PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Navy men's tennis team saw its season-opening eight-match winning streak come to a close Friday with a pair of losses to Penn in the Philadelphia school's Hecht Tennis Center. The Quakers (5-3) defeated the Mids (8-2) by the score of 7-0 in each match.
Penn won both of the doubles points, with its No. 1 doubles team of Aaron Sandler and Kian Vakili, the 41st-ranked team in the country, winning two matches.
Navy's No. 1 singles players
Sasha Panyan and
Herrick Legaspi each played well in losses to Manfredi Graziani. Panyan dropped a 6-3, 7-5 decision in the first dual of the day and Legaspi fell, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-0), in the second match.
Also going into a third set was
Aniketh Ayinala, who lost to Sandler, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4) at No. 3 singles in the morning match.
Navy will be in the Tose Family Tennis Center for matches Saturday against LIU (10 a.m.) and Youngstown State (1:30 p.m.).
Penn 7, Navy 0
Doubles -- Penn wins the doubles point (2-3-1)
1. #41 Sandler, Aaron / Vakili, Kian (PENN) def. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha, 6-3
2. Rutter, Matthew / Sai, Baylor (PENN) def. Kim, Jason / Nguyen, Steve, 6-1
3. Butera, Luka / Graziani, Manfredi (PENN) def. Gu, Aaron / Liu, Eric, 6-2
Singles (2-6-1-4-5-3)
1. Graziani, Manfredi (PENN) def. Panyan, Sasha, 6-3, 7-5
2. Vakili, Kian (PENN) def. Garner, Luke, 6-2, 6-3
3. Sandler, Aaron (PENN) def. Ayinala, Aniketh, 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-4)
4. Sai, Baylor (PENN) def. Nguyen, Steve, 7-5, 6-1
5. Rutter, Matthew (PENN) def. Kim, Jason, 6-0, 6-2
6. Butera, Luka (PENN) def. Quattro, Zach, 7-5, 6-0
Penn 7, Navy 0
Doubles -- Penn wins the doubles point (1-2)
1. #41 Sandler, Aaron / Vakili, Kian (PENN) def. Legaspi, Herrick / Nguyen, Nathan, 6-1
2. Rutter, Matthew / Sai, Baylor (PENN) def. Kim, Tommy / Young, Jake, 6-1
3. Butera, Luka / Graziani, Manfredi (PENN) vs. McNair, Matthew / Nguyen, Nicholas, 5-2, unfinished
Singles (6-3-4-2-5-1)
1. Graziani, Manfredi (PENN) def. Legaspi, Herrick, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-0)
2. Vakili, Kian (PENN) def. Etterbeek, J.J., 6-4, 6-2
3. Sai, Baylor (PENN) def. Nguyen, Nathan, 6-2, 6-0
4. Rutter, Matthew (PENN) def. Young, Jake, 6-2, 6-0
5. Butera, Luka (PENN) def. Kim, Tommy, 6-4, 6-3
6. Goodman, Tal (PENN) def. Buckingham, Graydon, 6-0, 6-0