Feb. 16, 2008

Final Stats

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy tennis team lost only four games in doubles and one set in singles on its way to recording a 7-0 victory over St. Joseph's (Pa.), Saturday afternoon at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis, Md.

The win improves Navy's record to 7-2 on the season heading into a match later this evening against George Mason. St. Joseph's, meanwhile, saw its three-match winning streak come to an end with the loss that evened its record on the year to 3-3.

Navy's Nos. 1 and 2 doubles tandems -- Nate Nelms (Jr., St. Mary's, Ga.) and Johnny Waters (Jr., Papillion, Neb.) at No. 1, Alex James (Sr., Visalia, Calif.) and Ramsey Lemaich (So., Danville, Calif.) at No. 2 -- began the day by recording 8-1 victories in their respective matches. This was quite a turnaround from last year's match between the two teams when Navy won each of the three doubles matches by identical scores of 8-6.

"We played tremendously in doubles," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We came out and played aggressively right from the start of the match."

Waters carried over his strong play in doubles to his No. 2 singles match as he posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Will Pearson. James then recorded a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Matt Prusack to tally Navy's third point of the day, with Owen Bullard (Fr., Concord, N.C.) recording the fourth team point and clinching the match for the Mids with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Pat Cerutti at No. 6 singles.

Nelms improved his dual match record to 6-2 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Pat Adams at the No. 1 flight, while Lemaich became the fifth Mid to win in straight sets on the day with his 6-3, 6-3 win over Nick Tuxen at No. 4.

The lone match of the afternoon to be extended to three sets came at No. 3 singles where Jason Hill (Jr., Marietta, Ga.) outlasted Phil Garabedian, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.

"St. Joseph's fought very hard in singles," said Officer. "We knew they would be competitive because they recently beat Colgate. Although we had some lapses, we were able to correct ourselves. We did a good job of responding to our mental lapses."

The Mids will face the Patriots at 5 p.m. at the Tose Family Tennis Center.

Navy 7, St. Joseph's 0
Doubles -- Navy wins doubles point (finish order: 2-3-1)
1. Nelms / Waters (N) def. Garabedian / Michael Stauble, 8-1
2. James / Lemaich (N) def. Cerutti / Pearson, 8-1
3. Nick Birger / Hill (N) def. Adams / Prusack, 8-2
Singles (finish order: 2-5-6-1-3-4
1. Nate Nelms (N) def. Pat Adams, 6-3, 6-4
2. Johnny Waters (N) def. Will Pearson, 6-2, 6-1
3. Jason Hill (N) def. Phil Garabedian, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
4. Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. Nick Tuxen, 6-3, 6-3
5. Alex James (N) def. Matt Prusack, 6-4, 6-1
6. Owen Bullard (N) def. Pat Cerutti, 6-3, 6-4