-5 overall on the season.
• Lily-Rose Rochat fell 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 4 singles position, snapping her three-match winning streak in singles.

 

• Webber women's tennis fell to 1-10 while West Chester University of Pennsylvania improved to 5-0-1.

 
Next Up: The Webber women's tennis team will host NCAA Division-II Winona State University at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 9, on the Webber Campus Tennis Courts.