QUEENS, N.Y. – Men's tennis headed to New York to take on Queens for a final out of conference tune up earlier today, winning the dual 4-3. It was a solid start for the Knights, who took two of three doubles matches, with partners Thomas Linley/Joshua Oboniye and Gryffin Minor/Asaf Schwartz reigning victorious. On the singles side, it was a tougher day for the burgundy and blue, who split the six matches with Queens. Sophomore and reigning player of the week Gryffin Minor took home his seventh consecutive win, defeating Cameron Henricy 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Thomas Linley and Jorge Alonso-Cortes also took victories on the day, while Tauras Mickus, Asaf Schwartz and Matias Neira all saw losses.  
 
The Knights head on the road for their final match before the Northeast Conference Tournament, traveling to Brooklyn to take on LIU. Action is set for April 6 at 1 pm in the LIU Tennis Center.
 

RESULTS

DOUBLES
LINLEY, Thomas/OBONIYE, Joshua (FDU) def. RIKKONEN, Roni/HENRICY, Cameron (QUEENS) 7-6 (7-5)
MINOR, Gryffin/SCHWARTZ, Asaf (FDU) def. EL SHEHAWEY, Omar/FOIX SOTOS, Lucas (QUEENS) 6-3
ANDERSSON, Tim/GONZALEZ, Francisco (QUEENS) def. SRIRAM, Arjun/NICOLAE, Andrew (FDU) 6-3

SINGLES
LINLEY, Thomas (FDU) def. ANDERSSON, Tim (QUEENS) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2
MINOR, Gryffin (FDU) def. HENRICY, Cameron (QUEENS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
FOIX SOTOS, Lucas (QUEENS) def. MICKUS, Tauras (FDU) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
EL SHEHAWEY, Omar (QUEENS) def. SCHWARTZ, Asaf (FDU) 6-2, 6-2
ALONSO-CORTES, J. (FDU) def. GONZALEZ, Francisco (QUEENS) 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-8)  
GAUTHIER, Noah (QUEENS) def. NEIRA, Matias (FDU) 6-0, 6-2
 
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