Posted: Mar 19, 2026

Fukushima gets an upset win in Texarkana

Team Stats

Sterling

Texas A&M Texarkana

Score

Doubles

Matias Penaranda / Jose Rodrigues def. Fernando Vargas Sanchez / Kazuki Fukushima 6-2
Sebastian Romanos / Fabio Veiga def. Adam King / Rubem Bogomoltz 6-4
Alvaro Tormo Lopez / Lawson Swain def. Cassidy Kelly / Ibrahim Curtis-Kaduma 6-0

Singles

Sebastian Romanos def. Pedro Felipoff 6-2, 6-4
Fedir Zalievskyi def. Fernando Vargas Sanchez 6-3, 6-3
Marc Gonzalez Molina def. Adam King 6-2, 6-3
Matias Penaranda def. Rubem Bogomoltz 6-2, 6-1
Kazuki Fukushima def. Fabio Veiga 6-4, 6-3
Alvaro Tormo Lopez def. Cassidy Kelly 6-0, 6-0

TEXARKANA, Texas – Sterling College Men's Tennis took on (RV) Texas A&M – Texarkana on Thursday, March 19. The Warriors battled but were unable to create the upset, losing 6-1.

Sterling started off behind after losing the doubles point. Fernando Vargas and Kazuki Fukushima lost 6-2 to Matias Penaranda and Jose Rodrigues in the No. 1 doubles match. In No. 2 doubles play, Adam King and Rubem Bogomoltz battled hard but fell short, 6-4, to Sebastian Romanos and Fabio Viega del Trigo. Cassidy Kelly and Ibrahim Curtis-Kaduma fell to Alvaro Tormo Lopez and Lawson Swain, 6-0 in the No. 3 doubles match.

Fukushima tried to get things going for the Warriors in singles play, getting Sterling's sole point with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Viega del Trigo in the No. 5 singles match. Pedro Felipoff faced off against Ramonos in No. 1 singles play losing 6-1, 6-4 while Vargas went 6-3, 6-3 in a loss to Fedir Zalievskyi in the No. 2 singles match.

In No. 3 singles play, King went 6-2, 6-3 in a loss to Marc Gonzalez Molina while Bogomoltz went 6-2, 6-1 in a loss to Swain in the No. 4 singles match. Kelly closed out the day with a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Tormo Lopez in the No. 6 singles match.

Sterling (1-5) will take on Collin College (2-12) on Friday, March 20 in Plano, Texas.

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