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Daemen DAEM (5-12, 0-4 ECC)
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Winner Queens College QUEM (12-6, 5-1 ECC)
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Queens College QUEM
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | CONTACT: Tom McDermott, Director of Athletics Communications | tmcdermo@daemen.edu

Men's Tennis Puts Up A Battle, But Falls To Conference Leading Queens

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to Queens College this evening at the QC Tennis Bubble on the Queens campus. Queens, which sits atop the East Coast Conference standings, moves to 12-6 overall and 5-1 in ECC play. The Wildcats fall to 5-12 overall and 0-4 in conference matches. 

The match was played under NCAA Division I/II scoring rules. The Knights won two of the three doubles matches and claimed the doubles point. Queens picked up the No. 3 doubles victory, before Daemen answered with a win at No. 2 doubles, as freshman Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Columbia) and graduate student Zachary Laplante posted a 6-3 win over freshman David Cerne and senior Francisco Gonzalez. Queens secured the point after senior Roni Rikkonen and freshman Tim Andersson outlasted Daemen's No. 1 doubles pairing of junior Juan Alvarez (Puebla, Mexico) and sophomore Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M.), 7-5.  

The Knights won all six singles matches, four in straight sets. Lumanog and junior Cameron Henricy battled at No. 2 singles, with Henricy rallying for a 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 10-6 victory. Laplante and Cerne also went to a third set at No. 6 singles. Laplante opened with a 6-4 win, before Cerne answered with a 6-1 victory. Cerne completed the comeback with a 10-6 win in set three. 

The Wildcats will remain in the New York City area and take on Saint Thomas Aquinas College tomorrow. The teams will play two matches, with the first one starting at 12 p.m.

DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Roni Rikkonen & Tim Anersson (QC) defeat Alex Lumanog & Juan Alvarez (DAE), 7-5
#2 – Lucas Garcia & Zachary Laplante (DAE) defeat David Cerne & Francisco Gonzalez (QC) 6-3
#3 – Omar El Shehawy & Noah Gauthier (QC) defeat Rohan Chitanand & Lasse Mergens (DAE), 6-2

Order of Finish: 3,2,1

SINGLES RESULTS
#1 – Andersson defeats Alvarez, 6-3, 6-3
#2 – Henricy defeats Lumanog, 7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 10-6
#3 – Lucas Foix Sotos (QC) defeats Garcia, 6-0, 6-3
#4 – El Shehawey defeats Chitanand, 6-1, 6-0
#5 – Gauthier defeats Mergens, 6-2, 6-1
#6 – David Cerne defeats Laplante, 4-6, 6-1, 10-6
 
Order of Finish: 4,5,3,1,6,2
 

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