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Men's Tennis Opens Conference Play with 4-3 Setback Against Queens

Men's Tennis Opens Conference Play with 4-3 Setback Against Queens
Posted: Mar 26, 2022

Orangeburg, N.Y. – The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team opened the conference portion of its schedule with a 4-3 setback to Queens College on Saturday afternoon at Match Point Tennis Club in Orangeburg.

Queens opened the contest, taking the doubles point on the strength of victories in #3 doubles (Mariano Bibiloni & Tim Ostheimer def. Odysseas Papaioannou & Tony Khamassi), 6-2 and then #2 doubles (Kareem Rashad & Lucas Demuth def. Maximilian Kendler & Ivan Laiz), 6-3.

In singles action, Queens took the first two matchups, as #2 Mariano Bibiloni def. Eduard Simo (6-3, 6-2) and #5 Moritz Borges def. Ludovico Truffelli (1-6, 6-1, 6-4) to take a commanding 3-0 advantage. STAC would battle to break the shutout, as Lennart Lehmann scored a victory over Lucas Demuth, 6-2, 7-6 (3) in #3 singles. However, despite the Spartans fight in all of their singles contests, the visiting Knights picked up the match-clinching point when #1 Kareem Rashad went on to beat Maximilian Kendler, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1.

 

QUEENS 4/STAC 3 - OFFICIAL RESULTS

DOUBLES
1. Eduard Simo & Ludovico Truffelli (STAC) def. Moritz Borges & Omar El Shehawey (QC), 6-4
2. Kareem Rashad & Lucas Demuth (QC) def. Maximilian Kendler & Ivan Laiz (STAC), 6-3
3. Mariano Bibiloni & Tim Ostheimer (QC) def. Odysseas Papaioannou & Tony Khamassi (STAC), 6-2
 
Order of Finish: 3, 2*, 1
 
SINGLES
1. Kareem Rashad (QC) def. Maximilian Kendler (STAC) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
2. Mariano Bibiloni (QC) def. Eduard Simo (STAC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Lennart Lehmann (STAC) def. Lucas Demuth (QC) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
4. Odysseas Papaioannou (STAC) def. Omar El Shehawey (QC) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
5. Moritz Borges (QC) def. Ludovico Truffelli (STAC) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
6. Ivan Laiz (STAC) def. Philipp Uhde (QC) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5

Order of Finish: 2, 5, 3, 1*, 4, 6
 
QC Record: 8-4, 2-0 ECC
STAC Record: 9-4, 0-1 ECC
 
Up Next: St. Thomas Aquinas visits Chestnut Hill College in a non-conference match up on Tuesday, March 29 at 2:30 p.m.