ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– The Navy men's tennis team (1-1) split its two matches on Saturday, losing 6-1 to 2019 NCAA Tournament qualifier Dartmouth (1-0) and posting a 5-2 victory over St. Bonaventure (1-1).
The three doubles matches between the Mids and the Big Green were close ones, with Dartmouth defeating Navy in each contest.
Derrick Thompson (So., Towson, Md.) and
Andrew Ton (Jr., Milpitas, Calif.) lost, 7-5, to Charlie Broom and David Horneffer, the 28
th-ranked team in the country, at No. 1 doubles.
Jack Dabek (So., Dublin, Ohio) and
Greg Durham (Sr., Melbourne Beach, Fla.) dropped a 6-3 decision to Peter Conklin and Casey Ross at No. 2 doubles.
Jake Fishkin (So., Baltimore, Md.) and
Reilly Wilson (Fr., Greensboro, N.C.) lost in a tiebreaker at No. 3 doubles to Anders Gibbons and Dan Martin.
Navy's lone singles win came at the No. 5 flight where Dabek defeated Gibbons, 6-4, 6-4.
In the match between the Mids and the Bonnies, Navy lost a combined four games in winning the three doubles flights. Navy players then won four singles matches in straight sets to tally the victory.
Winning a pair of matches during the dual were
Gavin Segraves (Fr., Charlottesville, Va.),
Christian Pumpelly (Fr., Atlanta, Ga.) and
Matthew Lee (Sr., San Diego, Calif.).
Navy will split its squad again next week for matches Friday at Penn and at home against Mount St. Mary's.
Dartmouth 6, Navy 1
Doubles competition
1. #28 Broom, Charlie / Horneffer, David (DART) def. Thompson, Derrick / Ton, Andrew (NAVY) 7-5
2. Conklin, Peter / Ross, Casey (DART) def. Dabek, Jack / Durham, Greg (NAVY) 6-3
3. Gibbons, Anders / Martin, Dan (DART) def. Fishkin, Jake / Wilson, Reilly (NAVY) 7-6
Singles competition
1. Martin, Dan (DART) def. Ton, Andrew (NAVY) 7-5, 6-1
2. Horneffer, David (DART) def. Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) 6-7, 7-6, 1-0
3. Conklin, Peter (DART) def. Durham, Greg (NAVY) 6-0, 6-0
4. Quiles, Alejandro (DART) def. Fishkin, Jake (NAVY) 6-4, 6-2
5. Dabek, Jack (NAVY) def. Gibbons, Anders (DART) 6-4, 6-4
6. Speicher, John (DART) def. Wilson, Reilly (NAVY) 6-2, 6-1
Navy 5, St. Bonaventure 2
Doubles competition
1. Kjellberg, Jan / Lohrbach, Peter (NAVY) def. Lukas Malmberg / Marco Rivolo (SBUM) 6-3
2. Pumpelly, Christian / Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. Alejandro Arraya / Martin Estevarena (SBUM) 6-0
3. Ballesteros, Andres / Lee, Matthew (NAVY) def. Joseph Blakeley / John Rutkowski (SBUM) 6-1
Singles competition
1. Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. Martin Estevarena (SBUM) 6-3, 6-1
2. Lukas Malmberg (SBUM) def. Lohrbach, Peter (NAVY) 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
3. Marco Rivolo (SBUM) def. Kjellberg, Jan (NAVY) 7-5, 6-4
4. O'Brien, Conners (NAVY) def. John Rutkowski (SBUM) 6-2, 6-2
5. Pumpelly, Christian (NAVY) def. Jonni Heikkila (SBUM) 6-0, 6-2
6. Lee, Matthew (NAVY) def. Joseph Blakeley (SBUM) 6-0, 6-1