ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The top of the singles lineup helped the Navy men's tennis team to a 4-1 victory over Xavier (2-16), Sunday at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis.  Additionally on the day, the Mids (21-12) lost a 4-0 decision to No. 75 Monmouth (14-3) in West Long Branch, N.J.

Navy 4, Xavier 1
The Mids held a 1-0 lead after the finish of the doubles matches.  Navy's No. 1 tandem of Luke Garner and Sasha Panyan posted a 6-4 win over Ryan Cahill and Charlie Temming in the first match to finish.  The Mids secured the point when their No. 3 team of Nicholas Nguyen and Jake Young defeated Marco Pennelli and Kyle Totorica by the score of 6-3.

In the remaining match, Navy's No. 2 pairing of Herrick Legaspi and Nathan Nguyen held a 5-4 lead on Cristian Gonzalez and Pascal Mosberger when it was stopped.

Panyan, Legaspi and Garner, who played at the Nos. 1-3 positions in singles, won their respective matches to give Navy its four points.  Garner was the first of the three to finish as he defeated Pennelli, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 3 singles.  Legaspi then posted a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over Mosberger at the No. 2 flight.  Panyan ended play when he registered a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Cahill at No. 1 singles.

#75 Monmouth 4, Navy 0
The Hawks took the doubles point from the Mids with wins at the Nos. 1 and 3 flights.  Monmouth then won a trio of singles matches in straight sets to earn the victory.

Nine of Navy's 12 losses this year have been to teams that have appeared in the national rankings for at least one week this season.

Up Next
The Mids will play four more matches next weekend, starting with a match Saturday morning at home against Loyola and Saturday evening at Wagner.

Navy 4, Xavier 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-3)
1. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Ryan Cahill / Charlie Temming (XU) 6-4
2. Legaspi, Herrick / Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) vs. Cristian Gonzalez / Pascal Mosberger (XU) 5-4, unfinished
3. Nguyen, Nicholas / Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Marco Pennelli / Kyle Totorica (XU) 6-3
Singles (3-2-4-1)
1. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Ryan Cahill (XU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
2. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Pascal Mosberger (XU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. Marco Pennelli (XU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Charlie Temming (XU) def. Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
5. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) vs. Cristian Gonzalez (XU) 6-4, 3-6, 2-2, unfinished
6. Young, Jake (NAVY) vs. Jorge Santamaria (XU) 6-3, 6-7 (0-7), 1-1, unfinished

#75 Monmouth 4, Navy 0
Doubles -- Monmouth wins the doubles point (3-1)
1. Bivol, Mateo / Martinez Sanz, Alex (MON) def. Ayinala, Aniketh / Kim, Jason (NAVY) 6-4
2. Berner, Gabriel / Hillerby, Adam (MON) vs. Kim, Tommy / Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) 4-5, unfinished
3. Busato, Gabriel / Laporta, Diego (MON) def. Buckingham, Graydon / Gu, Aaron (NAVY) 6-2
Singles (6-1-4)
1. Bivol, Mateo (MON) def. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) 6-1, 6-2
2. Hillerby, Adam (MON) vs. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) 6-3, 2-3, unfinished
3. Berner, Gabriel (MON) vs. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
4. Martinez Sanz, Alex (MON) def. Kim, Jason (NAVY) 6-2, 6-1
5. Busato, Gabriel (MON) vs. Gu, Aaron (NAVY) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
6. Laporta, Diego (MON) def. Liu, Eric (NAVY) 6-0, 6-1