BREVARD, N.C. - The fifth-seeded Newberry College men's tennis team fell painfully short of their first-ever South Atlantic Conference Tournament championship, as the Wolves were edged 5-4 by the third-seeded Queens Royals at the McCoy Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

Newberry's record stands at 20-6 overall and the Wolves will await word on a potential NCAA Tournament berth. The Wolves were not previously regionally ranked, but wins over Anderson and Tusculum may boost the Wolves' resume. The Southeast Region sends nine teams to the tournament. The tournament field is announced on May 4, with the final regional ranking announced this Wednesday.

The Wolves took a 2-1 lead after the doubles portion of the dual with wins at No. 2 and No. 3. The all-conference duo of Jordan Monosky and Jacob Svantesson earned an 8-6 win at No. 2, with Richard Zeh and Logan Adkins took an 8-6 win at No. 3.

Monosky and Svantesson earned singles wins at Nos. 3 and 4, with Monosky taking a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3 and Svantesson earning a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 4, putting the Wolves one win away from their first conference title.

The Wolves were swept in two-set matches at Nos. 1, 2 and 6, putting the balance of the match on Angel Pizarro and No. 5. Pizarro dropped the first set 7-5 and battled back to take a 6-4 win in the second set. Pizarro fell behind in the third set by a 4-1 count, then came back to tie the set at 4-4. Pizarro led 6-5 and was two points away from a win before Queens' Giovanni Setti forced a tiebreak. Setti won the tiebreak 7-2 to hand the Wolves the narrow defeat.