ANNAPOLIS, Md. --
Herrick Legaspi won a pair of matches as the Navy men's tennis team (19-14) improved to 6-0 in Patriot league play with a 4-0 victory over Holy Cross (7-8, 3-3), Sunday afternoon at the Westboro Tennis & Swim Club in Westboro, Mass. The Mids also won a 4-3 decision over Longwood (6-9) in Annapolis.
Navy claimed the doubles point from the Crusaders with victories at the Nos. 2 and 3 flights. Legaspi and
Charlie Spencer posted a 6-2 win over Matt Carlson and Patrick Ling at No. 2, then
George Cutone and
Nathan Nguyen recorded a 6-2 victory over Alessandro Bizzarri and Teddy Callery at No. 3.
The Holy Cross team of Jeremy Clark and Ezequiel De la Plaza held a 5-4 lead over
Luke Garner and
Jake Young at the No. 1 flight when play was halted due to the point being decided.
Only four courts were available at the facility, which meant the Nos. 1-4 matches took to the courts first. Young defeated Ling, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 4 singles, then Garner rallied for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory at the No. 3 flight to make the score 3-0. Legaspi closed play when he defeated De la Plaza, 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-4, at No. 1 singles.
Camilo Illanes held a 6-4, 2-2 lead on Cutone at No. 5 singles and Spencer was up on Bizzarri, 3-2, at No. 6 when Legaspi's match finished.
Back in Annapolis, Navy swept the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.
J.J. Etterbeek and
Tommy Kim combined for a 6-2 victory at No. 2 doubles over Petar Belosevic and Petter Lindquist.
Aniketh Ayinala and
Jason Kim followed with a 6-1 victory over Mauricio Gonzalez Paiva and Timeo Puech to earn the point for the Mids. Finishing the sweep was the No. 3 tandem of
Graydon Buckingham and
Aaron Gu, which defeated Marko Mrdak and Alejandro Uribe by the score of 6-4.
The Lancers tied the match at 1-1 when Puech defeated Ayinala, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 1 singles. Etterbeek gave the lead back to the Mids with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Belosevic at the No. 2 flight. Uribe tied the match again (2-2) with his 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory over
Tommy Kim at No. 4 singles.
Jason Kim recorded Navy's third team point of the match with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Gonzalez Paiva at No. 3 singles. Steven Nguyen then defeated Mrdak, 7-6, (7-2), 6-2, at No. 5 singles to secure the overall decision. The final match saw Lindquist defeat
Zach Quattro, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4, at No. 6 singles.
Navy will play matches Tuesday at Loyola and at home against Howard, then will play at Army Saturday.
Navy 4, Holy Cross 0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (2-3)
1. Clark, Jeremy / De la Plaza, Ezequie (HC) vs. Garner, Luke / Young, Jake, 5-4, unfinished
2. Legaspi, Herrick / Spencer, Charlie (NAVY) def. Carlson, Matt / Ling, Patrick, 6-2
3. Cutone, George / Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. Bizzarri, Alessandro / Callery, Teddy, 6-2
Singles (4-3-1)
1. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. De la Plaza, Ezequiel, 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, 6-4
2. Carlson, Matt (HC) vs. Nguyen, Nathan, 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 5-5, unfinished
3. Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. Callery, Teddy, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
4. Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Ling, Patrick, 6-1, 6-1
5. Illanes, Camilo (HC) vs. Cutone, George, 6-4, 2-2, unfinished
6. Bizzarri, Alessandro (HC) vs. Spencer, Charlie, 2-3, unfinished
Navy 4, Longwood 3
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (2-1-3)
1. Ayinala, Aniketh / Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Mauricio Gonzalez Paiva / Timeo Puech, 6-1
2. Etterbeek, J.J. / Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Petar Belosevic / Petter Lindquist, 6-2
3. Buckingham, Graydon / Gu, Aaron (NAVY) def. Marko Mrdak / Alejandro Uribe, 6-4
Singles (1-2-4-3-5-6)
1. Timeo Puech (LU) def. Ayinala, Aniketh, 6-2, 6-0
2. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Petar Belosevic, 6-4, 6-4
3. Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Mauricio Gonzalez Paiva, 6-4, 6-4
4. Alejandro Uribe (LU) def. Kim, Tommy, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Marko Mrdak, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
6. Petter Lindquist (LU) def. Quattro, Zach, 3-6, 6-0, 6-4