ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Nine different players won at least one match for the Navy men's tennis team as it registered its third-straight win against a Patriot League opponent Saturday when the Mids (23-12, 3-1) posted a 6-1 victory over Loyola (5-11, 1-3) on the USNA Tennis Courts in Annapolis. Later in the day, the other half of the Navy team won a 4-0 match at Wagner (1-18).
Navy 6, Loyola 1
Navy won each of the three doubles matches to take an early 1-0 advantage. The No. 1 team of
Herrick Legaspi and
Sasha Panyan defeated Oliver Davey and Nick Haggar by the score of 6-2. At the No. 2 flight,
Nicholas Nguyen and
Jake Young combined for a 7-5 victory over George Cavo and Nick Lawliss.
Graydon Buckingham and
Eric Liu added a 6-1 win over Matt Cardano and Cristian Pemueller at No. 3 doubles.
Legaspi at No. 2 and Young at No. 5 each won straight-set singles wins. Also winning straight-set matches for the Mids were
J.J. Etterbeek at No. 3,
Aniketh Ayinala at No. 4 and
Matthew McNair at No. 6.
Navy 4, Wagner 0
The Mids swept the three doubles matches at the three-court Staten Island Community Tennis Center. The most decisive victory for the Mids came at the No. 1 flight where
Luke Garner and
Tommy Kim combined for a 6-1 win over Jordan Hunte and Filippo Tonnicchi.
Jason Kim and
Steve Nguyen recorded a 7-6 (7-5) victory over Sebastian Dobson and Rodrigo Perez at No. 2 doubles. Navy's No. 3 team of
Aaron Gu and
Zach Quattro defeated Lucas Darling and Aryan Gupta by the score of 7-5.
Garner at No. 1,
Jason Kim at No. 3 and Gu at No. 6 all won straight-set singles matches.
Up Next
Navy will play host to Georgetown Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and play at Holy Cross Sunday at 11 a.m.
Navy 6, Loyola 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-3-2)
1. Legaspi, Herrick / Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Davey, Oliver / Haggar, Nick (LOY) 6-2
2. Nguyen, Nicholas / Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Cavo, George / Lawliss, Nick (LOY) 7-5
3. Buckingham, Graydon / Liu, Eric (NAVY) def. Cardano, Matt / Pemueller, Cristian (LOY) 6-1
Singles (6-2-3-4-1-5)
1. Cardano, Matt (LOY) def. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (12-10)
2. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Haggar, Nick (LOY) 6-3, 6-3
3. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Davey, Oliver (LOY) 6-2, 6-0
4. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. Lawliss, Nick (LOY) 6-0, 6-1
5. Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Cavo, George (LOY) 6-2, 6-3
6. McNair, Matthew (NAVY) def. Koziol, Dylan (LOY) 6-0, 6-1
Navy 4, Wagner 0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-3-2)
1. Garner, Luke / Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Hunte, Jordan / Tonnicchi, Filippo (WAG) 6-1
2. Kim, Jason / Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Dobson, Sebastian / Perez, Rodrigo (WAG) 7-6 (7-5)
3. Gu, Aaron / Quattro, Zach (NAVY) def. Darling, Lucas / Gupta, Aryan (WAG) 7-5
Singles (3-6-1)
1. Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. Perez, Rodrigo (WAG) 7-5, 6-0
2. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) vs. Tonnicchi, Filippo (WAG) did not start match
3. Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Gupta, Aryan (WAG) 6-2, 6-0
4. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) vs. Hunte, Jordan (WAG) did not start match
5. Quattro, Zach (NAVY) vs. Dobson, Sebastian (WAG) did not start match
6. Gu, Aaron (NAVY) def. Darling, Lucas (WAG) 6-4, 6-1