ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– The Navy men's tennis team posted a winning record in both singles and doubles this weekend while competing at the Joe Hunt Invitational and the Milwaukee Tennis Classic.  The Mids combined for a 22-20 record in singles and a 10-9 record in doubles at the two tournaments.

"It definitely was a learning weekend," said Navy head coach Chris Garner.  "Hopefully we can build upon some of the positives that the team experienced over the three days of play."

At the Navy-hosted Joe Hunt Invite, Jack Dabek (Sr., Dublin, Ohio) ended the three-day event with a 3-0 record in singles.  Cy McLeod (Fr., Augusta, Ga.), Nicholas Nguyen (So., McLean, Va.) and William Pak (So., Chantilly, Va.) each posted 3-1 marks.  Additionally, Jan Kjellberg (Sr., White Plains, N.Y.) and Conners O'Brien (Sr., Rensselaer, N.Y.) each finished played with 2-0 records.  

Dabek did not drop a set in winning his three matches against opponents from St. Bonaventure (Ethan Nguyen and Jean Massero) and Mary Washington (Priyan Desilva).  McLeod won straight-set matches against foes from Fairleigh Dickinson (Andrei Oprisor) and Christopher Newport (Mason Kolls).  Nguyen and Pak each won a pair of 10-point tiebreakers (used in place of a complete third set) over the course of the tournament.  

Pak and Christian Pumpelly (Jr., Atlanta, Ga.) combined for a 3-1 record in doubles.  The winning scores for the pair were 6-3 against teams from Christopher Newport (Matthew Dubuque and Eddy Hansen) and St. Bonaventure (Marrero and Will Schneideman) and 6-2 versus another team from St. Bonaventure (Luke Riemann and Norka Sanchez).  The lone loss for the Pak-Pumpelly duo was a 6-4 defeat to Campell Erwin and Alex Wernick from Richmond.

Three additional Navy tandems –– Dabek and Finn Garner (Jr., Arnold, Md.), O'Brien and Sam Vagner (Sr., Staten Island, N.Y.) and Andres Ballesteros (Jr., West Hartford, Conn.) and Eric Liu (So., Canton, Mich.) –– posted 2-1 marks.

"Cy finished strong by winning his last three matches," said Garner.  "He played some of his best tennis on the biggest points.  Andres and Eric had a strong start in doubles.  Their games complemented one another well."

Navy also sent Sasha Panyan (So., Lutherville, Md.) and Gavin Segraves (Jr., Charlottesville, Va.) to the 45th annual Milwaukee Tennis Classic.  Panyan lost a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Aditya Vashistha from Notre Dame in the first round of the 32-player singles draw, and Segraves fell, 6-2, 7-5, to David Norfoldt of Notre Dame in the same round.  Segraves went on to win his first match in the consolation draw, a 7-5, 6-4 win over Robin Parts from Wisconsin before losing, 6-4, 6-4, to Jordan Hasseon from Oklahoma in the second round.

Panyan and Segraves also lost a 6-2 match to Hunter Heck and Olivier Stuart from Illinois in the first round of the 16-team doubles bracket.

Navy will be back on the courts in two weekends when the Mids participate in the Oct. 8-10 Richmond Invite and the Oct. 9 Philadelphia Cricket Club Invite.