WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's tennis team dropped their final home match of the 2024 season in a 7-0 decision to Queens College on Saturday evening at the Miller Tennis Center. Queens, who sits atop the East Coast Conference standings, moves to 8-6 on the year and 4-1 in ECC play, while the Wildcats fall to 5-11 overall and 0-3 in conference matches after dropping their fourth straight match.
The Wildcats honored graduate student
Zachary Laplante (Ottawa, Ont.) ahead of the match. Laplante, who has played an integral role on the team in his three seasons at Daemen, ranks sixth in career singles wins (24) and ninth in combined career singles & doubles wins (38). His 11 singles wins last season ranks seventh for most in a single-season. He leads the Wildcats on the year with seven singles victories.
The match was played under NCAA Division I/II scoring rules. The Knights won all three doubles matches and claimed the doubles point. Queens picked up the No. 3 doubles victory (6-1) over the pairing of sophomore
Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) and
Lasse Mergens (Bochum, Germany) and the Knights picked up the first point of the match after taking No. 2 doubles (6-3) over freshman
Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) and graduate student
Zachary Laplante. The Daemen No. 1 doubles pairing of junior
Juan Alvarez (Puebla, Mexico) and sophomore
Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M.) fought hard but ultimately fell, 6-4.
The Knights won all six singles matches tonight. After winning No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5 singles, Queens picked up the match victory.
The Wildcats will face Queens again next week as they travel to Flushing, N.Y. next Saturday, April 20 in a 7 PM match.
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Roni Rikkonen & Cameron Henricy (QC) defeat
Alex Lumanog & Juan Alvarez (DAE), 6-4
#2 – Omar El Shehawey & Lucas Foix Sotos (QC) defeat
Lucas Garcia &
Zachary Laplante (DAE), 6-3
#3 – Tim Andersson & Francisco Gonzalez & (QC) defeat
Rohan Chitanand &
Lasse Mergens (DAE), 6-1
Order of Finish: 3,2,1
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 – Rikkonen defeats Alvarez, 6-0, 6-0
#2 – Henricy defeats Lumanog, 7-5, WF
#3 – El Shehawey defeats Garcia, 6-2, 6-3
#4 – Gauthier defeats Chitanand, 6-0, 6-1
#5 – Gonzalez defeats Mergens, 6-3, 6-1
#6 – David Cerne defeats Laplante, 6-2, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1,4,5,2,3,6
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