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Men's Tennis Steven Haynes -- Assistant Sports Information Director

Women's tennis upsets 42-ranked Erskine; men's team rolls too

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Both Queens tennis programs had big days Sunday afternoon, as the women's team upset 42-ranked Erskine 5-4 while the men's team breezed by the Flying Fleet 9-0.

The women's team came in tied with Erskine for first place in Conference Carolinas action. The Royals got off to a rough start, losing two-of-three doubles matches, including  their top two flights. 

Down 1-4, Queens rallied around their lower flights as No. 3 Amanda Poole (Douglasville, Ga., South Paulding), No. 4 Christina Engelberth (Stockholm, Sweden, Pendleton School IMG), and No. 6 Kaitlyn Blakey (Keller, Tex., Keller) all picked up wins, combining to take 36 of the 53 games.

The climax of the afternoon came during No. 4 Morgan Roberts' (Fort Pierce, Fla., Treasure Coast) match, as she outlasted the Flying Fleets Victoria Stephens  7-6, (9-7), 7-6, (7-3) to clinch the Royals 10th consecutive win. 

Queens improves to 5-0 (10-0) in the conference and gains sole possession of first place.

The men's team improved to 2-2 in the conference and 6-2 overall with their 9-0 dismantling of Erskine. Queens' No. 1 Christiaan Lee-Daigle (Tecumseh, Ontario, L'Essor Secondary School) came on strong after losing the first set 1-6 to Erskine's Nemanja Brcan, winning the final two sets to take the match 2-1. 

Lee-Daigle teamed up with Raahil Dhruva (London, England, Parmiter's) to pick up a win as Queens' No. 1 doubles team, defeating Caleb Barnes and Fabio Ciarrocchi. No. 5 Gustavo Munhoz (Santos, Brazil, COC Universitario) and No. 6 Christopher Kennedy (Colorado Springs, Co., TCA) each picked up wins in extra sets.

Both Royals teams will be back in action Sunday, March 21 when they travel to Coker College for a 12:30 p.m. match.
  

Women's Singles Results
No. Player   Player Winner Score
1 Elena Mileva  vs. Tessa Rheault  EC 6-4, 6-3
2 Erin Williams  vs. Britton Bignon  EC 6-4, 6-2
3 Amanda Poole  vs. Abby O'Reilly  QU 6-3, 6-3
4 Morgan Roberts  vs. Victoria Stephens  QU 7-6, 7-6
5 Christina Engelberth  vs. Nikki Miller  QU 6-3, 6-4
6 Kaitlyn Blakey  vs. Hannah Fisher  QU 6-3, 6-1
           
Women's Doubles Results
No. Player   Player Winner Score
1 Elena Mileva
vs. Tessa Rheault  EC 8-3
  Morgan Roberts   Britton Bignon     
2 Erin Williams
vs. Abby O'Reilly  QU 8-6
  Christina Engelberth    Victoria Stephens     
3 Amanda Poole
vs. Nikki Miller  EC 8-4
  Kaitlyn Blakey    Hannah Fisher     
           
Men's Singles Results
No. Player   Player Winner Score
1 Christiaan Lee-Daigle  vs. Nemanja Brcan  QU 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
2 Joshua Bloch  vs. Caleb Barnes  QU 6-3, 6-0
3 Raahil Dhruva  vs. Angelo Ciarrocchi  QU 6-3, 6-3
4 Alex McKinzie  vs. Fabio Ciarrocchi  QU 6-4, 6-1
5 Gustavo Munhoz  vs. Vincent Chauvette  QU 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
6 Christopher Kennedy  vs. James Hoatson  QU 7-6, 4-6, 10-3
           
Men's Doubles Results
No. Player   Player Winner Score
1 Christiaan Lee-Daigle
vs. Nemanja Brcan  QU 8-3
  Raahil Dhruva    Caleb Barnes  QU  
2 Alex McKinzie  vs. Vincent Chauvette  QU  8-5
  Gustavo Munhoz    Fabio Ciarrocchi  QU  
3 Joshua Bloch  vs. Angelo Ciarrocchi  QU  8-2
  Christopher Kennedy    Ryan Miller QU  
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