WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. - Laurence Heads (Stockton-on-Tees, England/Repton School) won in straight sets at No. 3 singles, but the Monmouth University men's tennis team was defeated by Queens College, 6-1, Tuesday afternoon. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 3-8, while the Knights, ranked No. 24 nationally in Division II, improve to 8-2.

After the Knights swept the three doubles flights, the two teams engaged in several hard-fought matches to reach the final score. Three of the singles matches went to a third set, while Heads pulled out a very close two-set decision over Nikolaj Wulff, 7-5, 7-6, at No. 3.

Freddy Marcinkowski (Sparta, N.J./Sparta) fell at No. 1 to Attila Toth, the nationally-ranked No. 15 player at Division II, 6-1, 7-5. Francis Jedlinski (Manalapan, N.J./Freehold Township) fell to Tyrone Ewels, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5, at No. 2, while twin brother Carl Jedlinski (Manalapan, N.J./Freehold Township) also took a tough three-set loss to Andre Pellegrino, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4.

David Sherwood (Little Egg Harbor, N.J./Pinelands) fell to Claudio Andrade, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 5, while Stephen Suboleski (Sicklerville, N.J.) was defeated in three sets by Jesse Smith, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 6.