SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The Roosevelt Lakers men's and women's tennis teams traveled to South Bend, Indiana to take on CCAC opponent, Holy Cross College, on Saturday, April 9. On the men's side, Kerwin Chong fought back to take a 3-0 lead after losing the first set 6-2. In the women's competition, Maria Rivas and Fabiola Rivas held a sturdy 5-3 lead in the #1 doubles match. In singles play, the Lakers saw strong efforts at the top three singles positions. Ultimately, both teams lost the match 4-0.  

The complete individual and doubles results are listed below:

MEN'S DOUBLES COMPETITION

1) Karel Blom & Ciaran McCarthy (HCC) def. Kerwin Chong & Justin Magale (RU), 6-1

2) Justin Friesen & Bruno Sentkar (HCC) def. Kendrick Chong & Eloin Dunwoody (RU), 6-2

3) HCC wins by default

MEN'S SINGLES COMPETITION

1) Perry Gregg (HCC) def. Kendrick Chong (RU), 6-2, 6-1

2) Ryan Lee (HCC) vs. Kerwin Chong (RU), 6-2, 0-3

3) Laurenz Flender (HCC) vs. Justin Magale (RU), 6-2, 2-1

4) Justin Friesen (HCC) def. Hamza Shaikh (RU), 6-0, 6-0

5) Martin Fajardo (HCC) vs. Eloin Dunwoody (RU), 6-1, 0-2

6) HCC wins by default 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES COMPETITION

1) Maria Rivas & Fabiola Rivas (RU) vs. Helga Lopez & Anna Beer (HCC), 5-3

2) Diane Maillotte & Clara Ruediger (HCC) def. Kyla Eaton & Grace Hahn (RU), 6-4

3) HCC wins by default

WOMEN'S SINGLES COMPETITION

1) Maria Rivas (RU) vs. Helga Lopez (HCC), 4-6, 1-0

2) Fabiola Rivas (RU) vs. Bente Burgersdijk (HCC), 6-3, 1-1

3) Grace Hahn (RU) vs. Anna Beer (HCC), 5-7, 0-2

4) Diane Maillotte (HCC) def. Ava Collins (RU), 6-0, 6-0

5) Clara Ruediger (HCC) def. Kyla Eaton (RU), 6-0, 6-0

6) HCC wins by default

NEXT UP

Both the men's and women's tennis team head to Milwaukee to challenge defending the CCAC champions from Cardinal Stritch University on Saturday, April 16. Play is set to begin at 12pm.