ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the fourth consecutive season, the Queens University of Charlotte men's tennis team is advancing to the South Atlantic Conference Championship Finals. The 19^th-ranked Royals shutout No. 21 Lenoir-Rhyne University 4-0 on Thursday morning in a quarterfinal matchup from the Rock Hill Tennis Center.
 
Queens started strong, earning the first point of the day with back-to-back doubles wins. The duo of Sebastian Meum and Kasper Rolfsen opened the match with a 6-4 win in the third flight, followed by a 7-6 win by the 44^th-ranked tandem of Agustin Aran Martin and Julian Bosch.
 
Junior Joel Dunlap kicked off singles competition with a 6-2, 6-2 win in the fifth flight to push the Royals ahead by two points before Bosch finished off a 7-5, 6-4 win in the second flight to move Queens one point closer to ending the match.
 
Aran Martin, ranked No. 39 in the latest Oracle/ITA Singles Rankings, closed out the match with a 7-6, 6-4 triumph in the top position to secure the shutout for Queens.
 
Queens will square off against No. 9 Wingate University in Saturday's championship final at 9 a.m. It will be the third straight season that the Royals and Bulldogs face each other with the tournament title on the line.
 
#19 Queens University of Charlotte 4, #21 Lenoir-Rhyne University 0
 
Singles competition
1. #39 Agustin Aran Martin (QUEENSM) def. Tales Miranda (LR) 7-6, 6-4
2. Julian Bosch (QUEENSM) def. Hamed Gandouz (LR) 7-5, 6-4
3. Paolo Bompieri (QUEENSM) vs. Rhodri Atkinson (LR) 4-6, 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
4. Mathias Degardin (QUEENSM) vs. Shane O'Dea (LR) 6-4, 2-6, unfinished
5. Joel Dunlap (QUEENSM) def. Josh Lazenby (LR) 6-2, 6-2
6. Sebastian Meum (QUEENSM) vs. Lewis Scott (LR) 2-1, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. #15 Paolo Bompieri/Joel Dunlap (QUEENSM) vs. #50 Shane O'Dea/Mauricio Hernandez (LR) unfinished
2. #44 Agustin Aran Martin/Julian Bosch (QUEENSM) def. Rhodri Atkinson/Paul Lenz (LR) 7-6
3. Sebastian Meum/Kasper Rolfsen (QUEENSM) def. Hamed Gandouz/Tales Miranda (LR) 6-4
 
Match Notes:
Lenoir-Rhyne University 18-4; National ranking #21; Regional ranking #9
Queens University of Charlotte 14-4; National ranking #19; Regional ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,2,1)
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