March 30, 2007

Final Stats

McLEAN, Va. - Victories in each of the three doubles matches and straight-set wins in the lower three singles flights allowed the Navy tennis team to post a 4-3 victory over George Washington, Friday afternoon at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex in McLean, Va.

The win was Navy's fourth in a row and improved its record to 10-10 on the season, while the Colonials fell to 5-10 on the year with the loss.

"George Washington recently beat Richmond by a score of 5-2, the same score we beat Richmond by Wednesday, so we knew we were going to have to play well to win today," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We played very good in doubles and then our depth in singles was a big factor in our winning the match."

The Mids dropped a combined 10 games in sweeping the three doubles matches to win the doubles point. Included in those matches was an 8-0 victory by the team of Alex James (Jr., Visalia, Calif.) and Ramsey Lemaich (Fr., Danville, Calif.) at the No. 3 flight.

Navy proceeded to drop three close matches at Nos. 1-3 singles, but won the remaining three matches to emerge with the overall victory.

Team captain Adrian Lai (Sr., Tucson, Ariz.) posted a 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 4 singles over Mark Doumba, James won a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Elliott Daniels at No. 5 singles and Lemaich recorded a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles over Maxx Wattenberg.

"We have faced a tough schedule to date, and I think playing those quality opponents has helped us over the last few matches," said Officer. "We still have a lot of goals ahead of us and we are going to need to play even better than we are to accomplish them."

Navy will conclude a busy week of three road matches over a span of five days Sunday when the Mids play at Lafayette.

Navy (10-10) def. George Washington (5-10), 4-3
Doubles (Navy wins the doubles point)
1 - Nelms/Waters (N) def. Daniels/Salyer, 8-4
2 - Kahl/Lai (N) def. Gencsoy/Hunter, 8-6
3 - James/Lemaich (N) def. Wattenberg/Harris, 8-0

Singles
1 - Mustafa Gencsoy (GW) def. Nate Nelms, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
2 - Sam Salyer (GW) def. Johnny Waters, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
3 - Brandon Harris (GW) def. Stanley Kahl, 6-3, 7-5
4 - Adrian Lai (N) def. Mark Doumba, 6-0, 6-1
5 - Alex James (N) def. Elliott Daniels, 6-3, 6-4
6 - Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. Maxx Wattenberg, 6-0, 6-1