March 24, 2007

Final Stats

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Nate Nelms (So., St. Mary's Ga.) won a pair of matches at No. 1 singles and doubles to help the Navy tennis team record a 4-3 victory over Colgate, Saturday afternoon at the Severn Valley Tennis & Fitness Club.

The victory in its opening match of the Patriot League season improves Navy's overall record on the year to 7-10, while Colgate fell to 4-9 on the season and 0-2 in league play with the loss.

"Today was a good, solid win to start our league season," said Navy head coach John Officer.

Navy won the doubles point with victories at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles. Nelms and Johnny Waters (So., Papillion, Neb.), who had never been paired together as a doubles team before today, combined to record an 8-5 victory over Chris Innes and Marshall Wheeler at No. 1 doubles.

"Nate and John put together a nice match, especially for forming a new team," said Officer. "They were down a break of serve but came back to win."

The additional Navy doubles triumph came from the team of Alex James (Jr., Visalia, Calif.) and Ramsey Lemaich (Fr., Danville, Calif.), who posted an 8-4 victory over the duo of Michael Shea and John Nogueras.

Nelms then would go on to record the clinching point of the singles matches as he tallied a 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Innes at No. 1 singles.

"Nate broke serve early in the third set, then held his serve over the remainder of the match while recording another break for the victory," said Officer. "He had lost to Innes last year, so this was a nice victory for Nate."

Also winning a pair of matches on the day for Navy was Lemaich. In addition to his win at No. 3 doubles, he also posted a 7-6, 6-1 win over Michael Yassky at No. 6 singles.

Rounding out the list of Navy victories on the day was Stanley Kahl (Sr., Richland, Pa.), who won a 6-2, 6-1 decision over Tyler Deck at No. 4 singles.

The Mids almost picked up a fifth point on the day from James at No. 5 singles. He held a match point in the third set of his match against Nogueras, but lost the point and went on to drop the match by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

Navy will be back in action Sunday when the Mids play host to Bucknell at 12 Noon. Weather permitting, the match will be played outdoors at the Naval Academy.

Navy (7-10, 1-0 Patriot League) def. Colgate (4-9, 0-2 Patriot League), 4-3

Doubles (Navy wins the double point)
1 - Nelms/Waters (N) def. Innes/Wheeler, 8-5
2 - Deck/MacIntyre (C) def. Kahl/Lai, 9-8 (7-3)
3 - James/Lemaich (N) def. Nogueras/Michael Shea, 8-4

Singles
1 - Nate Nelms (N) def. Chris Innes, 6-7 (7-2), 6-2, 6-3
2 - Martin MacIntyre (C) def. Johnny Waters, 6-0, 6-3
3 - Marshall Wheeler (C) def. Adrian Lai, 6-3, 6-4
4 - Stanley Kahl (N) def. Tyler Deck, 6-2, 6-1
5 - John Nogueras (C) def. Alex James, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
6 - Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. Michael Yassky, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1