Men's Tennis

The Warriors faced two tough teams over the weekend, Saturday at home and Sunday in London ON.  On Saturday, the Warriors squeaked a 4-3 win over the York Lions but lost 1-6 to a powerful Western team on Sunday.

Waterloo 4, York 3

Against York excitement started early in the doubles which were played first. With the matches tied at one apiece, the important doubles point rested on the racquets of the #3 teams of both schools. Waterloo was at one point 3-6 down but came back to level it at 6-6.   Each school held serve to make it 7-7 which then sent the match to a tie-break.  

With the supporters of both teams cheering every precious point won, it was the Waterloo duo of Noah Matsui (Toronto) and Saifullah Shoaib (Karachi, Pakistan) who came out on top with a relatively easy but nevertheless, tense win by 7-1 in the tie-break.  This win gave Waterloo the doubles point which proved to be critical in the overall results.

In singles play, matches were tied with each school winning three of the six matches. Wins came from # 2 Eddie Wang (Richmond Hill),  #3 Kamil Ladhani (West Vancouver) both winning their matches comfortably and rookie DJ Fenerty at #5 who provided the excitement in singles playing tenacious tennis before winning in three sets.
 
Doubles:
John Chan (Whistler) & Eddie Wang (Richmond Hill) lost to Filip Obucina & Pranav Yardi 3-8
Joe Zeng (Markham) & DJ Fenerty bt Nathan Rahier & Nikola Janev 8-4
Noah Matsui (Toronto) & Saifullah Shoaib (Karachi, Pakistan) bt Tre Eli & Dylan Shanmugdshan 8-7 (1)
 
Singles:
Zeng lost to Obucina 2-6, 6-4
Wang bt Shanmugdshan 6-0, 6-1
Kamil Ladhani (West Vancouver) bt  Yardi 6-4, 6-2
Lazar Vukoje (Guelph) lost to Eli  2-6, 2-6
Fenerty bt Rahier 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
Matt Gibson lost to Janev 2-6, 0-6
 
Western 6, Waterloo 1
 
On Sunday the team traveled to London to play possibly the strongest and deepest men's team in the OUA this year. Warriors lost 1-6 with all players giving it their best shot on the day. In doubles play, the first- time pairing of Eddie Wang (Richmond Hill) and rookie Lazar Vukoje (Guelph) provided the doubles excitement with a 8-7 win. However, unlike Saturday, this win was not critical because Waterloo had already lost the other two doubles matches.

Western continued their dominance over the Warriors in singles, taking five of the six matches with only Waterloo's Nathan Flach at #6 providing a 7-6, 7-5 gutsy win to prevent a sweep.

The Warriors have one more match in the regular season this coming Sunday Oct 9 when they host  Laval University. The OUA championships take place Oct. 14-16 at the University of Western Ontario in London.

Doubles:
Joe Zeng (Markham) & DJ Fenerty lost to Vahagn Tonakanian & Brent Moffat 5-8
Eddie Wang (Richmond Hill) & Lazar Vukoje (Guelph) bt Aman Dhaliwal & Andre Szilvassy 8-7 (5)
Nathan Flach & Noah Matsui (Toronto) lost Iain Sneddon & Mark Jensen 1-8
 
Singles:
Joe Zeng (Markham) lost to Szilvassy  3-6, 2-6
Wang lost to Sneddon 2-6, 0-6
Kamil Ladhani (West Vancouver) lost to Moffat 2-6, 0-6
Vukoje lost to Tonakanian 3-6, 2-6
Fenerty lost to Jensen 2-6, 3-6
Flach bt Jake Morris 7-6 (3), 7-5
 
Women's Tennis

The Warriors played the two toughest women's teams in this year's OUA league on the weekend.  York, yet to be beaten and Western, also possessing a strong lineup.  Not unexpectedly, the Warriors lost both games but gained from the exposure to the play of these two powerful teams.

York 7, Waterloo 0

The Warriors were swept by the Lions 7-0 but Waterloo's #1 rookie Nancy Baloescu (Kitchener) had a competitive match against her opponent before losing 4-6, 4-6.

Doubles:
Nancy Baloescu (Kitchener) & Lupita Widyasanti (New Westminster) lost to Nikki Carnavale & Heather Hills 3-8
Colleen Fernandes (Mississauga) & Nathalie Skaf (San Jose, CR) lost to Isabella Baston & Vanesa Eregi  2-8
Nancy Wu & Daniela Castro lost to Eugenie Tock & Sara Krupica 1-8
 
Singles:
Baloescu lost to Carnavale 4-6, 4-6
Fernandes lost to Tock 0-6, 1-6
Skaf lost to Hills 0-6, 3-6
Widyasanti lost to Baston 0-6, 1-6
Wu lost to Krupica 3-6, 0-6
Castro lost to Randa Hassan 3-6, 1-6

Western 5, Waterloo 2
 
Sunday the team traveled to London, ON to face Western Mustangs, not as formidable as the Lions but certainly will be a contending team at the OUA Championships coming up Oct 14-16.
 #1 Nancy Baloescu (Kitchener) and #3 Nathalie Skaf (San Jose, CR) secured singles wins with  #4 Lupita Widyasanti (New Westminster) giving a good account of herself taking her opponent to three sets before succumbing 2-6 in the third.
The Warriors have their last game of the regular season this coming Sunday Oct 9 against Laval at the Waterloo Tennis Club. The OUA Championships are scheduled for Oct 14-16 at the University of Western Ontario.
 
Doubles:
Nancy Baloescu (Kitchener) & Lupita Widyasanti (New Westminster) lost to Helen ? & Sophie Bui 2-8
Colleen Fernandes (Mississauga) & Nathalie Skaf (San Jose, CR) lost to Mel Lee & Aurthi Muturkumara 2-8
Trish Abraham & Kerry Ann Cheung lost to Laura Bees & Julia Koblianski  3-8
 
Singles:
Baloescu bt  Bui 6-3, 6-1
Fernandes lost to Helen ? 0-6, 0-6
Skaf bt Bees 6-1, 6-3
Widyasanti lost to Theresa Barnett 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Nancy Wu lost to 2-6, 0-6
Daniela Castro lost to Christina Drontenko 1-6, 1-6