ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team concluded its home schedule by posting a pair of victories Wednesday afternoon. The Mids (19-19) registered a 6-1 victory over Howard (3-11) and defeated Mount St. Mary's (4-13) by the score of 4-0.
Navy 6, Howard 1
Navy won all three matches to earn the doubles point against Howard. The Mids automatically took a 2-0 lead when the Bison didn't enter a player into the No. 6 spot in the singles lineup. Navy would win four singles matches, three of them by straight sets.
Christian Pumpelly (Sr., Atlanta, Ga.) and
Gavin Segraves (Sr., Charlottesville, Va.) combined for a 7-6 (8-6) win at No. 1 doubles, then each won a pair of singles matches. Segraves tallied a 6-2, 6-2 win at the No. 1 flight and Pumpelly won, 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-8), at No. 4 singles.
Also winning in both singles and doubles were
J.J. Etterbeek (Fr., Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and
Matthew McNair (Fr., Annapolis, Md.). The pair didn't lose a game in posting a 6-0 win at No. 3 doubles, Etterbeek followed with a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles and McNair recorded a 6-3, 6-1 win at the No. 5 flight.
The remaining No. 2 doubles match saw
Aniketh Ayinala (Fr., Charlotte, N.C.) and
Luke Garner (So., Arnold, Md.) win by the score of 6-3.
Navy 4, Mount St. Mary's 0
Luke Garner took to the courts for his second match of the day as he combined with
Sasha Panyan (Jr., Lutherville, Md.) for a 6-1 victory at No. 1 doubles. A 6-1 win by Navy's No. 2 team of
Finn Garner (Sr., Arnold, Md.) and
Nathan Nguyen (Fr., McLean, Va.) secured the doubles point for the Mids against the Mountaineers.
Panyan quickly won a 6-1, 6-0 decision at No. 1 singles to make the score 2-0.
Herrick Legaspi (Fr., Sacramento, Calif.) earned a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles, then
Graydon Buckingham (Fr., Daufuskie Island, S.C.) notched a 6-4, 6-3 win at the No. 5 flight to end play.
Nguyen at No. 4 and
Dylan Carol (Sr., Miami, Fla.) at No. 6 were each one game away from posting straight-set victories when play was halted due to the overall match being decided. Also,
Luke Garner was about to start the third set of his No. 2 singles match at the time play stopped.
Up Next
Navy will play its traditional regular season finale against Army Saturday at 1 p.m. in West Point, N.Y.
Navy 6, Howard 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (3-2-1)
1. Pumpelly, Christian / Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. CADEAU, Justin / DAWSON, Marcel, 7-6 (8-6)
2. Ayinala, Aniketh / Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. DIENG, Hassimiyou / DUNAC, Daniel, 6-3
3. Etterbeek, J.J. / McNair, Matthew (NAVY) def. KNOWLES, Gabe / WESTBROOK, Pierce, 6-0
Singles (6-5-1-2-4-3)
1. Segraves, Gavin (NAVY) def. CADEAU, Justin, 6-2, 6-2
2. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. DAWSON, Marcel, 6-2, 6-1
3. DUNAC, Daniel (HOWM) def. Ayinala, Aniketh, 7-5, 7-5
4. Pumpelly, Christian (NAVY) def. DIENG, Hassimiyou, 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-8)
5. McNair, Matthew (NAVY) def. WESTBROOK, Pierce, 6-3, 6-1
6. Navy wins by default
Navy 4, Mount St. Mary's 0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-2-3)
1. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. CRONIN, Marcel / DAGKLIS, Christos, 6-1
2. Garner, Finn / Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. ISGETT, Ryan / MARTINEZ-ZUCCARDI, Pablo, 6-1
3. KARNIBAD, Jarrett / ZACHIOTIS, Filippos (MOUNT) def. Legaspi, Herrick / Liu, Eric, 6-3
Singles (1-3-5)
1. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. ZACHIOTIS, Filippos, 6-1, 6-0
2. Garner, Luke (NAVY) vs. STEVENS, Elliot, 6-2, 5-7, unfinished
3. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. ABRIOLA, Giovanni, 6-3, 6-4
4. Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) vs. PAPAYOANOU, Luke, 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
5. Buckingham, Graydon (NAVY) def. CRONIN, Marcel, 6-4, 6-3
6. Carol, Dylan (NAVY) vs. KARNIBAD, Jarrett, 6-4, 5-4, unfinished