ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team posted wins in five of six doubles matches on Sunday as the Mids (6-6) recorded a 7-0 victory over Wagner (0-1) in Annapolis and lost a 6-1 decision to Youngstown State (4-3) in Youngstown, Ohio.
Navy's doubles teams have combined for a 23-13 record in dual matches.
Navy 7, Wagner 0
Navy's three doubles teams lost a combined five games in sweeping the three matches.
Christian Pumpelly (Sr., Atlanta, Ga.) and
Gavin Segraves (Sr., Charlottesville, Va.) did not lose a game in winning at No. 2 doubles and be the first match to finish. The next match to finish was the No. 3 flight where
Herrick Legaspi (Fr., Sacramento, Calif.) and
Nicholas Nguyen (Jr., McLean, Va.) won a 6-3 decision. Completing the sweep was the No. 1 tandem of
Luke Garner (So., Arnold, Md.) and
Sasha Panyan (Jr., Lutherville, Md.) as the pairing won by the score of 6-2.
Those same six Mids then took to the court in singles and each won in straight sets.
Youngstown State 6, Navy 1
The Penguins won the first doubles match to finish, but the Mids won the remaining two flights in tiebreakers to earn the available point.
At No. 3 doubles,
Andres Ballesteros (Sr., West Hartford, Conn.) and
Eric Liu (Jr., Canton, Mich.) won a 7-2 tiebreaker, then
Matthew McNair (Fr., Annapolis, Md.) and
J.J. Etterbeek (Fr., Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) posted a 9-7 win in the breaker to win at the No. 2 flight.
Youngstown State went on to win the six singles matches in straight sets.
Up Next
Navy will play host to Richmond (10 a.m.) and Delaware (2 p.m.) Saturday in the Tose Family Tennis Center.
Navy 7, Wagner 0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (2-3-1)
1. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Loutfy, Omar / Mehra, Tejasvi (WAG) 6-2
2. Pumpelly, Christian / Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. Arazza, Odeda / Perez, Rodrigo (WAG) 6-0
3. Legaspi, Herrick / Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. Lynch, Philip / Venkatramana, Jai (WAG) 6-3
Singles (2-5-1-6-3-4)
1. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Perez, Rodrigo (WAG) 6-0, 6-4
2. Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. Lynch, Philip (WAG) 6-1, 6-0
3. Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. Mehra, Tejasvi (WAG) 6-1, 6-3
4. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Arazza, Odeda (WAG) 6-3, 7-5
5. Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. Hunte, Jordan (WAG) 6-2, 6-0
6. Pumpelly, Christian (NAVY) def. Loutfy, Omar (WAG) 6-1, 7-5
Youngstown State 6, Navy 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-3-2)
1. Mandocescu,Laurentiu / Favier, Nathan (YSU) def. Nguyen, Nathan / Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) 6-3
2. McNair, Matthew / Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Everett, Will / Gonzalez Pla, Javi (YSU) 7-6 (9-7)
3. Ballesteros, Andres / Liu, Eric (NAVY) def. Moreno, David / Ibanez, Asier (YSU) 7-6 (7-2)
Singles (6-2-3-1-4-5)
1. Mandocescu,Laurentiu (YSU) def. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) 6-4, 6-3
2. Favier, Nathan (YSU) def. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) 6-3, 6-0
3. Everett, Will (YSU) def. Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) 6-3, 6-4
4. Gonzalez Pla, Javi (YSU) def. McNair, Matthew (NAVY) 6-1, 6-2
5. Moreno, David (YSU) def. Liu, Eric (NAVY) 7-5, 6-4
6. Ibanez, Asier (YSU) def. Ballesteros, Andres (NAVY) 6-1, 6-1