ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The fall season for the Navy men's tennis team came to a close this weekend with the Mids competing at the Navy Invite in Annapolis and at the Mad Hatter Invite in DeLand, Fla.
Aniketh Ayinala and
Nathan Nguyen each posted 2-1 records in singles during the Navy Invite.
Ayinala played a trio of three-set matches on the weekend. His wins were a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Markus Giersiepen from James Madison and a 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 decision against Philip Hilble from Long Island. Bucknell's Felix Steindel defeated Ayinala, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2, in his remaining match.
Nguyen defeated Dennis Wiebe from James Madison in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, and rallied after dropping the first set of his match against Alessandro Danna from Long Island to win in three sets, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. His lone loss was a 7-5, 7-5 defeat to Richmond's Otto Sewell.
Eight of the 10 Mids entered into the tournament won one doubles match.
Leading the way for Navy at the Mad Hatter Invite were
Tommy Kim with a 2-0 record in singles and
Luke Garner with a 3-0 record in doubles.
Kim began the weekend with a 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 victory over Stetson's Marc Saura. He then registered a 6-2, 6-1 win against North Florida's Spencer Dorosheff. Rain on Sunday stopped his match against Eastern Kentucky's Jose Miralles.
Garner first teamed with
Jake Young for a 6-3 win against the Stetson duo of Juan Rodriguez and Saura. He and
Herrick Legaspi next defeated the North Florida pairing of Andreas Scott and Bruno Vietri by the score of 6-2. Garner again partnered with Young on Sunday for a 7-6 (7-4) victory over Ryan Kitchin and Nuno Pinheiro from Eastern Kentucky.
Nguyen and
Jason Kim shared the Navy lead during the fall with seven singles victories.
J.J. Etterbeek and Young each posted six wins while
George Cutone,
Tommy Kim and
Steve Nguyen all had five victories.
Garner and Legaspi each had great fall seasons in doubles as they both put together 10-2 records. Cutone added eight victories and
Graydon Buckingham finished the autumn with seven doubles wins.
Navy's spring season begins Jan. 18 when the Mids play host to Saint Francis U. and St. Bonaventure.
