March 29, 2008
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- After sweeping the three doubles matches for the 11th time this season, the Navy tennis team went on to win five singles matches to post a 6-1 victory over Colgate Saturday at the Eastside Racquet Club in Manlius, N.Y. The victory improves Navy's overall record to 14-7 on the season and its league mark to 2-0, while the Raiders fell to 4-8 on the year and 0-1 in league matches with the loss.
Two of Navy's three doubles victories came by scores of 8-6, with the remaining contest seeing the No. 2 team of Alex James (Sr., Visalia, Calif.) and Ramsey Lemaich (So., Danville, Calif.) record an 8-4 win over John Nogueras and Michael Yassky.
Navy quickly took a 3-0 lead thanks to wins at No. 4 singles by Lemaich, who posted a 6-0, 6-2 win over Phil Bernasek, and at No. 6 singles by Owen Bullard (Fr., Concord, N.C.), who tallied a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Ruslan Goussiantnikov. A 6-3, 6-2 triumph by James over Yassky at No. 5 singles clinched the victory for the Mids.
Navy's remaining two points were tallied by Jason Hill (Jr., Marietta, Ga.) at No. 3 singles and by Johnny Waters (Jr., Papillion, Neb.) at No. 2 singles.
Colgate's lone victory came at No. 1 singles where Martin MacIntyre posted a 6-3, 6-4 win over Nate Nelms (Jr., St. Mary's, Ga.).
"It was the first time in quite a while that we did not have our best stuff," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We did an excellent job of working through some situations, including the doubles where we had two 8-6 matches. We were used to dominating the doubles and today was a real struggle. Johnny Waters did a nice job of winning both of his singles and doubles matches. The lower part of our singles lineup lost a combined eight games, so our depth is clearly an asset."
The Mids will stay on the road Sunday for a Patriot League match against Bucknell starting at 1 p.m. in Lewisburg, Pa.
Navy (14-7, 2-0) def. Colgate, 4-8, 0-1), 6-1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (match finish order: 2-3-1)
1. Nelms / Waters (N) def. Deck / MacIntyre, 8-6
2. James / Lemaich (N) def. Nogueras / Yassky, 8-4
3. Nick Birger / Hill (N) def. Bernasek / Goussiantnikov, 8-6
Singles (match finish order: 4-6-1-5-3-2)
1. Martin MacIntyre (C) def. Nate Nelms, 6-3, 6-4
2. Johnny Waters (N) def. John Nogueras, 6-3, 7-5
3. Jason Hill (N) def. Tyler Deck, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. Phil Bernasek, 6-0, 6-2
5. Alex James (N) def. Michael Yassky, 6-3, 6-2
6. Owen Bullard (N) def. Ruslan Goussiantnikov, 6-0, 6-1
