FLUSHING, N.Y. – On Tuesday afternoon, the Queens College men's tennis team swept all nine matches as they defeated Division I MAAC member Rider University Broncs 7-0 inside the Queens College Tennis Bubble.
With the win, Queens improves their record to 7-4 overall, while Rider fell to 2-5 overall.
The Knights won their second straight match over a Division I opponent as they extended their win streak to a season-high six games.
Doubles Competition
The Knights led from the first match of the day and never let go as the #3 doubles pair of junior
Mariano Bibiloni (La Plata, Argentina ) / sophomore
Tim Ostheimer (Frankfurt, Germany) shut out their opponents Peter Komosinski/Dylan Lachmanen to the score of 6-0.
Queens would clinch the doubles point as the #2 doubles duo of junior
Kareem Rashad (Alexandria, Egypt) / junior
Lucas Demuth (Buenos Aires, Argentina) defeated Vishal Ganeshan/Nicholas Salazar to the score of 6-1.
It would be a sweep at doubles as the #1 doubles duo of
sophomore
Omar El Shehawey (Cairo, Egypt) / senior
Moritz Borges (Hunxe, Germany) defeated Pablo Salar Carrera/Ja de Jaraiz Garcia to the score of 6-3.
Singles Competition
Demuth wasted no time putting Queens up 2-0 as he defeated Ganeshan to the score of 6-0, 6-3 at #3 singles.
Rashad put the Knights in the driver's seat as he picked up a 6-3, 6-1 victory at #1 singles over Salar Carrera.
Bibiloni clinched the match for the Knights as he dispatched Komosinski at #2 singles to the score of 6-2, 6-0.
At #4 singles Shehawey went to work quickly and never let go as he put away Lachmanen to the score of 6-1, 6-1.
At #5 singles freshman
Philipp Uhde (Heidelberg, Germany) continued his good work in singles play as he defeated de Jaraiz Garcia to the score of 6-2, 6-1 putting Queens one match away from a sweep.
Senior
Hugo Evangelista De Andre (Goiania, Brazil) would complete the 7-0 afternoon for the Knights as he took the first set 6-0 before Fredrickson made the Brazilian native work the second set victory. But Evangelista stood his composure and closed the second set with a 7-5 victory heading into Saturday's conference matchup.
UP NEXT: Head Coach
Somadi Druker and the Knights return to East Coast Conference play as they travel to Sparkill, N.Y. with a match-up against St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartans Saturday (Mar. 26) afternoon. First serve is set for 1:00 p.m.
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