Posted: Mar 17, 2026

Warriors take on Bethel in conference opener

Team Stats

Bethel (KS)

Sterling

Score

Doubles

Zaidh Zihar / Petr Kollar def. Fernando Vargas Sanchez / Kazuki Fukushima 6-2
Jorge Batista / Billy Haoda def. Pedro Felipoff / Rubem Bogomoltz 6-3
Jonah Bergeron / Adam Tomka def. Cassidy Kelley / Adam King 6-0

Singles

Jorge Batista def. Pedro Felipoff 2-6, 7-6, 7-4
Petr Kollar def. Fernando Vargas Sanchez 6-1, 6-3
Billy Haoda def. Adam King 7-5, 6-3
Rodrigo Sanchez def. Rubem Bogomoltz 7-5, 6-2
Zaidh Zihar def. Kazuki Fukushima 6-2, 6-4
Adam Tomka def. Ibrahim Curtis-Kaduma 6-0, 6-0

STERLING, Kan. – Sterling College Tennis faced Bethel College in their conference opener on Tuesday, March 18 losing 7-0 to the No. 19 ranked team.

The day started with Bethel claiming the doubles point with a 3-0 sweep. Fernando Vargas and Kazuki Fukushima teamed up to take on Peter Kollar and Zade Zihar in the No. 1 doubles match losing 6-2. In No. 2 doubles play, Rubem Bogomoltz and Pedro Felipoff took a 6-3 loss against Billy Hoada and Jorge Batista. Cassidy Kelly and Adam King went 6-0 to lose the No. 3 singles match to Jonah Bergeron and Adam Tomka.

Sterling continued to battle in singles play with Felipoff almost getting the upset on Batista in No. 1 singles play, winning the first match 6-2, losing the second 7-6 and losing the tie breaker 10-8. In the No. 2 singles match, Vargas took on Kollar losing 6-2, 6-3.

King and Bogomoltz both proved challenging opponents in the No. 3 and 4 singles matches, respectively. King took on Hoada and lost 7-5, 6-3 while Bogomoltz went 7-5, 6-2 against Rodrigo Sanchez for the loss.

Fukushima faced Zihar in No. 5 singles play where he fell 6-2, 6-4 and Ibrahim Curtis-Kaduma lost 6-0, 6-0 to Tomka in the No. 6 singles match.

Sterling (1-4) will take on (RV) Texas A&M – Texarkana (16-3) in a nonconference match up in Texarkana, Texas on Thursday, March 19.

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