TUSCALOOSA, AL – Competing at the ITA Individual Singles and Doubles Championships, the Queens College men's tennis trio of senior Tim Andersson, senior Diego Calvo, and junior Adam Laur put together a historic showing.
 
The trio made program history, becoming the first players in Queens men's tennis history to earn victories in the championship draw of the tournament.
 
Competing in the Singles Championship, Andersson earned a Round of 32 victory, rallying from a set down to defeat Lynn University's Victor Alves in a three-set battle, 5-7, 6-4, 10-5, to advance to the Round of 16.
 
Andersson's championship run came to an end in the Round of 16 against the tournament's No. 1 seed and eventual champion, Simon Malis. In a hard-fought two-set battle, Andersson pushed Malis to tiebreakers in both sets before falling, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3).
 
On the doubles side, the duo of Calvo and Laur secured the program's first-ever doubles victory at the ITA Individual Championships. The Knights opened their tournament with a Round of 32 victory over the University of Charleston's Nils Pottbecker and Elias Lagger, earning a straight-set victory, 6-3, 7-5, to advance to the Round of 16.
 
The Queens duo's run came to an end in the Round of 16, as Calvo and Laur fell to Mississippi College's Mattia Ricci and Matias Ruiz in a three-set battle, 6-4, 2-6, 3-10.
 
Among the East Region representatives on both the men's and women's sides, the Queens trio was the lone school to advance to the Round of 16.
 
The Knights will now turn their attention to the spring 2027 championship segment. The full spring schedule is expected to be released in January.

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