ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– The Navy (13-5) men's tennis team earned a doubleheader sweep of Fordham (6-3) and Delaware (8-4) Sunday at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis, Md.  The Mids posted a 4-3 victory over the Rams and defeated the Blue Hens by the score of 6-1.
 
The Mids had to rally to defeat the Rams after not only losing the doubles point but also the first singles match to finish.  Derrick Thompson (Fr., Towson, Md.) put Navy on the scoreboard with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles.  Fordham then took a 3-1 lead with a victory at No. 5 singles.  Andrew Ton (So., Milpitas, Calif.) closed the gap down to 3-2 with a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 1 singles, then Sam Vagner (Fr., Staten Island, N.Y.) evened the match at 3-3 with his 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles.  Greg Durham (Jr., Melbourne Beach, Fla.) would earn the deciding point for Navy with a three-set victory –– 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3 –– at No. 3 singles.
 
"Cameron Kirkpatrick (Sr., Menlo Park, Calif.) and Sam played terrific at No. 3 doubles to win 6-0, but Fordham played better than us at the other two flights," said Navy head coach Chris Garner.  "Solid play by Andrew and Derrick got us to two points, then Sam and Greg had great wins with us down 3-2."
 
Navy quickly took a 1-0 lead on Delaware thanks to the Mids dropping only a combined three games in winning at the Nos. 2 and 3 flights.  Ton then lost only three games in winning at No. 1 singles to make the score 2-0.  The Blue Hens won at No. 4 singles to cut the Navy lead in half, but the Mids won at each of the remaining flights to earn the victory.  Those wins were recorded in straight sets by Jack Dabek (Fr., Dublin, Ohio) at No. 5 singles and Durham at the No. 3 flight, with Conners O'Brien (Fr., Rensselaer, N.Y.) winning a three-set decision at No. 6 singles.
 
"All three of our doubles teams came out strong and didn't stop to get us to the 1-0 lead," said Garner.  "Along with Andrew's solid win, Derrick, Greg and Conners had good composure in the big moments of the match to get us three more points."
 
Navy will be back in the Tose Family Tennis Center on Friday for matches against Fairleigh Dickinson (2 p.m.) and St. Francis Brooklyn (7 p.m.).
 
Navy def. Fordham, 4-3
Doubles – Fordham wins the doubles point (3-1-2)
1. Max Green / Finn Kemper (FOR) def. Dabek, Jack / Hicks, Andrew (NAVY) 6-2
2. Lutwin de Macar / Fabian Mauritzson (FOR) def. Lee, Matthew / O'Brien, Conners (NAVY) 6-4
3. Kirkpatrick, Cameron / Vagner, Sam (NAVY) def. Steven Duka / Jofre Segarra (FOR) 6-0
Singles (4-2-5-1-6-3)
1. Ton, Andrew (NAVY) def. Fabian Mauritzson (FOR) 6-0, 6-4
2. Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Max Green (FOR) 6-3, 6-2
3. Durham, Greg (NAVY) def. Finn Kemper (FOR) 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3
4. Lutwin de Macar (FOR) def. Lee, Matthew (NAVY) 6-2, 6-3
5. Alex Makatsaria (FOR) def. Kirkpatrick, Cameron (NAVY) 6-4, 6-4
6. Vagner, Sam (NAVY) def. Jeremy Chung (FOR) 6-4, 6-4
 
Navy def. Delaware, 6-1
Doubles – Fordham wins the doubles point (3-2)
1. Dabek, Jack / Ton, Andrew (NAVY) led Luis Molina / James Wilkinson (DELAWARE) 5-1, unfinished
2. Lohrbach, Peter / Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Nathan Benyowitz / Laurenz Lankes (DELAWARE) 6-2
3. Kirkpatrick, Cameron / Kjellberg, Jan (NAVY) def. Justice Jones / Guilherme Valdoleiros (DELAWARE) 6-1
Singles (1-4-5-2-6-3)
1. Ton, Andrew (NAVY) def. James Wilkinson (DELAWARE) 6-2, 6-1
2. Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Guilherme Valdoleiros (DELAWARE) 6-4, 6-3
3. Durham, Greg (NAVY) def. Justice Jones (DELAWARE) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3
4. Blaise Casselbury (DELAWARE) def. Lee, Matthew (NAVY) 6-4, 6-2
5. Dabek, Jack (NAVY) def. Curran Verma (DELAWARE) 6-1, 6-3
6. O'Brien, Conners (NAVY) def. Nathan Benyowitz (DELAWARE) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1