Final Score: Fordham 4, St. Bonaventure 1
Location: Boar's Head Sports Club (Charlottesvilla, Va.)
Records: #7 St. Bonaventure 6-17 (2-4) | #10 Fordham 6-15

The Short Story: The St. Bonaventure men's tennis team struggled on Thursday, April 17 at the first round of the Atlantic 10 championship in Charlottesvilla, Virginia as they fell to the Fordham Rams, 4-1. The match began with doubles play as Fordham's No. 2 and 3 doubles pairs, Matt Najfeld/Kuba Kowalski and Michael Puntillo/J.J. Tauil both recorded wins, giving the Rams a quick 1-0 advantage. The Bonnies would counter with a straight set win on court three, getting a 6-2, 6-2 win from Ramazan Nureev over J.J. Tauil. The Rams followed in quick succession, finishing in second, sixth, and first flights, all in straight sets, to clinch the match in just under two and a half hour. Nureev ended a two-match draught today as he earned his sixth victory of the season.

Singles:
1. Matty Najfeld (FOR) def. Elliot Fanshel (SBU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Alastair Barnes (FOR) def. Eduardo Irizarry (SBU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Nureev (SBU) def. J.J. Tauil (FOR) 6-2, 6-2
4. Mischa Koran (FOR) vs. Javier Ortiz (SBU) 6-3, 5-0, DNF
5. Michael Puntillo (FOR) vs. Celso De Vera Rehberger (SBU) 7-5, DNF
6. Max Peara (FOR) def. Trevor Haskell (SBU), 6-4, 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 6, 1

Doubles:
1. Alastair Barnes/Mischa Koran (FOR) vs. Elliot Fanshel/Ramazan Nureev (SBU) 5-4,
DNF
2. Matty Najfeld/Kuba Kowalski (FOR) def. Javier Ortiz/Eduardo Irizarry (SBU) 8-2
3. Michael Puntillo/J.J. Tauil (FOR) def. Trevor Haskell/TJ DeSanto (SBU) 8-5
Order of Finish: 2, 3