Feb. 9, 2008

Final Stats

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Navy tennis team came up on the short end of a 7-0 loss to 75th-ranked Maryland on Saturday afternoon at the Tennis Center at College Park. The Midshipmen fell to 5-2 on the year, while the Terrapins improved to 2-0 on the young season.

"This is the best Maryland team I have seen in my 24 years at the Naval Academy," stated Navy head coach John Officer. "They are strong in every position. We need to go back to the drawing board and get a win tomorrow."

Navy's best showing came at the No. 4 singles between Ramsey Lemaich (So./Danville, Calif.) and Boris Fetbroyt. Lemaich opened strong and won the first set, 6-3, before Fetbroyt came back to tie the match at one set apiece with a 6-2 victory in the second set. In the third and deciding set, Fetbroyt proved too much for Lemaich and won the set, 6-1.

The Midshipmen also competed against two of the region's top individual players on Saturday. Navy's Nate Nelms (Jr./St. Mary's, Ga.) took on Amit Inbar, who had a world ranking in the professional circuit, and fell by scores of 6-2 and 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Johnny Waters (Jr./Papillion, Neb.) opposed Andrew Orban, the 30th ranked player in the region, and fell in two sets, 6-1 and 6-2.

Owen Bullard (Fr./Concord, N.C.) bounced back from a 6-0 loss in the opening set at No. 6 singles against Michael Coleman to win the second set, 6-2. However, Coleman came back to pull out a 10-8 match tie-break victory over Bullard.

The Navy duo of Nelms and Waters were defeated by Orban and Fetbroyt, the 38th-ranked doubles tandem in the country, at No. 1 doubles by a score of 8-3. Navy No. 2 doubles team of Alex James (Sr., Visalia, Calif.) and Lemaich had a 5-2 advantage before Maryland's Inbar and David Kwon rallied to win the match, 8-5.

The Midshipmen return to Annapolis to host UNC Greensboro on Sunday at 1 p.m. in the Tose Family Tennis Center.

Doubles
1. Orban/Fetbroyt vs. Nelms/Waters: 8-3 (Maryland)
2. Inbar/Kwon vs. James/Lemaich: 8-5 (Maryland)
3. Nielsen/Coleman vs. Birger/Hall: 8-5 (Maryland)

Singles
1. Amit Inbar vs. Nate Nelms: 6-2, 6-3 (Maryland)
2. Andrew Orban vs. Johnny Waters: 6-1, 6-2 (Maryland)
3. David Kwon vs. Jason Hill: 6-4, 6-1 (Maryland)
4. Boris Fetbroyt vs. Ramsey Lemaich: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 (Maryland)
5. Nickolai Nielsen vs. Alex James: 6-4, 6-3 (Maryland)
6. Michael Coleman vs. Owen Bullard: 6-0, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8) (Maryland)