April 12, 2008

Final Stats

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- After dropping a combined total of nine games in winning the three doubles matches, the Navy tennis team won each of the six singles matches in straight sets to post a 7-0 victory over Lehigh Saturday afternoon at the Tose Family Tennis Center.

"I was very pleased with how we played today," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We played well in doubles and then put together six very clean singles matches."

Navy clinched the doubles point following a pair of 8-2 victories at the Nos. 2 and 3 flights. Winning at No. 2 doubles was the tandem of Alex James (Sr., Visalia, Calif.) and Ramsey Lemaich (So., Danville, Calif.), while Nick Birger (Fr., Belleville, Ill.) and Jason Hill (Jr., Marietta, Ga.) combined to pick up the victory at No. 3 doubles.

First off of the courts in singles was Owen Bullard (Fr., Concord, N.C.), who posted a 6-0, 6-3 win over Chris Collins at No. 6 singles. A few minutes later, Lemaich walked off the court following his 6-1, 6-2 victory over Arnaldo Pacheco at No. 4 singles. Recording the fourth and match-clinching team point for Navy was Hill, who put together a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over John Bolcar at No. 3 singles.

Rounding out the Navy singles victories on the day were James at No. 5, Nate Nelms (Jr., St. Mary's, Ga.) at No. 1 and Johnny Waters (Jr., Papillion, Neb.) at No. 2. Both James and Nelms lost just three games in their respective matches, while Waters won by the score of 6-3, 6-2.

Navy improves to 16-8 on the season and 4-0 in the Patriot League with the win, while Lehigh's record falls to 5-11 on the year and 1-4 in the league with the loss. The Mids will be back in action Sunday at 12 Noon when Navy plays host to George Washington. Weather permitting, the match will be played outdoors on The Yard.

"We are happy to have remained undefeated in the league with the win today and we are very excited about the opportunity to play a talented George Washington team Sunday," said Officer. "We are going to have to play the same type of match that we did today in order to be successful."

Navy (16-8, 4-0 Patriot League) def. Lehigh (5-11, 1-4), 7-0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (match finish order: 3-2-1)
1 - Nelms / Waters (N) def. List / Nespoli, 8-5
2 - James / Lemaich, (N) def. Pacheco / Cameron Silbert, 8-2
3 - Nick Birger / Hill (N) def. John Bolcar / Robert Bolcar, 8-2

Singles (match finish order: 6-4-3-5-1-2)
1 - Nate Nelms (N) def. John Nespoli, 6-2, 6-1
2 - Johnny Waters (N) def. Troy List, 6-3, 6-2
3 - Jason Hill (N) def. John Bolcar, 6-1, 6-1
4 - Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. Arnaldo Pacheco, 6-1, 6-2
5 - Alex James (N) def. Michael Gordon, 6-2, 6-1
6 - Owen Bullard (N) def. Chris Collins, 6-0, 6-3