Orlando, Fla. – It was the type of match you would expect from the top two seeded teams at the 2026 Atlantic 10 Championship. One that came down to the final match. Unfortunately for the top-seeded Fordham women’s tennis team that match was won by second-seeded VCU as Fordham fell to VCU, 4-3, in the A-10 Championship final at the USTA National Campus.
VCU opened the match taking the doubles point, winning the two completed doubles matches.
Nevena Kolarevic made it a 1-1 match with a straight set win over Sofia Jane Thorne, 6-2, 6-2, before Julianne Nguyen evened the match again at two with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Sara Alba at sixth singles.
Fordham took a 3-2 lead when Lily Chitambar defeated Elicia Kim, 6-3, 6-2, at fifth singles but VCU tied it at three with a win at the third position.
The match came down to fourth singles in a match that was halted in the third set by a thunderstorm. Catalina Padilla took the first set from Andrea Magallanes, 6-3, but dropped the second, 6-4. When play resumed, Magallanes took the third set, 6-2, to clinch the match for VCU.
VCU 4, Fordham 3
USTA National Campus | Orlando, Fla.
Atlantic 10 Championship – Finals
Saturday, April 25, 2026
Singles
1. Nevena Kolarevic (FORW) def. Sofia Jane Thorne (VCU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando (VCU) def. Paola Dalmonico (FORW) 6-3, 6-3
3. Mariam Ibrahim (VCU) def. Valerija Kargina (FORW) 6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
4. Andrea Magallanes (VCU) def. Catalina Padilla (FORW) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
5. Lily Chitambar (FORW) def. Elicia Kim (VCU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Julianne Nguyen (FORW) def. Sara Alba (VCU) 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4
Doubles
1. Nevena Kolarevic/Julianne Nguyen (FORW) vs. Mariam Ibrahim/Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando (VCU) 4-4, unfinished
2. Sofia Jane Thorne/Andrea Magallanes (VCU) def. Lily Chitambar/Valerija Kargina (FORW) 6-3
3. Viktoria Lackova/Sara Alba (VCU) def. Paola Dalmonico/Catalina Padilla (FORW) 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2