Feb. 23, 2008
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy tennis team lost just three games in doubles and did not drop a set in singles in posting a 7-0 victory over Lafayette, Saturday afternoon at the Tose Family Tennis Center. The win was the fourth-straight recorded by the Mids, all coming by scores of 7-0, and improved Navy's record on the year to 9-2. Lafayette fell to 0-3 on its campaign with the loss.
"We came out and played extremely well in the doubles," said Navy head coach John Officer. "Everyone was very sharp. In the singles, we had some moments where our level dropped, but once again we did a good job of righting ourselves and getting back on track. It felt good to get started with the league season. We were able to play nine players in the match, so that shows our depth is excellent."
Each of Navy's three doubles teams won their respective matches by identical scores of 8-1. In singles, both Nate Nelms (Jr., St. Mary's, Ga.) at No. 1 and Jarrad Smoke (So., Belmar, N.J.) at No. 6 lost only two games in winning their matches. Also playing well was Jason Hill (Jr., Jr., Marietta, Ga.), who lost a total of three games in his win at No. 3 singles, and Joe Wiggins (Fr., Acworth, Ga.), who lost only five games in his straight-set win at No. 5 singles.
"I felt Jarrad Smoke was the player of the day for us," said Officer.
Navy will close out an extended homestand Sunday when the Mids play host to Yale in a 12 Noon match at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
Navy 7, Lafayette 0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (match finish: 2-1-3)
1. Nelms / Waters (N) def. Kojanis / Kraft, 8-1
2. Alex James / Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. McGranaghan, 8-1
3. Nick Birger / Hill (N) def. Haar / McLelland, 8-1
Singles (match finish: 3-1-6-4-5-2)
1. Nate Nelms (N) def. Eric Wiley, 6-0, 6-2
2. Johnny Waters (N) def. Justin Haar, 6-1, 7-5
3. Jason Hill (N) def. Brett Kraft, 6-1, 6-2
4. Owen Bullard (N) def. Lee Kojanis, 7-5, 6-2
5. Joe Wiggins (N) def. Matt McGranaghan, 6-1, 6-4
6. Jarrad Smoke (N) def. Kyle McLelland, 6-1, 6-1
