ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team began its 2026 spring season by recording a pair of victories Saturday at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis. The Mids (2-0) began the day with a 7-0 victory over St. Bonaventure (1-0) and ended it with a 5-2 win over Saint Francis (0-1).

Navy 7, St. Bonaventure 0
The doubles point came down to the last match left on the courts.  Navy's No. 3 team of George Cutone and J.J. Etterbeek first posted a 6-1 victory over Luke Olivierre and Dilraj Singh-Dhillon, then the Bonnies tied the proceedings with a 6-0 victory at No. 1 doubles by Chase Cahill-Welsh and Connor Turner.  At No. 2 doubles, Navy's Tommy Kim and Herrick Legaspi jumped out to a 5-2 lead over Alex Kim and Davis Matney. The visitors tied the frame at 5-5 before the Mids won the next two games to give the Mids a 1-0 lead.

Navy went on to win all six singles matches in straight sets.  Zach Quattro defeated Olivierre, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 6 singles, Etterbeek registered a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kim at the No. 4 flight and Cutone defeated Matney, 6-2, 6-0, to give the Mids a 4-0 advantage.

From there, Tommy Kim won a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Singh Dhillon at No. 5 singles, Lachlan Buckingham followed with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Cahill-Welsh at No. 3 singles and Aniketh Ayinala defeated Turner, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 1 singles to end play.

Navy 5, Saint Francis 2
Just as in the early morning match, the doubles point was undecided until the third and final match was completed.  Navy's No. 2 tandem of Ethan Garcia and Jason Kim first tallied a 6-1 victory over Mario Beckles and Jonah Ng.  The Red Flash then saw their No. 3 team of Blake Lorenzo and Beau Welker defeat Zack Giertz and Daniel Seo, 6-2.  The Mids secured the point when Nathan Nguyen and Jake Young posted a 6-3 victory over Kevin Titus Suresh and Gregory Troyan by the score of 6-3.

A trio of singles matches finished within minutes of each other, after which Navy held a 3-1 lead.  Tommy Kim defeated Lorenzo, 6-2, 6-0, at the No. 3 flight, Garcia posted a 6-2, 6-2 win over Noah Potts at No. 5 singles and Beckles won a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Kai Edwards at the No. 6 flight.

It became a 3-2 lead when Suresh defeated Nguyen, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, at No. 1 singles.  Navy clinched the match on a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 win by Jason Kim over Ng at No. 4 singles.

The No. 2 singles match between Young and Troyan was extended into a third-set tiebreaker.  Young had won the first set by the score of 6-3, then Troyan forced a third set when he won a second-set tiebreaker, 9-7.  Young went on to win the third-set tiebreaker, 7-5, to end a very long but successful day for the Mids.

Up Next
Navy will play two matches Sunday at Penn.

Navy 7, St. Bonaventure 0
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (3-1-2)
1. Cahill-Welsh, Chase / Turner, Connor (SBU) def. Ayinala, Aniketh / Buckingham, Lachlan, 6-0
2. Kim, Tommy / Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Kim, Alex / Matney, Davis,7-5
3. Cutone, George / Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Olivierre, Luke / Singh Dhillon, Dilraj, 6-1
Singles (6-4-2-5-3-1)
1. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. Turner, Connor, 7-5, 6-3
2. Cutone, George (NAVY) def. Matney, Davis, 6-2, 6-0
3. Buckingham, Lachlan (NAVY) def. Cahill-Welsh, Chase, 6-3, 6-2
4. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Kim, Alex, 6-1, 6-1
5. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Singh Dhillon, Dilraj, 6-4, 6-2
6. Quattro, Zachary (NAVY) def. Olivierre, Luke, 6-4, 6-1

Navy 5, Saint Francis 2
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (2-3-1)
1. Nguyen, Nathan / Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Titus Suresh, Kevin / Troyan, Gregory, 6-3
2. Garcia, Ethan / Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Beckles, Mario / Ng, Jonah, 6-1
3. Lorenzo, Blake / Welker, Beau (SFU) def. Giertz, Zach / Seo, Daniel, 6-2
Singles (3-5-6-1-4-2)
1. Titus Suresh, Kevin (SFU) def. Nguyen, Nathan, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
2. Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Troyan, Gregory, 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 7-6 (7-5)
3. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Lorenzo, Blake, 6-2, 6-0
4. Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Ng, Jonah, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
5. Garcia, Ethan (NAVY) def. Potts, Noah, 6-2, 6-2
6. Beckles, Mario (SFU) def. Edwards, Kai, 6-2, 6-2