ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team ran its record to 8-0 on the season with a pair of victories over Howard (0-2) and Saint Joseph's (1-1), Saturday at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis.  The Mids posted a 7-0 victory over Howard and a 4-1 win over Saint Joseph's.

Navy 7, Howard 0
The teams played three close doubles matches, with Navy winning two of them to earn the point.  Luke Garner and Sasha Panyan combined for a 6-3 win over Justin Cadeau and Michael Major at No. 1 doubles.  Also winning for Navy was the No. 2 team of Aniketh Aylnala and J.J. Etterbeek by the score of 6-2 over Marcel Dawson and Kendrick Lash.  Howard's No. 3 team of Daniel Dunac and Gabe Knowles defeated Aaron Gu and Zach Quattro in a tiebreaker (8-6).

Navy won each of the six singles matches in straight sets.

Navy 4, Saint Joseph's 1
The Mids recorded victories at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles to take the early 1-0 advantage.  Tommy Kim and Jake Young combined for a 6-1 win over Justus Agbo and John Butler at the No. 2 flight, with Matthew McNair and Nicholas Nguyen defeating Jack Campbell and Mark Rubin, 6-3, at No. 3 doubles.

Herrick Leaspi won a 6-2, 6-1 match over Ernesto Ruy at No. 1 singles to make the score 2-0.  After Agbo defeated Young, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 3 singles, Gradyon Buckingham recorded a 7-5, 6-2 win over Butler at the No. 6 flight to give the Mids a 3-1 lead.  The match ended when Kim posted a 6-3, 6-2 win over Campbell at No. 5 singles.

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Navy will play two matches at Penn on Friday before playing host to Long Island and Youngstown State on Friday

Navy 7, Howard 0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-2-3)
1. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. CADEAU,Justin / MAJOR,Michael, 6-3
2. Ayinala, Aniketh / Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. DAWSON,Marcel / LASH,Kendrick, 6-4
3. DUNAC,Daniel / KNOWLES,Gabe (HOWM) def. Gu, Aaron / Quattro, Zach, 7-6 (8-6)
Singles (1-6-2-4-5-3)
1. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. DAWSON,Marcel, 6-0, 6-2
2. Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. MAJOR,Michael, 6-0, 6-4
3. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. CADEAU,Justin, 6-0, 6-4
4. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. LASH,Kendrick, 6-3, 6-0
5. Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. DUNAC,Daniel, 6-0, 6-3
6. Gu, Aaron (NAVY) def. KNOWLES,Gabe, 6-2, 6-4

Navy 4, Saint Joseph's 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (2-3)
1. Kim, Jason / Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) vs. Bezzaz, Othman / Ruy, Ernesto, 4-3, unfinished
2. Kim, Tommy / Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Agbo, Justus / Butler, John, 6-1
3. McNair, Matthew / Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. Campbell, Jack / Rubin, Mark, 6-3
Singles (1-3-6-5)
1. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Ruy, Ernesto (SJU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) vs. Bezzaz, Othman (SJU) 7-6 (7-4), 1-0, unfinished
3. Agbo, Justus (SJU) def. Young, Jake (NAVY) 6-3, 6-0
4. Kim, Jason (NAVY) vs. Papadopoulos, S. (SJU) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
5. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Campbell, Jack (SJU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Buckingham, Graydon (NAVY) def. Butler, John (SJU) 7-5, 6-2