Queens (N.Y.) Defeats Men's Tennis, 7-0

Stonehill

Queens (N.Y.)

Doubles

Borges, Moritz / Rashad, Kareem (QUE)
def. Samuel Miller / Russell White (STO)

6-3

Marino, Eduardo / Demuth, Lucas (QUE)
def. Christian Duffy / ManuRavichandrakumar (STO)

6-1

Evangelista, Hugo / Ostheimer, Tim (QUE)
def. Joey Conrod / Ben Simmons (STO)

7-6 (7-1)

Singles

Rashad, Kareem (QUE)
def. Christian Duffy (STO)

6-4, 6-1

Ostheimer, Tim (QUE)
def. Russell White (STO)

6-4, 6-4

Demuth, Lucas (QUE)
def. Samuel Miller (STO)

6-1, 6-2

Borges, Moritz (QUE)
def. Aaron Diamond (STO)

6-2, 6-0

Evangelista, Hugo (QUE)
def. ManuRavichandrakumar (STO)

6-1, 6-1

Schulte, Julius (QUE)
def. Ben Simmons (STO)

7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)

full stats

Simmons battled at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles for the Skyhawks.

Rashad leads five double-winners for the regionally-ranked Knights

FLUSHING, N.Y. (February 29, 2020) – Queens (N.Y.) College, ranked No. 3 in the Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division II East Regional rankings, dealt Stonehill College its first loss of the season with a 7-0 victory in non-conference men's tennis action inside the QU Tennis Center this evening.

How it Happened

Sophomore Kareem Rashad, ranked No. 10 in the Oracle/ITA East Region singles rankings, led five double-winners for Queens. He combined with classmate Moritz Borges for a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles to lead a sweep of the three doubles matches for the Knights. Rashad followed that up with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles against Stonehill freshman Christian Duffy.
Borges, ranked No. 15 in the region, added a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles against Stonehill senior Aaron Diamond.
Junior Hugo Evangelista de Andrade notched the match-clinching point for Queens, with his 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles against Stonehill senior Manu Ravichandrakumar.
Freshman Ben Simmons battled in two tight matches for Stonehill. He and junior Joey Conrod forced a tiebreak at No. 3 doubles, before falling 7-1. Simmons also went into a third set super tiebreak at No. 6 singles against Queens sophomore Julius Schulte, falling 11-9 in the tiebreak after winning the second set 6-4.

Up Next

Stonehill (5-1, 0-0 NE10) is right back in action tomorrow at Queens, when it faces Saint Thomas Aquinas College, ranked No. 5 in the region, at 3 p.m. The Skyhawks next home match is its Northeast-10 Conference opener against Assumption College on Sunday, March 22, at 1 p.m. Queens (4-1, 0-0 ECC) hosts Wagner University on Monday at 1 p.m.

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