FLUSHING, N.Y. - The Queens College men's tennis team, ranked No. 24 nationally in the Campbell's/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) NCAA Division II Poll released March 28, won five of its six singles matches in straight sets en route to a 9-0, non-conference victory over visiting New York Institute of Technology, Friday afternoon.

The host Knights (6-2) toppled the Bears (5-6), who are ranked No. 9 regionally in the ITA tally, due in large part to three solid doubles wins to open up the afternoon. Twelfth-ranked Attila Toth (Sr., Budapest, Hungary) and Nikolaj Wulff (Jr., Munich, Germany) bested Dustin Wenchel and Julian Marcon at the No. 1 flight, 8-5, while seniors Tyrone Ewels (Pietermaritzburg, S. Africa) and Diego Medrano (Cucuta, Colombia) teamed for the first time this season at No. 2 and took out Filip Van Eylen and Eduardo Maurtua, 8-2. Senior Jesse Smith (New York, N.Y.) and sophomore Andre Pellegrino (Sao Paolo, Brazil) used the same 8-2 count to move past Pedro Peixoto and Vojislav Pecikoza in the No. 3 flight.

In singles action, 44th-ranked Ewels toppled Van Eylen the No. 2 flight, 6-2 and 6-love, while Wulff moved to the No. 3 slot and defeated Peixoto, 6-4 and 6-4. Senior Claudio Andrade (Sete Lagoas, Brazil) dispatched of Pecikoza by 6-1 and 6-2 scores at No. 4, while Medrano (6-1, 6-love) and Smith (6-love, 6-love) defeated Marcon and Maurtua at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively. Rounding out the match was 15th-ranked Toth at the No. 1 flight coming back from down a set to defeat Wenchel, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6) and 10-5.

Head coach Craig Schwartz's Knights are back in East region action Sunday afternoon, when they travel to Philadelphia University for a 1 p.m. first serve.