Flushing, N.Y. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team returned to action on Monday afternoon, following a 10-day break and the team's Florida spring break tour, visiting Queens College for an East Coast Conference tilt at the QC Tennis Bubble. In the battle between conference foes, the host Knights handed the Spartans their third straight defeat, a 6-1 decision.

STAC slips to 6-5 overall and 1-1 in ECC play, while Queens improves to 4-2 and 2-0.

STAC kicked off the day by taking two of three doubles matches. #3 Henry Ronnberg and Seth Newman scored a 6-2 victory over Roni Rikkonen and David Cerne. However, the host Knights were quick to answer, as #1 Lucas Foix Sotos and Tim Andersson took down Nathan Yacar and Don Vinz Lominoque to even things at one match apiece. The maroon and gold picked up the first team point on the strength of a 6-3 triumph by #2 Ludovico Truffelli and Ondrej Sramek over Noah Gauthier and Cameron Henricy.

It would be a different story when the teams turned to singles competition, with Queens sweeping all six matches to take the overall team victory. #3 Tim Andersson beat Ondrej Sramek 6-1, 6-2 followed by #2 Cameron Henricy besting Ludovico Truffelli 6-1, 6-4 to take a commanding 3-1 advantage. The Knights clinched things when #1 Roni Rikkonen (QC) finished off Don Vinz Lominoque (QC) 6-4, 6-3. Then, with the match already in hand, #6 Noah Gauthier defeated Lennart Lehmann 6-1, 7-6 (5), #4 Lucas Foix Sotos dispatched Seth Newman in three sets 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 and #5 Francisco Gonzalez downed Henry Ronnberg 7-5, 0-6, 6-4 to wrap up the afternoon in Flushing.

QUEENS 6/STAC 1 - OFFICIAL RESULTS