LOUDONVILLE, NY – The Siena Men's and Women's Tennis teams earned a sweep of Holy Cross, 5-0 on the men's side and 4-3 on the women's side, at the Tri-City Fitness Center in Latham on Sunday.
 
Freshman Mateja Stefanovic, sophomore Bruno Loch Varella and junior Matteo Castellazzi each picked up a pair of victories on the day to lead the Saints (3-4) to its third consecutive win. 
 
Sviatoslav Koliadynskyi and Matteo Castellazzi earned the clinching point at the singles No. 2 spot by defeating Ezequiel De la Plaza and Teddy Callery 6-4 to take the doubles point.
 
Varella teamed up with Stefanovic at the doubles No. 3 position to earn a 6-3 win.
 
In singles play, Stefanovic won the first set against De la Plaza 7-6 (2) before the Crusaders' No. 1 player defaulted on the match.
 
Mars Argun got past Callery 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 while Loch Varella took his No. 4 match in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 against Colton Parker. 
 
At the singles No. 5 spot, Castellazzi prevailed 6-4, 6-2 against Camilo Illanes. 
 
Holy Cross dropped to 1-6.
 
Next up, Siena will host Le Moyne (1-2) this Saturday, February 21 at 6:15 p.m. at Tri-City Fitness.
 
Men's Doubles Results
#1 Matt Carlson / Patrick Ling (HC) d. Mars Argun / Emilio Zavala Salinas (SIE) 6-4
#2 Sviatoslav Koliadynskyi / Matteo Castellazzi (SIE) d. Ezequiel De la Plaza / Teddy Callery (HC) 6-4
#3 Mateja Stefanovic / Bruno Loch Varella (SIE) d. Colton Parker / Will Donnelly (HC) 6-3
 
Men's Singles Results
#1 Stefanovic (SIE) d. De la Plaza (HC) 7-6 (2), default
#2 Koliadynskyi (SIE) led Carlson (HC) 6-2, 3-5, dnf
#3 Argun (SIE) d. Callery (HC) 6-3, 6-3
#4 Loch Varella (SIE) d. Parker (HC) 6-4, 6-2
#5 Castellazzi (SIE) d. Camilo Illanes (HC) 6-4, 6-2
#6 Zavala Salinas (SIE) led Ling (HC) 6-1, 4-1, dnf
 
Women's Tennis
The Siena Women's Tennis Team moved to 5-1 on the season after outlasting Holy Cross 4-3.
 
Zaara Omar earned the clinching victory from the singles No. 2 position by topping Hannah Flynn 6-2, 7-6 (5). 
 
Despite dropping the doubles point, the Saints rallied back in singles play behind victories from Andrea Vargas at the No. 3, Selma Bellaouchi at the No. 4 and Madeline De Faber-Schumacher at the No. 6 spot.   
 
The Crusaders dropped to 2-4.
 
The Siena Women will also host Le Moyne (0-3) this Saturday, February 21 at 6:15 p.m. at Tri-City Fitness.
 
Women's Doubles Results
#1 Phoebe Devine / Margaret Winiecki (HC) d. Zaara Omar / Andrea Vargas (SIE) 6-2
#2 Manuela Gomez / Madeline De Faber-Schumacher (SIE) d. Hannah Flynn / Maddie Hamm (HC) 6-2
#3 Alison Lynn / Ashley Zilora (HC) d. Selma Bellaouchi / Reegan Mullaney (SIE) 6-4
 
Women's Singles Results
#1 Devine (HC) d. Gomez (SIE) 6-3, 6-4
#2 Omar (SIE) d. Flynn (HC) 6-2, 7-6 (5)
#3 Vargas (SIE) d. Winiecki (HC) 6-0, 6-3
#4 Bellaouchi (SIE) d. Hamm (HC) 6-2, 6-0
#5 Lynn (HC) d. Mullaney (SIE) 6-2, 6-4
#6 De Faber-Schumacher (SIE) d. Zilora (HC) 6-1, 6-0