Feb. 25, 2007

Final Stats

New Haven, Conn. - The Navy tennis team dropped its second-straight match to an Ivy League school Sunday, losing a 7-0 decision to Yale in New Haven, Conn. The setback for the Mids come one day after Navy lost a 7-0 match to Brown and drops Navy's record on the year to 5-5.

"We played two very good teams this weekend," said Navy head coach John Officer. "Brown won the Ivy League title last year and is nationally ranked this year, while Yale finished third in the Ivy's last year when they were nationally ranked. We had our hands full."

The Mids dropped all five of the singles matches, as well as the lone double match (worth two points) to the Bulldogs Sunday at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. The Navy effort on the day was highlighted by Stanley Kahl (Sr., Richland, Pa.) losing a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 decision to Matt Schimmel at No. 4 singles.

Additionally, Luke Albi (So., Cincinnati, Ohio) lost a 6-4, 6-4 match to Josh Lederman at No. 5 singles, and Nate Nelms (So., St. Mary's, Ga.) lost by a 7-5, 6-2 score to Mike Caldwell at No. 1 singles.

The Mids will play a trio of road matches this coming weekend at UNC Greensboro (Friday), North Carolina State (Saturday) and North Carolina (Sunday).

Singles
No. 1 - Mike Caldwell (Y) def. Nate Nelms, 7-5, 6-2
No. 2 - Jeff Dawson (Y) def. Jason Hill, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 - Rory Green (Y) def. Adrian Lai, 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 - Matt Schimmel (Y) def. Stanley Kahl, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 - Josh Lederman (Y), Luke Albi, 6-4, 6-4

Doubles (worth 2 points)
No. 1 - Chris Lawler/Brandon Wai (Y) def. Alex James/Ramsey Lemaich, 6-3, 6-3