The Warriors began a busy and successful weekend winning all three matches on their schedule. It began on a road trip to Oshawa on Friday against the OUIT Ridgebacks, York Lions on Saturday and back home on Sunday to host the McMaster Marauders.

The match on Friday evening against OUIT began with the six singles of which four were won by Waterloo. The Warriors were without the services of their two top players Joe Zeng (Markham) and Vincent Chan (Markham) but those who played were more than up to the task.
Having already secured the win, Waterloo forfeited the doubles point due to time constraints. The two matches lost by Waterloo were by the narrow margins. Captain Lee Follis (Brantford/St. John's College) playing at no. 3 lost 13-15 in the third set tie-break and rookie Kamil Ladhani (West Vancouver) also lost in the third set tie-break 8-10. Rookie Daniel Ben Yona (Toronto) had a successful debut winning his match easily.

On Saturday, the Warriors faced challenges other than those posed by their opponents. The matches were played outdoors in sunny and windy conditions; very different from the climate-controlled indoor conditions at home. Despite the conditions, the Warriors started well winning the doubles point.  No. 2 doubles pair of John Chan (Whistler) and Thomas Lee (Calgary) playing for the first time as a team was able to battle for an 8-5 win after being down a break earlier in the set. Follis and Ladhani at no. 3 clinched the doubles point when they won 8-4. No. 1 team of Chan and Nate Flach (Toronto) lost 5-8.

Chan quickly made up for his doubles loss by winning his singles match easily 6-1, 6-1 but his doubles partner Flach lost a hard-fought contest 6-2, 6-7, 6-7.  Two more Warriors went down but Ladhani emerged victorious at no. 6 making it a 3-3 score. The deciding match was fought between no. 2 Chan and Pranav Yardi in what turned out to be the match of the day.  Chan won the first set 7-6 but dropped the second 6-7 after being up 4-1 at one point. He stormed back to take the final set 6-1 to give the Warriors a 4-3 win.

Back home on Sunday and on familiar ground, the Warriors scored their biggest win of the season so far beating the Marauders 6-1. Waterloo won the doubles point with wins at no. 1 and no. 3. The Warriors then went on to win five of the singles matches, all of them in two sets. Matt Holland, brother of Warrior Nicole Holland of the women's tennis team, was the sole winner for the Marauders.

The Warriors will have another busy weekend coming up when they host McGill on Friday, Carleton on Saturday and travel to Toronto to play the Blues Sunday.  
 
 
 
Results:

Day One:
Waterloo 4 vs OUIT 3 –Friday
 
Doubles:
John Chan (Whistler) & Nate Flach (Toronto) lost to Tushar Gaur def
Lee Follis (Brantford/St. John's College) & Kamil Ladhani (West Vancouver) lost to Rob Petrican & Alec De Souza def
Thomas Lee (Calgary) & Daniel Ben Yona (Toronto) defeated Zach Winn & Brian Lin Song 8-1
 
Singles:
Chan defeated Kitso Leshope 6-2, 6-2
Flach defeated Petrican 6-1, 6-0
Follis lost to Gaur 6-4, 6-4 (10-8)
Lee defeated Riley Therrien 6-0, 6-0
Ben Yona defeated Jack McGregor 6-1, 6-3
 
Day Two:
Waterloo 4 vs York 3 – Saturday
 
Doubles:
Chan & Flach lost to Lorent Kryeziu & Glen Katsnelson 5-8
Chan & Lee defeated Fernando Pirela & Pranav Yardi 8-5
Follis & Ladhani defeated Josh Paul & Brice Gower 8-4
 
Singles:
V. Chan defeated Kryeziu 6-1, 6-1
J. Chan defeated Yardi 7-6, 6-7, 6-1
Flach lost to Katsnelson 6-2, 6-7, 6-7
Follis lost to Pirela 1-6, 6-7
Daniel Kolesar (Waterloo) lost to Paul 2-6, 6-7
Ladhani defeated Gower 6-1, 6-4
 
Day Three:
Waterloo 6 vs McMaster 1 – Sunday
 
Doubles:
Zeng & Flach defeated Michael Salib & Matt Galli 8-6
J. Chan & Lee lost to Matt Holland & Jake Morris 5-8
Follis & Ladhani defeated Dominik Nowak & Daniel Kucey 8-4
 
Singles:
Zeng defeated Salib 6-3, 6-4
Chan defeated Morris 6-1, 6-3
Flach lost to Holland 4-6, 6-7 (8-10)
Follis defeated Nowak 6-1, 7-5
Kolesar defeated Galli 6-3, 3-6 (10-2)
Lee defeated Kucey 6-4, 6-1