March 7, 2010

Final Stats

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy men's tennis claimed the doubles point and then split the six singles matches to defeat visiting Delaware 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at the Tose Family Tennis Center.

The victory, which came in Navy's third match in four days, ends a mini two-game skid for the Mids, who improve to 5-9 on the spring. The Blue Hens, meanwhile, fall to 1-2 in dual action.

The Midshipmen took the doubles point with wins at the first and second slots. Ramsey Lemaich (Sr./Danville, Calif.) and Nick Birger (Jr./Belleville, Ill.) won 8-4 at second doubles, while Owen Bullard (Jr./Concord, N.C.) and Nicholas Gutsche (Fr./Sarasota, Fla.) teamed up for an 8-6 win at first doubles to earn the point for Navy. Gutsche would also win his match at No. 5 singles.

Navy's Jeremy New (Jr./Glen Allen, Va.) also turned in a straight-set 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles setting up Zach Nicholson (So./Bowie, Md.) to clinch the team victory with a 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2 win over Chris Hincker at fourth singles.

The Mids have now topped Delaware by an identical 4-3 count in each of the last two seasons.

Navy will visit Patriot League foe Colgate on Saturday, March 13 in a match scheduled for a noon start.

Navy 4, Delaware 3

Doubles (3, 2, 1) - Navy Claims Doubles Point

1 - Bullard/Gutsche (N) def Longacre/Celik (D), 8-6

2 - Lemaich/Birger (N) def Scott/Hincker (D), 8-4

3 - Vorobyov/Barrer (D) def. Nicholson/Rebersak (N), 8-6

Singles (6, 3, 2, 5, 4, 1)

1 - Longacre (D) def. Bullard (N), 5-7, 7-5, 7-5

2 - Celik (D) def. Rebersak (N), 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

3 - New (N) def. Scott (D), 6-4, 6-3

4 - Nicholson (N) def. Hincker (D), 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2

5 - Gutsche (N) def. Barrer (D), 6-1, 7-6(6)

6 - Vorobyov (D) def. Richmond (N), 7-5, 7-5

## Go Navy! ##