Flushing, N.Y. - St. Thomas Aquinas College made its way out to the QC Tennis Bubble on Saturday to do battle with the Regular Season Champions Queens College in the finals of the East Coast Conference Men's Tennis Championship. Despite putting forth a valiant effort against the Knights, STAC came up short in its quest for a second ECC title in the last four seasons, falling to Queens 4-1.
STAC moves to 16-6 on the season and now awaits the seedings in the NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championship, which gets underway with regional play on May 9-10 at selected campus sites. Meanwhile, Queens improves to 17-4, winning its third straight championship and seventh crown in the last nine seasons (2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic). The Knights receive an automatic bid for the NCAA Division II Championship.
QUEENS 4/STAC 1 - OFFICIAL RESULTS
DOUBLES
Order of Finish: 1, 2*
SINGLES
1. Lucas Foix Sotos (QC) def.
Seth Newman (STAC) 6-4, 7-5
5. Samuel Linck (QC) vs.
Ondrej Sramek (STAC) 2-6, 6-3, 3-1 (UNFINISHED)
Order of Finish: 2, 6, 1, 4"
QC Record: 17-4, 5-1 ECC - #1 NCAA D2 EAST, #37 ITA NATIONAL
STAC Record: 16-6, 4-2 ECC - #2 NCAA D2 EAST
ROCKHILL REPORT
"Congratulations to Queens!," stated Head Coach Dan Rockhill. "They fought hard for every point and played better than us during the important moments."
"I am very proud of the improvement we have made with our doubles play," commented Rockhill. "We are not a huge serving team but we move forward and do not back up much.
"We were a little too careless in singles play and Queens took advantage of this in all the matches," remarked Rockhill. "They are the class of the region and their coaching staff thoroughly out coached me all season. They continue to do an amazing job."
"We have a window of opportunity to improve these next two weeks as we look forward to the NCAA tournament," said Rockhill.
