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Box Score 2 ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team swept a doubleheader today in the Tose Family Tennis Center. The Mids (14-2) began the day with a 6-1 victory over Morgan State (1-2) and then posted a 4-3 victory over Hofstra (2-5).
Navy 6, Morgan State 1
The Mids won each of the three doubles matches, but all were close contests.
Luke Garner and
Sasha Panyan first combined for a 7-5 victory at the No. 1 flight.
Jason Kim and
Steve Nguyen followed with a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles. Completing the sweep was the No. 3 team of
Matthew McNair and
Nicholas Nguyen who posted a 7-6 (11-9) victory.
Nicholas Nguyen made the score 2-0 when he lost just one game in winning his No. 5 singles match. Panyan then posted a 7-5, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles. After the Bears won at the No. 2 flight,
Zach Quattro clinched the overall match decision with hos 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles. Navy's additional two points were won by, in order of finish, Kim at No. 4 singles (7-5, 7-5) and
Steve Nguyen at No. 3 singles (7-5, 6-7 [1-7], 1-0 [10-4]).
Navy 4, Hofstra 3
Hofstra earned the doubles point from Navy with wins at the Nos. 1 and 3 flights. Posting a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles for the Mids was the team of
Tommy Kim and
Jake Young.
Kim tied the score at 1-1 with his 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles.
Nathan Nguyen gave the Mids the lead thanks to his 6-2, 7-5 victory at No. 4 singles. Young then placed Navy's third point on the scoreboard with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles. A few minutes later,
Aniketh Ayinala posted a 7-5, 6-4 victory at No. 3 singles to secure the team win.
Up Next
Navy travels to Chicago this evening for matches Sunday against Western Michigan and DePaul.
Navy 6, Morgan State 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-2-3)
1. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Carpenter, Mikeal / Rachal, Niles, 7-5
2. Kim, Jason / Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Karenzi, Bertin / Patterson, Kondwani, 6-3
3. McNair, Matthew / Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. Rankins, Rhajzon / Santos, Antonio, 7-6 (11-9)
Singles (5-1-2-6-4-3)
1. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Carpenter, Mikeal, 7-5, 6-1
2. Rachal, Niles (MORGAN) def. Garner, Luke, 6-1, 7-5
3. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Rankins, Rhajzon, 7-5, 6-7 (1-7), 1-0 (10-4)
4. Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Brown, Makkijha, 7-5, 7-5
5. Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. Karenzi, Bertin, 6-1, 6-0
6. Quattro, Zach (NAVY) def. Patterson, Kondwani, 6-3, 6-2
Navy 4, Hofstra 3
Doubles -- Hofstra wins the doubles point (2-3-1)
1. Kovakenko, Ostap / Mahrt Guyou, Jon (HOF) def. Legaspi, Herrick / Nguyen, Nathan, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Kim, Tommy / Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Garcia, Matthew / Turina, Vincent, 6-2
3. Odani, Katia / Reynolds, Josh (HOF) def. Buckingham, Graydon / Gu, Aaron, 6-4
Singles (6-4-5-3-2-1)
1. Kovakenko, Ostap (HOF) def. Legaspi, Herrick, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Reynolds, Josh (HOF) def. Etterbeek, J.J., 6-4, 7-5
3. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. Michaels, Maxim, 7-5, 6-4
4. Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. Garcia, Matthew, 6-2, 7-5
5. Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Matsuoka, Hideki, 6-4, 6-3
6. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Turina, Vincent, 6-3, 6-2