ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team travels to Southern California this week to play a series of six matches.  The Mids (10-12) will play matches on Tuesday at UC Riverside (5-10) and Westcliff (5-2), Wednesday at Loyola Marymount (6-5) and Azusa Pacific (9-3) and Friday at UC San Diego (4-11) and Point Loma (8-1). 

The start times for Tuesday's matches at UC Riverside and Westcliff have been changed to noon ET.

Live video from Friday's match against Point Loma will be available through NavySports.com.

This is Navy's first trip to California since 2019.

Navy Review
Navy has fared well in doubles this season as it has won the doubles point in 15 matches.  The Mids have gone on to win nine of the matches in which they have held the 1-0 advantage.  

The pairing of Luke Garner (Sr., Arnold, Md.) and Sasha Panyan (Jr.. Lutherville, Md.) lead the team with a 12-1 record in doubles.  Herrick Legaspi (Fr., Sacramento, Calif.) and Nicholas Nguyen (Jr., McLean, Va.) have posted a 5-1 record as a doubles team, while the team of Aniketh Ayinala (Fr., Charlotte, N.C.) and J.J. Etterbeek (Fr., Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) has compiled a 4-1 record.  Additionally, the duo of Christian Pumpelly (Sr., Atlanta, Ga.) and Gavin Segraves (Sr., Charlottesville, Va.) has posted a 5-3 record.

Panyan, Pumpelly and Segarves have each recorded a team-high seven singles victories this spring, with Garner and Nguyen one win behind the trio with six apiece.

UC Riverside - Tuesday, March 14, Noon ET, SRC Tennis Courts, Riverside, Calif.
UC Riverside posted a 6-16 overall record last season and received the No. 5 seed in the Big West Conference Tournament with a 1-4 record.  The Highlanders lost to fourth-seeded Hawaii in the quarterfinal round of the postseason.

UCR takes a 5-10 record with it into Tuesday's match against Navy.  The Highlanders have lost to Loyola Marymount, Azusa Pacific and Army (4-1) and defeated Westcliff and Boston U. (4-3).

Navy and UC Riverside have met in one previous match.  The Mids posted a 4-3 win over the Highlanders in 2019.

Navy has tallied a 4-2 record against teams that currently comprise the Big West Conference.  

Westcliff - Tuesday, March 14, Noon ET, OC Great Park, Irvine, Calif.
Westcliff, an NAIA school, posted a 7-8 overall record a year ago and compiled a 5-3 record during the Golden State Athletic Conference regular season.  The Warriors were the fifth-seeded team in last year's GSAC Tournament and won their quarterfinal round match before losing to top-seeded San Diego Christian in the semifinals.

Westcliffe has posted an overall record of 5-2 this season and has won all four of its GSAC matches.  Included among the defeats for the Warriors this season was a 4-1 loss to UC Riverside.

Tuesday's match will be the inaugural meeting of Navy and Westcliff.

Loyola Marymount - Wednesday, March 15, 4 p.m. ET, LMU Tennis Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
Loyola Maryland finished the 2022 season with an overall record of 7-16 and a 2-7 mark against West Coast Conference opponents.

LMU has tallied a 6-5 record this spring.  Included among the results for the Lions have been a victory over UC Riverside and a loss to UC San Diego.

This will be the first match between the Lions and the Mids.

Navy has tallied a 1-12 record against teams that currently form the West Coast Conference.  The Mids most recently played WCC teams Gonazga and Pepperdine in 2019. 

Azusa Pacific - Wednesday, March 15, 5:30 p.m. ET, Munson and Bavougian Tennis Complex, Azusa, Calif.
Azusa Pacific, which competes on the NCAA Division II level, posted a 21-5 record last season.  The Cougars entered the PacWest Conference Tournament as the No. 2 seed and won a trio of matches to win the conference title.  Azusa Pacific would win both its NCAA West Regional match and its NCAA Tournament first round match before it lost to top-seeded Columbus State in the quarterfinal round of the postseason.  

APU will take a 9-3 record with it into a Monday match against Midwestern State.

Navy and Azusa Pacific will be meeting for the first time.

UC San Diego - Friday, March 17, 6 p.m. ET, Northview Tennis Courts, La Jolla, Calif.
UC San Diego ended the 2022 season with a 4-22 overall record and a 1-5 mark against Big West Conference foes.  The Tritons were ineligible for last season's Big West Conference Tournament as it was the second year of the school's four-year reclassification period to the NCAA Division I level of competition.

UCSD enters a Monday match against Harvard with a 4-11 overall record and a 0-2 record in its first season of being part of the official Big West standings.

Navy holds a 3-0 advantage over UC San Diego in the all-time series between the teams.  Each of those three matches took place more than 30 years ago (1990, '91, '92).

Point Loma - Friday, March 17, 6 p.m. ET, PLNU Tennis Courts, San Diego, Calif.
Point Loma compiled a 11-2 record last season and lost to Azusa Pacific in the semifinal round of the PacWest Conference Tournament.  The Sea Lions were the No. 6 seed entering the tournament.

PLNU will play host to Hawaii Hilo on Monday before taking on the Mids on Friday.  The Sea Lions start the week with an 8-1 record. The lone blemish on the ledger was a 5-2 loss to Azusa Pacific.

Point Loma won the only prior match in the series with Navy as it registered a 4-3 victory in 2019.