March 8, 2009
Final Stats
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - For the second day in a row, the Navy men's tennis team prevailed in a 4-3 victory as the Midshipmen topped Delaware on Sunday afternoon at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
It is Navy's second-straight win and improves the team's overall mark to 10-5, while the visiting Blue Hens fall to 0-2 this spring.
"We really came out ready and played very well in the doubles," said Navy head coach John Officer. "In the singles, I thought we got a little bit complacent and weren't able to sustain our intensity from the early session.
"Things tightened up and it quickly became a very close match. I thought we came back and did a good job of finishing things off. We're happy to get a pair of wins this weekend and are looking forward to our upcoming matches down in Florida."
The Mids started off strong with a sweep of the doubles point. Ramsey Lemaich (Jr., Danville, Calif.) and Owen Bullard (So., Concord, N.C.) cruised past Sam Barrer and Andre Vorobyov at No. 3, 8-1. Team captain Jason Hill (Sr, Marietta, Ga.) and Nick Birger (So., Belleville, Ill) then sealed the point with an 8-3 win over Delaware's Chris Hincker and Courtney Scott at No. 2.
Meanwhile at the No. 1 spot in the lineup, Johnny Waters (Sr., Papillion, Neb.) and Zach Nicholson (Fr., Bowie, Md.) claimed an impressive 8-4 win over the Blue Hens' strong doubles tandem of Austin Longacre and Nolan Greenberg.
In singles action, Bullard was first off the courts at No. 5, with a 6-3, 6-2 victory - his team-leading 16th of the season.
The Blue Hens would respond with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph at No. 1 singles from Longacre, but the Mids answered with wins on courts four and three to secure their 10th match victory of the season.
At No. 4, Lemaich earned a straight-set win (6-3, 6-4) over Delaware's Barrer, while Jason Hill posted his second match-clinching win of the weekend thanks to a 6-4, 6-2 effort at the No. 3 spot. The Mids lost a pair of hard-fought three-set decisions at No. 2 and No. 6 singles to create the final margin.
Navy will play two of its final nine matches of the spring at home, a stretch which gets underway March 18 when the Mids visit Jacksonville.
Navy (10-5) 4, Delaware (0-2) 3
Doubles -Navy wins the doubles point (Order of finish: 3, 2, 1)
1: Waters/Nicholson (N) def. Longacre/Greenberg (UD), 8-4
2: Hill/Birger (N)def. Hincker/Scott (UD), 8-3
3: Lemaich/Bullard (N) def. Barrer/Vorobyov (UD), 8-1.
Singles (Order of finish: 5, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6)
1: Austin Longacre (UD) def. Marcus Rebersak (N), 6-1, 6-2
2: Andre Vorobyov (UD) def. Johnny Waters (N), 7-6 (5), 6-3
3: Jason Hill (N) def. Chris Hincker (UD), 6-4, 6-2
4: Ramsey Lemaich (N) def. Sam Barrer (UD), 6-3, 6-4
5: Owen Bullard (N) def. Courtney Scott (UD), 6-3, 6-2
6: Nick Piacente (UD) def. Nick Birger (N), 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
# GO NAVY! #
