Men's Tennis | 3/22/2017 9:20:00 PM

Box Score

Wingate, N.C.----The Queens University Royals handed 42nd-ranked Wingate University its first league loss of the season Wednesday afternoon, prevailing 5-4 in South Atlantic Conference men's tennis action. The Royals improve to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in the SAC, making them the lone team unbeaten in conference play this season. Wingate falls to 9-3 overall and 5-1 in league play.

The Royals won two of the three doubles matches Wednesday. Wingate's number two doubles team of senior Tyler Schofer (Graham, N.C.) and junior Amir Zari (Jerusalem, Israel) picked up an 8-5 victory.

Freshman Daniel Belsito (Charlotte, N.C.) won 6-0, 6-3 at number two singles to tie the match at two. Queens answered with victories at number one and six singles to take a 4-2 advantage. The Bulldogs got a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 win at three singles from freshman Theo Dessacs (Toulouse, France), while a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 victory at four singles from junior Josh DuToit (Charlotte, N.C.) tied the match 4-4. Queens won the clincher at five singles, prevailing in three sets to secure the victory.

Wingate is back in action Friday, traveling to Radford for a 3:30 p.m. start.