BETHLEHEM, Pa. –– The Navy men's tennis team improved its record in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League Tournament to 16-0 when the top-seeded Mids (7-0) defeated No. 8 Lafayette (2-8), 4-0, Friday morning at the Ulrich Varsity Tennis Courts in Bethlehem, Pa.

The victory advances Navy into a semifinal round match Saturday at 11 a.m. against fifth-seeded Colgate.

"We had a good start today," said Navy head coach Chris Garner.  "The team seemed to improve as the match went along.  We are looking forward to the opportunity to play tomorrow."

The first doubles match to finish was the No. 2 contest in which Navy's Jack Dabek (Jr., Dublin, Ohio) and Derrick Thompson (Jr., Towson, Md.) defeated Lafayette's Nash Lovallo and Josh Wolfe, 6-2.  The Mids broke the Leopards to start the match and then held serve take a 2-0 lead.  After Lafayette held its serve, Navy won the next four games to win the match.

All of the players held serve through the first five games of the No. 1 doubles match between Navy's Sasha Panyan (Fr., Lutherville, Md.) and Andrew Ton (Sr., Milpitas, Calif.) and Lafayette's David Kramer and John Yurconic.  The Mids registered a break of serve in the sixth game to take a 4-2 lead, held serve and broke the Leopards again to secure the point.

Navy's No. 3 tandem of Finn Garner (So., Arnold, Md.) and Gavin Segraves (So., Charlottesville, Va.) was serving for the match with a 5-4 lead over Ross Coleman and William Barry when play was halted.

The Mids would win the first set in each of the six singles matches to firmly take control.  Jack McBride (Jr., Chapel Hill, N.C.) made the team score 2-0 when he defeated Coleman, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 6 singles.  Segraves followed with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Kramer at the No. 5 flight.  Thompson closed out the match with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Yurconic at the No. 2 flight.

In the additional matches, Jake Fishkin (Jr., Baltimore, Md.) was serving for his match, 6-0, 5-1, at No. 3 against Wolfe, Garner was receiving serve one game away from finishing his No. 4 match, 6-3, 5-0, against Lovallo, and Ton led Barry, 6-2, 1-1, at No. 1 singles.

Colgate (4-5) won its quarterfinal round match Friday against fourth-seeded Bucknell.  The Raiders defeated the Bison by the score of 4-3.  Bucknell had recorded a 4-1 win over Colgate when the teams met on April 3.

Navy def. Lafayette, 4-0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (2-1)
1. Panyan, Sasha/Ton, Andrew (NAVY) def. Kramer, Daniel/Yurconic, John (LAF) 6-2
2. Dabek, Jack/Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Lovallo, Nash/Wolfe, Josh (LAF) 6-2
3. Garner, Finn/Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) vs. Barry, William/Coleman, Ross (LAF) 5-4, unfinished
Singles (6-5-2)
1. Ton, Andrew (NAVY) vs. Barry, William (LAF) 6-2, 1-1, unfinished
2. Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Yurconic, John (LAF) 6-1, 6-0
3. Fishkin, Jake (NAVY) vs. Wolfe, Josh (LAF) 6-0, 5-1, unfinished
4. Garner, Finn (NAVY) vs. Lovallo, Nash (LAF) 6-3, 5-0, unfinished
5. Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. Kramer, Daniel (LAF) 6-0, 6-0
6. McBride, Jack (NAVY) def. Coleman, Ross (LAF) 6-0, 6-1

Patriot League Tournament Schedule
Thursday, April 22 – First Round
3 p.m. – #8 Lafayette def. #9 Holy Cross, 4-0
Friday, April 23 – Quarterfinals
11 a.m. – #1 Navy def. #8 Lafayette, 4-0
11 a.m. – #5 Colgate def. #4 Bucknell, 4-3
3 p.m. – #3 Lehigh vs. #6 Boston U.
3 p.m. – #2 Army West Point vs. #7 Loyola
Saturday, April 24 – Semifinals
11 a.m. – #1 Navy vs. Bucknell / Colgate
3 p.m. – Lehigh / Boston U. vs. Army West Point / Loyola
Sunday, April 25 – Final
Noon – Semifinal Winners