Feb. 24, 2008
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy tennis team saw its four-match winning streak snapped Sunday when the Midshipmen dropped a 5-2 decision to Yale at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
"We were simply overpowered today," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We played well in doubles and put ourselves in a position to win the match. In the future, if we can better handle the pace we could win a match like this."
The doubles matches began with Navy recording an 8-4 win at the No. 3 flight before Navy's No. 1 team of Nate Nelms (Jr., St. Mary's, Ga.) and Johnny Waters (Jr., Papillion, Neb.) clinched the doubles point for the Mids with an 8-6 win at the No. 1 flight.
Navy's lone victory in singles came at No. 6 where Owen Bullard posted a 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) win over Tom Santoro.
Navy, 9-3 on the season, will take to the road for a pair of matches at the end of this week at Clemson (Friday) and at North Carolina State (Saturday). The Tigers are ranked 32nd nationally, while the Wolfpack is ranked 31st.
Yale 5, Navy 2
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (match finish: 3-1-2)
1. Nelms / Waters (N) def. Bennett / Green, 8-6
2. Caldwell / C. Dawson (Y) def. James / Lemaich, 8-6
3. Nick Birger / Hill (N) def. J. Dawson / Josh Lederman, 8-4
Singles (match finish: 2-1-4-3-5-6)
1. Michael Caldwell (Y) def. Nate Nelms, 6-3, 6-2
2. Jeff Dawson (Y) def. Johnny Waters, 6-1, 6-1
3. Rory Green (Y) def. Jason Hill, 6-4, 6-3
4. Connor Dawson (Y) def. Ramsey Lemaich, 6-3, 6-2
5. Calvin Bennett (Y) def. Alex James, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
6. Owen Bullard (N) def. Tom Santoro, 6-4, 7-6 (6-1)
Navy -- 9-3; Yale -- 3-2
