FLUSHING, N.Y. – Continuing regional competition, the No. 19 nationally ranked Queens College men's tennis team welcomed the Chestnut Hill College Griffins to the QC Indoor Tennis Bubble for non-conference action.
The Knights secured the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 before taking five singles matches, as sophomore
Andres Urquiola (Tarija, Bolivia) clinched the victory at No. 5 singles to lead Queens to a 6-1 win.
With the victory, Queens improves to 9-0 on the season.
DOUBLES PLAY
Queens opened the afternoon by winning two of the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead into singles play.
At No. 3 doubles, junior
David Cerne (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and sophomore
London Mosquera (Queens, N.Y.) cruised to a 6-0 victory over Alessio Lefebvre and Augustin Daubannay.
The Knights clinched the doubles point at No. 2 as junior
Tim Andersson (Linkoping, Sweden) and sophomore
Samuel Linck (Haarlem, Netherlands) defeated Enzo Puppi and Filippo Relecom, 6-2.
Chestnut Hill avoided the sweep at No. 1 doubles, where senior
Lucas Foix Sotos (Javea, Spain) and junior
Said Akbarov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) fell to Noah Cutting and Pablo Cervera in a tight match, 7-6
(7-2).
SINGLES PLAY
Carrying momentum into singles, Queens clinched the match by winning four straight contests.
Andersson earned a 6-1, 6-4 win over Cervera at No. 2 singles before Linck followed with a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Lefebvre at No. 3 to give the Knights a 3-0 advantage.
Queens secured the match at No. 5 singles, as Urquiola defeated Relecom, 6-1, 6-3, to put the Knights ahead 4-0.
Junior
Caleb Brightman (Pawling, N.Y.) added the fifth point with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Puppi at No. 4 singles.
The Griffins picked up their lone point at No. 1 singles, where Foix Sotos dropped a three-set battle to Cutting, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0
(12-10).
Sophomore
Jaime Foix Sotos (Javea, Spain) losed the match at No. 6 singles, outlasting Daubannay in a three-set marathon, 7-5, 5-7, 1-0
(10-7), to seal the 6-1 victory for the Knights.
NEXT UP:
Queens returns to action on Friday, March 20, opening East Coast Conference play at home against Daemen University Wildcats. First serve is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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