ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Herrick Legaspi and Nathan Nguyen combined for a doubles victory before each won singles matches in a 5-2 win by the Navy men's tennis team over Bucknell (13-6, 2-2), Sunday at the USNA Tennis Courts in Annapolis.

The Mids (25-14, 4-2) also lost a 4-3 decision at Hampton (7-12) on the day.

Navy 5, Bucknell 2
Navy's doubles team of Jason Kim and Steve Nguyen did not lose a game in winning its No. 3 match against Liam Kilmer and Tim Zelikovsky.  The Mids secured the doubles point when Legaspi and Nathan Nguyen combined for a 7-5 victory over Oscar Bain and Adam Stavrakas at the No. 2 flight.

Luke Garner won a 6-3, 6-2 match against Bain at No. 3 singles to give Navy a 2-0 lead.  Nathan Nguyen followed with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at the No. 6 flight over Brendan McDonald.  Legaspi would defeat Stavrakas, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 2 singles to make the score 4-0 and clinch the overall match.  

The Bison followed with wins at No. 4 and No. 1 singles, respectively, then J.J. Etterbeek won a 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9) match over Zelikovsky at No. 5 singles to account for Navy's fifth point of the day.

Hampton 4, Navy 3
The Pirates won matches at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles by the identical score of 6-2 to earn the doubles point.  Winning at No. 2 doubles for the Mids was the team of Aaron Gu and Tommy Kim, which won a 6-0 decision over Benjamin Mwanza and Shine Tokas.

Graydon Buckingham defeated Mwanza, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 6 singles to tie the match at 1-1.  It would be tied at 2-2 after Hampton's Aryan Arora beat Gu, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 at No. 5 singles and Nicholas Nguyen posted a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Donte Armbrister at the No. 3 flight.  

The Pirates again regained the lead after their No. 1 player, Emiliano Jorquera, won a 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 match over Jake Young.  Back came the Mids to tie the score at 3-3 when Zach Quatto defeated Tokas, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 4 singles.

The remaining match between Navy's Kim and Hampton's Daniel Flynn went to a third set.  Kim won the first set by the score of 7-5, but Flynn won sets two and three by scores of 6-2 and 6-1, respectively, to give the Pirates the victory.

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Navy will close its regular season Saturday when the Mids play host to Army at 1 p.m.

Navy 5, Bucknell 2
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (3-2)
1. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) vs. Brendan McDonald / Amar Tahirovic (BUCKNELL) 6-5, unfinished
2. Legaspi, Herrick / Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. Oscar Bain / Adam Stavrakas (BUCKNELL) 7-5
3. Kim, Jason / Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Liam Kilmer / Tim Zelikovsky (BUCKNELL) 6-0
Singles (3-6-2-4-1-5)
1. Amar Tahirovic (BUCKNELL) def. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) 7-6, 1-6, 6-4
2. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Adam Stavrakas (BUCKNELL) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
3. Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. Oscar Bain (BUCKNELL) 6-3, 6-2
4. Liam Kilmer (BUCKNELL) def. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) 6-3, 6-4
5. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Tim Zelikovsky (BUCKNELL) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
6. Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. Brendan McDonald (BUCKNELL) 6-3, 6-4

Hampton 4, Navy 3
Doubles Hampton wins the doubles point (2-1-3)
1. Armbrister, Donte / Jorquera, Emiliano (HAMP) def. Nguyen, Nicholas / Young, Jake (NAVY) 6-2
2. Gu, Aaron / Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Mwanza, Benjamin / Tokas, Shine (HAMP) 6-0
3. Arora, Aryan / Flynn, Daniel (HAMP) def. Buckingham, Graydon / Quattro, Zach (NAVY) 6-2
Singles (6-5-3-1-4-2)
1. Jorquera, Emiliano (HAMP) def. Young, Jake (NAVY) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
2. Flynn, Daniel (HAMP) def. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1
3. Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. Armbrister, Donte (HAMP) 7-5, 6-2
4. Quattro, Zach (NAVY) def. Tokas, Shine (HAMP) 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
5. Arora, Aryan (HAMP) def. Gu, Aaron (NAVY) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
6. Buckingham, Graydon (NAVY) def. Mwanza, Benjamin (HAMP) 6-0, 6-1