Men's Tennis Drops Nailbiter at Queens University

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Saint Joseph's men's tennis team fell to Queens University, 4-3, at Freedom Park on Saturday afternoon.

Queens (5-1) took the early lead by sweeping the doubles point and then the first and third singles flights before sophomore Tim Stierle got the Hawks on the board with a straight-sets win in the second flight, dismissing Paolo Bompieri, 6-3, 7-5.

Unfortunately for Saint Joseph's (4-4), Andor Vas clinched the team victory for Queens with a win in the fourth flight. The Hawks did get wins in the final two flights, however, as sophomore Dan Tan was a 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 tiebreaker winner over Giovanni Setti in the fifth, and Peter Dewitt cruised past Zachary Williams, 6-1, 6-0, in the sixth.

The Hawks will look to bounce back with another match in North Carolina on Sunday when they visit Atlantic 10 foe Davidson.

Queens University 4, Saint Joseph's 3

Doubles

1. Paolo Bompieri / Andor Vas (QU) def. Tim Stierle / Peter Dewitt (SJU), 8-6

2. Giovanni Setti / Sebastian Meum (QU) def. Kyle Chalmers / Dan Tan (SJU), 8-6

3. Jules Athalis / Joel Dunlap (QU) def. Tristan Boustany / Valentijn van Erven (SJU), 8-4

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

Singles

1. Athalis (QU) def. Chalmers (SJU), 6-1, 5-7, 6-0

2. Stierle (SJU) def. Bompieri (QU), 6-3, 7-5

3. Agustin Aran Martin (QU) def. Andre Fick (SJU), 6-0, 6-1

4. Vas (QU) def. Boustany (SJU), 6-1, 6-2