ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team split a pair of matches Saturday at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis. The Mids (7-3) posted a 5-2 win over Bryant (1-9) and lost a 4-3 decision to Richmond (3-2).
Navy won two of the three doubles matches against Bryant to take the early 1-0 lead.
Finn Garner (Jr., Arnold, Md.) and
Gavin Segraves (Jr., Charlottesville, Va.) combined for a 6-3 win over Grant Pertile and Diego Serra Sparrow at the No. 1 flight, while
Jack Dabek (Sr., Dublin, Ohio) and
Luke Garner (Fr., Arnold, Md.) defeated Will Pellegrini and Diego Trejo at No. 2 doubles by the score of 6-2.
The Mids then won four straight-set singles matches to earn the victory. Segeraves defeated Nick Lorenz, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 2 singles, then Dabek posted a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Leonardo Mileikowsky at No. 3 to make the score 3-0. Navy secured the match when
Finn Garner recorded a 7-5, 6-3 win over Serra Sparrow at the No. 1 flight. Completing the list of singles winners for Navy was
William Pak (So., Chantilly, Va.) as he defeated Trejo, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1, at No. 6 singles.
In Navy's second match of the day, Richmond won all three doubles matches to earn the lone point. Mids who posted singles wins were
Derrick Thompson (Sr., Towson, Md.) at No. 1, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7).
Jake Fishkin (Sr., Baltimore, Md.) at No. 3, 6-4, 7-5, and
Sasha Panyan (So., Lutherville, Md.) at No. 4, 6-4, 6-1.
The Mids will play four matches next weekend, starting with Friday matches at home against Fairmont State and at Delaware.
Navy 5, Bryant 2
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (2-1-3)
1. Garner, Finn / Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. PERTILE, Grant / SERRA SPARROW, Diego (BRYM) 6-3
2. Dabek, Jack / Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. PELLEGRINI, Will / TREJO, Diego (BRYM) 6-2
3. BARIL, Jean Christophe / MACAULAY, Marcus (BRYM) def. McLeod, Cy / Pumpelly, Christian (NAVY), 7-6 (8-6)
Singles (2-3-5-4-1-6)
1. Garner, Finn (NAVY) def. SERRA SPARROW, Diego (BRYM) 7-5, 6-3
2. Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. LORENZ, Nick (BRYM) 6-1, 6-2
3. Dabek, Jack (NAVY) def. MILEIKOWSKY, Leonardo (BRYM) 6-2, 6-4
4. PERTILE, Grant (BRYM) def. Garner, Luke (NAVY) 6-4, 6-5
5. PREGEL, Andrew (BRYM) def. Kjellberg, Jan (NAVY) 6-1, 7-5
6. Pak, William (NAVY) def. TREJO, Diego (BRYM) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
Richmond 4, Navy 3
Doubles -- Richmond wins the doubles point (2-1-3)
1. Keitelman, Josh / Kliebhan, Daniel (UR) def. Panyan, Sasha / Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) 7-5
2. Erwin, Campbell / Walsh, John (UR) def. Fishkin, Jake / McBride, Jack (NAVY) 6-0
3. Miano, Sebastian / Wernink, Alex (UR) def. Nguyen, Nicholas / O'Brien, Conners (NAVY) 6-4
Singles (4-2-6-1-3-5)
1. Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Kliebhan, Daniel (UR) 6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
2. Wernink, Alex (UR) def. McBride, Jack (NAVY) 6-1, 6-4
3. Fishkin, Jake (NAVY) def. Walsh, John (UR) 6-4, 7-5
4. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Miano, Sebastian (UR) 6-4, 6-1
5. Keitelman, Josh (UR) def. O'Brien, Conners (NAVY) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Burke, Alaister (UR) def. Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)