ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy women's tennis team (13-10, 3-1 PL) will close out its regular-season Patriot League schedule this week, as the Midshipmen play at in-state foe Loyola (12-3, 3-3 PL) Wednesday afternoon before returning home for Senior Day on Saturday morning against Boston University (8-7, 4-0 PL).
After ending its five-match road trip by playing the Greyhounds in a 3:00 p.m. match Wednesday at the McClure Tennis Center in Baltimore, Md., the Midshipmen will honor their four seniors prior to the start of Saturday's 11:00 a.m. showdown with the Terriers at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
Last Time Out
A week after notching a 6-1 win at Colgate two weeks ago, the Mids headed back to New York State last Saturday for the 2025 Star Match at rival Army, falling in a 4-1 contest to the Black Knights … After dropping the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles matches to Army, Navy quickly responded in singles when senior
Emily Tannenbaum won in straight sets against Cooper Jackson on the top court, but Emma Sy beat freshman
Molly Bellia at No. 4 spot and Vennmukiil Mathivanan defeated rookie
Emma Gu on the third court put the Black Knights on the verge of clinching … Getting the star-winning victory was Jenna Sabile on the No. 2 court against freshman
Grace Li, ending Army's three-match losing streak in the Star Match … Tannenbaum has won her last seven completed singles matches.
Mids in the National Rankings
Navy was well-represented in the national singles and doubles rankings put out by the ITA at the end of the fall, appearing three times … Slotted at No. 87 in the singles rankings was senior
Emily Tannenbaum, with the Midshipmen having two doubles teams ranked as well … Tannenbaum and fellow senior
Parvathi Shanker rated 51st on the doubles list, while the pairing of Tannenbaum alongside sophomore
Olivia Fermo was slotted at 104th in the same rating list … Tannenbaum came in at No. 124 in the latest singles rankings of the spring on April 8.
Tannenbaum Rewriting Record Book
Now holding three more spots in the Navy record book after setting the program records for career singles, doubles and combined wins during the Milwaukee Tennis Classic, Tannenbaum holds a total of seven school records … Last spring, the then-junior set the program record for single-season singles wins (33) and career No. 1 singles victories (37) while also resetting a pair of program single-season records she had previously set, tallying 18 victories at the No. 1 singles spot and registering 55 combined wins over the course of the campaign … Tannenbaum needs three more doubles wins to break the program single-season record of 24 set by Amanda Keller, Kaylah Hodge and Claudia Mackenzie during the 2017-18 campaign … Tannenbaum also needs one more win at the No. 1 doubles spot to break the program career record held by Hodge and Keller at 23 top-doubles victories.
Puryear Achieves Navy Milestone
With a doubleheader sweep to start the spring slate, head coach
Keith Puryear reached the 300-win mark for his Navy tenure … Compiling a 311-111 (.737) record through 17 seasons at the helm of the Mids, Puryear has also posted a 526-238 mark as a women's coach between his time at UMBC and Navy … His 513 victories ranked 20th among Division I women's coaches all-time and 10th among active women's coaches at the DI level entering the spring season.
Scouting Loyola
The Greyhounds enter Wednesday winners in their last two matches, as 4-2 victories at Towson and league foe Colgate propelled Loyola to a 12-3 overall record and 3-3 league mark … After opening the Patriot League slate with 4-0 wins over Lafayette and Holy Cross, Loyola suffered losses at Army, Bucknell and Lehigh before breaking the losing streak with the Towson/Colgate decisions … Elena paces the team in singles wins at 12-7, while Christine Richiez leads Loyola in doubles play with a 14-7 record.
Scouting Boston
The Terriers enter the week with an 8-7 overall mark and a 4-0 league record, riding a three-match win streak via victories over Lehigh, UMass and Holy Cross … Madison Liu has a team-best 16 singles wins (16-10), while Emily Zhao and Rhea Rai both have seven dual-match singles wins this spring … Liu and Blanka DeMicheli have partnered for a 13-9 doubles record, going 8-4 in dual matches, while Uma Bakaityte and Gabriella Mikaul have teamed up for a 13-10 mark … Bakaityte returns after being named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year and First-Team All-Patriot League last season.
Series Histories
Navy is 16-0 in the all-time series with Loyola, including 6-1 victory last season in Annapolis … The Mids last match at Loyola was a 6-1 win as well in 2023 … Navy is 1-12 in the all-time series against Boston University, with the Mids' 4-3 victory in the 2024 Patriot League Championship match over the Terriers marking the end of a 12-match winning streak by BU in the series.
Up Next
Navy will close out the regular season next week with two matches, playing at Saint Joseph's on April 15 and hosting Howard on April 18.
