SALISBURY, N.C. – The No. 19 Queens University of Charlotte men's tennis team collected its second straight South Atlantic Conference win, defeating Catawba College 5-2 on Wednesday afternoon at the Johnson Tennis Center.
 
Queens took two of three doubles matches to open play as the No. 48 duo of Julian Bosch and Agustin Aran Martin won 6-4 and the tandem of Sebastian Meum and Kasper Rolfsen won by default.
 
The Royals won four of six singles matches, including a 6-4, 6-2 win by Martin, the nation's 35^th-ranked singles player. Junior Joel Dunlap won by default at No. 6 and Meum was a 6-1, 6-1 winner in the fifth flight. Senior Mathias Degardin won a marathon contest at No. 4 by scores of 5-7, 6-1, 10-5.
 
Conference play continues on Saturday, April 6 when the team welcomes Newberry College to the Howard Levine Tennis Center for a match beginning at 1 p.m.
 
#19 Queens University of Charlotte 5, Catawba 2
 
Singles competition
1. Luca Picci (CATM) def. Julian Bosch (QUEENSM) 6-1, 6-1
2. #35 Agustin Aran Martin (QUEENSM) def. Ryen Reid (CATM) 6-4, 6-2
3. Jack Joel (CATM) def. Paolo Bompieri (QUEENSM) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
4. Mathias Degardin (QUEENSM) def. Adam Rocko (CATM) 5-7, 6-1, 10-5
5. Sebastian Meum (QUEENSM) def. Vid Rados (CATM) 6-1, 6-1
6. Joel Dunlap (QUEENSM) def. No Player (CATM), by default
 
Doubles competition
1. Luca Picci/Ryen Reid (CATM) def. #27 Paolo Bompieri/Joel Dunlap (QUEENSM) 7-6 (9-7)
2. #48 Julian Bosch/Agustin Aran Martin (QUEENSM) def. Jack Joel/Adam Rocko (CATM) 6-4
3. Sebastian Meum/Kasper Rolfsen (QUEENSM) def. No Player/No Player (CATM), by default
 
Match Notes:
Queens University of Charlotte 10-4, 6-2 SAC; National ranking #19; Regional ranking #6
Catawba 10-8, 3-4 SAC