Final Stats

STERLING, Va. â€"â€" The Navy men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision to George Washington Saturday afternoon in Sterling, Va. The Mids fell to 10-9 on the season with the loss while the Colonials improved to 8-4 with the victory.

George Washington won the first two doubles matches to finish to earn the doubles point before Navy's No. 2 tandem of Cameron Kirkpatrick (So., Menlo Park, Calif.) and Ian Landwehr (Fr., Daleville, Ind.) won a 6-3 decision over Christos Hadjigeorgiou and Chris Reynolds.

"Cam and Ian played really well in doubles today," said Navy head coach Chris Garner. "They were closing out a number of points with winning volleys and overheads. George Washington was able to take the doubles point with a high percentage of first serves as well as a lot of aggressive returns."

The Colonials then won five straight-set singles matches to notch the victory. Included among those results were Zach Jennings (Fr., Snellville, Ga.) dropping a 6-4, 6-4 decision at the No. 2 flight and Kirkpatrick falling by the score of 6-3, 6-3 at No. 5 singles. Additionally, Landweher lost a 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-7) match at the No. 4 flight.

"In singles play," said Garner, "Cam, Ian and Zach were all in very competitive matches, but George Washington played some great tennis on the no-ad points. Zach and his opponent went back and forth for two close sets. They both were coming up with a lot of great shots."

Navy will return to the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis Sunday for a 4 p.m. match against Fairleigh Dickinson.

George Washington (8-4) def. Navy (10-9), 7-0
Doubles â€" George Washington wins the doubles point (3-1-2)
1. Chris Fletcher /Julius Tverijonas (GW) def. Krishna Jana / Zach Jennings, 6-3
2. Cameron Kirkpatrick / Ian Landwehr (NAVY) def. Christos Hadjigeorgiou / Chris Reynolds, 6-3
3. Jakub Behun / Jabari Stafford (GW) def. Andrew Hicks / Walker Sims, 6-2
Singles (1-3-5-2-4-6)
1. Julius Tverijonas (GW) def. Krishna Jana, 6-1, 6-1
2. Chris Fletcher (GW) def. Zach Jennings, 6-4, 6-4
3. Chris Reynolds (GW) def. Walker Sims, 6-2, 6-1
4. Dennis Afanasev (GW) def. Ian Landwehr, 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (10-7)
5. William Tutecky (GW) def. Cameron Kirkpatrick, 6-3, 6-3
6. Fernando Sala (GW) def. Joshua Martin, 6-3, 6-2