BOX SCORE
When and Where: February 26, 2016 – Goffstown, N.H. (Allard Center)
Score: Queens (N.Y.) College 6, Southern New Hampshire University 3
Records: Queens 2-1, SNHU 2-1
Sophomores Ricardo Marreiros (Portugal) and Xavier Aubron (Herouville, France) and graduate student Tiago Fernandes (Porto, Portugal) all notched big singles victories, but the Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis team fell to Queens (N.Y.) College, 6-3, Friday evening in the squad's spring opener.
A Queens sweep of doubles play staked it to a 3-0 lead, but Southern New Hampshire evened the match on the strength of its top three singles slots. Marreiros posted a 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 win against Sharvill Nawghre at No. 1 singles before Aubron record a straight-set, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Ryan Frankel at No. 2 singles. Fernandes then knotted the match with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph against Gabriel Mendez at No. 3 singles.
The tipping point in the match came at No. 4 singles, where Roman Laga was able to squeak out a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory against sophomore Sebastian Ramirez (Merida, Venezuela). From there, Queens would take both No. 5 and No. 6 singles to seal the win.
Notes:
- The three doubles matches were extremely close and made the difference. Aubron and Marreiros dropped an 8-6 decision to Nawghre and Laga at No. 1 doubles and then Fernandes and Ramirez were edged at No. 2 doubles by Frankel and Federico Toscano, 9-8 (7-4). Sophomore Jeremy Reichentahl (Cheshire, Conn.) and freshman Max Georgeff (Toronto, Ontario) were narrowly beaten by Gabriel Mendez and Camilo Arias, 9-7, at No. 3 doubles.
-Queens is No. 5 in the latest ITA East Regional rankings.
Up Next:
The Penmen are back in action Saturday, Feb. 27 (4:30 p.m.) when they play host to New York Institute of Technology at the Allard Center.
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