ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– Andrew Ton (Sr., Milpitas, Calif.), Derrick Thompson (Jr., Towson, Md.) and Gavin Segraves (So., Charlottesville, Va.) each won a pair of matches to help the Navy men's tennis team (2-0) defeat Delaware (1-1), 5-2, Saturday afternoon at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis.
 
"Delaware is a much improved team," said Navy head coach Chris Garner.  "(Head coach) Pablo Montana has done a great job with the program as they have become more and more competitive each year.  This year's Delaware team is no exception."
 
The first doubles match to end was the No. 3 contest where Segraves and Finn Garner (So., Arnold, Md.) combined for a 6-4 victory over Liam Hedlund and Luis Molina.  Navy earned the available point when Thompson and Jake Fishkin (Jr., Baltimore, Md.) combined for a 6-2 win over Julian Chousa and Pierce Gilheany at the No. 2 flight.
 
Ton teamed with Sasha Panyan (Fr., Lutherville, Md.) for a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles against Pierre-Louis Difens and Hames Wilkinson in the final match of the three to finish.
 
"It was a quality start for us in doubles as we took the 1-0 lead," said Garner.
 
The Blue Hens quickly won at Nos. 4 and 3 singles, respectively, to take a 2-1 lead.  Navy tied the match at 2-2 when Thompson edged Dodens, 6-0, 3-6, 6-4, at No. 2 singles.  Ton made the score 3-2 in favor of the Mids when he defeated Wilkinson, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, at No. 1 singles.  Segraves placed Navy's match-clinching fourth team point of the day on the scoreboard with his 7-6, 6-3 victory over Hedlund at No. 5 singles.
 
The remaining match saw Jack McBride (Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C.) defeat Guilherme Valdoleiros, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6, at No. 6 singles.
 
"In singles," said Garner, "we knew Delaware was going to very strong in the middle of their lineup.  Those Nos. 2-4 players came in with a lot of experience and it showed as they won two of those three matches.  Derrick came up big in the third set to take one of those key matches.  Delaware was competitive in the remaining three matches, as well, but Andrew, Gavin and Jack all played very physical matches."
 
Navy will continue its season March 6 when the Mids play host to James Madison.
 
Navy 5, Delaware 2
Doubles – Navy wins the doubles point (3-2-1)
1. Panyan, Sasha / Ton, Andrew (NAVY) def. Dodens, Pierre-Louis / Wilkinson, James (DEL) 6-3
2. Fishkin, Jake / Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Chousa, Julian / Gilheany, Pierce (DEL) 6-2
3. Garner, Finn / Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. Hedlund, Liam / Molina, Luis (DEL) 6-4
Doubles (4-3-2-1-5-6)
1. Ton, Andrew (NAVY) def. Wilkinson, James (DEL) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
2. Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Dodens, Pierre-Louis (DEL) 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
3. Gilheany, Pierce (DEL) def. Fishkin, Jake (NAVY) 6-4, 6-2
4. Chousa, Julian (DEL) def. Garner, Finn (NAVY) 6-2, 6-2
5. Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. Hedlund, Liam (DEL) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
6. McBride, Jack (NAVY) def. Valdoleiros, Guilherme (DEL) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4)