CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Navy men's tennis team (14-4) lost a pair of 5-2 decisions to Western Michigan (8-3) and DePaul (5-5) Sunday at the XS Tennis Village in Chicago, Ill.

Western Michigan 5, Navy 2
The Mids definitely has their chances to defeat Western Michigan.  The doubles point was not decided until the last of the three matches was finished as the Broncos won at the No. 2 flight (6-2) and Navy's No. 1 tandem of Luke Garner and Sasha Panyan posted a 6-2 win.

Western Michigan would win the point with a 7-5 victory at No. 3 doubles.

Three of the singles matches were extended into three sets, with the Mids able to record wins in two of them.  Panyan bounced back after losing the first set of his No. 1 singles matches by the score of 6-0 to win sets two and three, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), respectively.  Also rallying to win was Nicholas Nguyen, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 5 singles.

DePaul 5, Navy 2
The Blue Demons posted wins at Nos. 2 and 3 singles and led, 5-2, at the No. 1 flight when play was halted.

Navy's victories in singles were earned by Herrick Legaspi at No. 1 singles, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), and Tommy Kim at No. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-4.

Up Next
Navy will split its team for matches Friday and Saturday.  The Mids will play at Delaware and face Coppin State in Annapolis on Friday before playing at James Madison and playing host to Drexel on Saturday.

Western Michigan 5, Navy 2
Doubles -- WMU wins the doubles point (2-1-3)
1. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Anton Arzhankin / Jackson Boone, 6-2
2. Drew Evans / Benjamin George (WMUM) def. Ayinala, Aniketh / Etterbeek, J.J., 6-3
3. Adrian Quiros / Ferdinand Schlueter (WMUM) def. Kim, Jason / Nguyen, Steve, 7-5
Singles (1-6-4-2-5-3)
1. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Benjamin George, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
2. Anton Arzhankin (WMUM) def. Garner, Luke, 6-0, 6-4
3. Jackson Boone (WMUM) def. Nguyen, Steve, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
4. Matej Kajzer (WMUM) def. Kim, Jason, 6-2, 6-3
5. Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. Adrian Quiros, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Dimitri Moriarty (WMUM) def. Quattro, Zach, 6-0, 6-2

DePaul 5, Navy 2
Doubles -- DePaul wins the doubles point (2-3)
1. Shourya Verma / Jona Gitschel (DPU) vs. Legaspi, Herrick / Nguyen, Nathan, 5-2, unfinished
2. Leon Huck / Sven Moser (DPU) def. Ayinala, Aniketh / Etterbeek, J.J., 6-1
3. Laurentiu Mandocescu / Matteo Iaquinto (DPU) def. Kim, Tommy / Young, Jake, 6-2
Singles (4-2-5-3-6-1)
1. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Leon Huck, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Matteo Iaquinto (DPU) def. Etterbeek, J.J., 6-3, 6-3
3. Shourya Verma (DPU) def. Ayinala, Aniketh, 6-4, 6-2
4. Laurentiu Mandocescu (DPU) def. Nguyen, Nathan, 6-0, 6-3
5. Sven Moser (DPU) def. Young, Jake, 6-2, 6-4
6. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Jona Gitschel, 6-4, 6-4