FLUSHING, N.Y. – Opening East Coast Conference play Friday afternoon, the No. 22 Queens College men's tennis team welcomed the Daemen University Wildcats to the QC Indoor Tennis Bubble, earning a dominant 7-0 victory.
The Knights swept all nine matches on the afternoon, with sophomore
Pablo Serrano (Cochabamba, Bolivia) clinching the win at No. 3 singles.
With the victory, Queens improves to 10-0 overall and 1-0 in ECC play. Under head coach
Somadi Druker, the Knights have opened the season 10-0 for the second time in program history and for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
DOUBLES PLAY
Queens took control early by sweeping doubles competition to earn the opening point.
At No. 1 doubles, senior
Lucas Foix Sotos (Javea, Spain) and junior
Tim Andersson (Linkoping, Sweden) defeated Alex Lumanog and Lasse Mergens, 6-3.
The No. 2 pair of junior
David Cerne (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Serrano secured a 6-2 victory over Lucas Garcia and Mitch Pollack, while the No. 3 duo of sophomores
Jaime Foix Sotos (Javea, Spain) and sophomore
Ismoil Khayriddinov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) completed the sweep with a 6-3 win over Jordan Hamdan and Vondin Henderson.
SINGLES PLAY
In singles action, junior
Caleb Brightman (Pawling, N.Y.) earned a 6-2, 6-2 win over Lumanog at No. 1 singles, and sophomore
Andres Urquiola (Tarija, Bolivia) followed with a 6-2, 6-0 victory at No. 2 to give Queens a 3-0 advantage.
Serrano clinched the match at No. 3 singles, defeating Mergens 6-1, 6-2.
At No. 4 singles, Khayriddinov posted a 6-0, 6-0 shutout over Pollack, while sophomore
London Mosquera (Queens, N.Y.) earned a 6-2, 6-1 win against Hamdan at No. 5.
Sophomore
Jaime Foix Sotos (Javea, Spain) completed the sweep at No. 6 singles with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Riley Fitzgerald.
NEXT UP:
Queens concludes its three-match week on Saturday, March 21, welcoming the University of the District of Columbia in ECC play. First serve is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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