Wingate, N.C.-  The No. 42 Queens University of Charlotte women's tennis team fell to the No. 39 ranked Wingate Bulldogs on Monday, April 4, 2016. Queens fell one match shy in the 5-4 defeat to take their first loss in conference for a 6-1 league record and 8-2 overall. Wingate remained undefeated in the South Atlantic Conference at 9-0 as the moved to 12-5 on the season.

Queens was only able to find one match in doubles play as Carlotta Nassi and Melissa Laing secured the top flight at 8-6 over Oroma Womeodu and Andrea Temera.

In singles play, Marta Gonzalez took the first point off the board with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Andrea Ternera for the No. 2 point. Nassi finished second with a win in the No. 1 spot. She would play Claudia De Andreis to a 6-3, 6-2 match. Caroline Nielsen rounded out the day seeing the last point for Queens with a win on court four, rallying to take a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over Caroline Holland.

Queens will play Catawba on the road on Thursday, April 7, for a 2 p.m., match.

#39 Wingate def. #42 Queens 5-4

Doubles: Order of Finish (1,2,3)
1. Carlotta Nassi/Melissa Laing (QU) def. Oroma Womeodu/Andrea Ternera (WU) 8-6
2. Claudia De Andreis/Maria Garcia (WU) def. Marta Gonzalez/Caroline Nielsen (QU) 8-4
3. Layla Tanik/Sydney Homan (WU) def. Claire Hamilton/Hannah Lehfeldt (QU) 9-8 (8-6)

Singles: Order of Finish (2,1,4,3,5,6)
1. #22 Carlotta Nassi (QU) def. Claudia De Andreis (WU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Marta Gonzalez (QU) def. Andrea Ternera (WU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Oroma Womeodu (WU) def. Melissa Laing (QU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
4. Caroline Nielsen (QU) def. Caroline Holland (WU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
5. Layla Tanik (WU) def. Claire Hamilton (QU) 6-0, 6-3
6. Sydney Homan (WU) def. Hannah Lehfeldt (QU) 6-1, 6-7 (2-7), 6-1