Dayton, SJU Earn #A10MTEN Quarterfinal Wins on Thursday

4/23/2026 5:20:55 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. – The 2026 Atlantic 10 Men’s Tennis Championship continued Thursday afternoon with two Quarterfinal matches at the USTA National Campus. Third-seeded Dayton matched up with sixth-seeded Duquesne, and No. 2 seed Saint Joseph’s met No. 7 seed Fordham.

Match 5: #3 Dayton def. #6 Duquesne, 4-0
The third-seed Dayton Flyers flew past No. 6 seed Duquesne on Thursday afternoon, advancing into the A-10 Men’s Tennis Semifinals. The Flyers won the doubles point without dropping a game on the top two positions, winning 6-0 on Court 1 and 6-0 on Court 2. Dayton’s Alfons Ridstrom got a singles victory by retirement while leading in the second set on Court 5, before Kyle McNally earned a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Duquesne’s Enrique Lana at the top position. Dayton’s Mikkel Zinder defeated Duquesne’s Aril Kayra Tuna 6-2, 6-1 to clinch the match.

SINGLES:
1. Kyle McNally (UD) def. Enrique Lana (DUQ) 6-0, 6-2
2. Mikkel Zinder (UD) def. Aril Kayra Tuna 6-2, 6-1
3. Alfrendo Vogelaar (DUQ) vs. Sturle Hoff Skigelstrand (UD) 6-4, 1-1, DNF
4. Dylan Jaen (UD) vs. Austin Lai (DUQ) 6-2, 4-2, DNF
5. Alfons Ridstrom (UD) def. Arnau Anton Garcia (DUQ) 6-1, 3-1, RET
6. Rishi Dore (UD) vs. Tancredi Alfano (DUQ) 6-1, 4-2, DNF
DOUBLES:
1. Kyle McNally/Eric Suk (UD) def. Austin Lai/Alfrendo Vogelaar (DUQ) 6-0
2.Mikkel Zinder/Dylan Jaen (UD) def. Tuna April Kayra/Lana Enrique (DUQ) 6-0
3. Sturle Hoff Skigelstrand/Rishi Dore (UD) vs. Pierce Manning/Arnau Anton Garcia 3-1, DNF
 
Match 6: #2 Saint Joseph’s def. #7 Fordham, 4-0
The No. 2 seed Saint Joseph’s Hawks advanced to the A-10 Men’s Tennis Championship Semifinals on Thursday with a 4-1 win over No. 7 seed Fordham. Saint Joseph’s won a tightly contested doubles point despite dropping a match on Court 2, winning 6-2 on Court 1 and 6-4 on Court 3. Fordham’s William Lokier tied things up with a 6-0, 6-0 win at the top position, but Saint Joseph’s Othman Bezzaz won 6-1, 6-3 on position four to put the Hawks back in front. Sehaj Singh Pawar gave Saint Joseph’s a 3-1 lead with a 7-6 (5), 6-3 victory over Diego Cueto de Romana, before Jakob Gaudrea Barnes clinched the match for the Hawks with a 6-1, 7-6 (5) win over Fordham’s Ruben Russworm.

SINGLES
1. William Lokier (FOR) def. Santiago Valle-Saenz (SJU) 6-0, 6-0
2. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley (FOR) vs. Ernesto Ruy (SJU) 5-7, 7-6 (4), 3-2 DNF
3. Filip Horak (FOR) vs. Damir Abdusamadov (SJU) 3-6, 6-3, 5-3 DNF
4. Othman Bezzaz (SJU) def. Dhananjay Athreya (FOR) 6-1, 6-3
5. Sehaj Singh Pawar (SJU) def Diego Cueto de Romana (FOR) 7-6 (5), 6-3
6. Jakob Gaudreau Barnes (SJU) def. Ruben Russworm (FOR) 6-1, 7-6 (5)
DOUBLES:
1. Damir Abdusamadov/Santiago Valle-Saenz (SJU) def. Dhillon Virdee-Oakley/Dhananjay Athreya (FOR) 6-2
2. Filip Horak/Nicolas Garnier (FOR) def. Othman Bezzaz/Ernesto Ruy (SJU) 6-3
3. Davi Carlos/Jakob Gaudreau Barnes (SJU) def. William Lokier/Diego Cueto de Romana (FOR) 6-4