FLUSHING, N.Y. – The Queens College men's tennis team is dancing for the 22^nd straight year as they have earned the #1 seed in the NCAA Men's Tennis East Regional.
 
Led by 10th-year head coach Somadi Druker, the Knights take an overall record of 16-6 in the NCAA Tournament and are coming off earning an East Coast Conference Regular Season Title, their sixth ECC Men's Tennis Championship title in seven seasons, and 10^th overall. While on Saturday, May 4 the Knights won the first ever Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference x East Coast Conference Men's Tennis title to earn the Automatic Bid to the title.
 
While four Knights in senior Roni Rikkonen (Tampere, Finland), freshman Tim Andersson (Linkoping, Sweden), and sophomore Lucas Foix Sotos (Javea, Spain) earned All-ECC Conference honors. Rikkonen followed up his ITA East Region Singles Championship crown by becoming the third straight Knight to earn top ECC men's tennis honors as he was named Player of the Year.
 
The NCAA East Region #1 Bracket is set for Monday, May 13 to Tuesday, May 14 with the Druker and the Knights hosting the #4 seed University of District of Columbia Firebirds and #5 seed Southern New Hampshire University Penmen. Both matches will take place inside the QC Indoor Tennis Bubble at noon.
 
During the regular season, the Knights split the season series with Queens earning a 7-0 victory at home on Friday, Mar 15, while the Firebirds defended their home court earning a 4-3 victory over the Knights back on Friday, Mar. 29.
 
The Knights' regular season match against the Penmen on Wednesday, Apr. 24 was canceled due to rain with all three doubles matches heading into a thrilling final.

Queens will await the winner of the first-round match between the Firebirds vs. Penmen to determine who will advance to the finals, May 21-25, in Orlando, Florida. Rollins College and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission will serve as hosts.

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