St. John's University Athletics
St. John’s Visits Fordham on Saturday
3/28/2025 5:52:00 PM | Women's Tennis
This will be the first dual-match meeting between the two schools since 2018
QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's women's tennis team will look to make it five straight victories when it travels to the Bronx on Saturday to face Fordham. First serve is set for 12 p.m.
The Johnnies are 11-4 this season, most recently earning back-to-back BIG EAST victories over DePaul, 4-3, and Marquette, 6-1. Alicia Gomez has led the Johnnies in her second year in Queens, winning 10 singles matches so far this season. In addition to her success in solo play, she has won nine matches in doubles play alongside Victoria Papadopoulou and Noemi Babikova.
Sandra Dzhambazov is 9-1 in singles action, while Babikova, Giulia Bizzari, Charlotta Buss and Nicoline Sartz-Lunde each have five solo triumphs. Bizzari and Buss have also been productive in doubles action, playing to a perfect 6-0 record.
The Johnnies have earned multiple BIG EAST weekly honors during the current win streak. Babikova and Gomez were tabbed the conference's Doubles Team of the Week on March 17, and Babikova took Singles Player of the Week honors on March 24.
Fordham is 10-4 this season and enters Saturday's contest against St. John's winners in four of its last five contests, most recently taking down VCU, 4-2, last Saturday.
Nevena Kolarevic is 8-0 in solo play this season, with seven of those victories coming on the No. 1 court, and Lorraine Bergmann is 7-3. Three Rams players have six triumphs in solo action.
In doubles play, Bergmann and Lily Chitambar have combined for seven wins, six of which occurred on the No. 2 court. Lolarevic and Nguyen have competed nine times on the No. 1 court this season, earning five victories.
Saturday will be the 11th meeting all time between the New York City rivals, with St. John's winning the last six matchups. This will be the first dual-match contests between the two programs since a 4-3 Red Storm victory in 2018.
Following Saturday's battle of the boroughs, the Johnnies will head to Washington, D.C. on April 6 for a meeting with Georgetown.
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