ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team split a doubleheader Thursday as the Mids (5-3) registered a 5-2 win over Longwood (0-1) and dropped a 4-3 decision to Morgan State (1-1) at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis.

The day began with Navy's win over Longwood.

The Lancers claimed wins at both Nos. 2 and 3 doubles to take the early 1-0 lead.  In singles, J.J. Etterbeek won a shortened match when his No. 4 opponent, Alejandro Uribe, had to retire with Etterbeek leading 3-2 in the first set.  That tied the match at 1-1.

Aniketh Ayinala made the score 2-1 when he defeated Ninad Raut, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 2 singles.  Longwood answered with a win by Rufus Plane over George Cutone by the score of 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 3 flight to again tie the match (2-2).

Herriek Legaspi then won a very close match over Daniel Borisov at No. 1 singles, with Legaspi winning 7-5, 7-6 (9-7) to give Navy a 3-2 lead.  Jason Kim earned the match-clinching fourth team point when he defeated Petter Lindquist, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 6 singles.

Tommy Kim closed play with a 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 1-0 (10-6) victory at No. 5 singles over Daniel Lopez.

Navy then fell in its match to the Bears.  The Mids started the dual by winning all three doubles matches.  Jason Kim and Herrick Legaspi posted a 7-5 win at No. 1, Tommy Kim and Jake Young tallied a 6-3 win at No. 2 and the team of George Cutone and Etterbeek won its No. 3 match by the score of 6-3.

Ayinala made the score 2-0 when his opponent retired while trailing by the score of 4-2 in the first set.  After Morgan State won at No. 3 singles, Ethan Garcia would win his match at the No. 5 flight, 6-2, 6-2, to make the score 3-1.  The Bears won the remaining three matches in straight sets to record the victory.

Navy will be back in the facility Saturday when it plays host to Hofstra (10 a.m.) and George Mason (1 p.m.).

Navy 5, Longwood 2
Doubles -- Longwood wins the doubles point (3-2-1)
1. Ayinala, Aniketh / Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Mrdak, Marko / Plane, Rufus, 6-4
2. Lopez, Daniel / Uribe, Alejandro (LONG) def. Kim, Tommy / Legaspi, Herrick, 7-5
3. Borisov, Daniel / Raut, Ninad (LONG) def. Etterbeek, J.J. / Garcia, Ethan, 6-2
Singles (4-2-3-1-6-5)
1. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Borisov, Daniel, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7)
2. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. Raut, Ninad, 6-3, 6-2
3. Plane, Rufus (LONG) def. Cutone, George, 6-3, 6-4
4. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Uribe, Alejandro, 3-2, retired
5. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Lopez, Daniel, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)
6. Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Lindquist, Petter, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)

Morgan State 4, Navy 3
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (3-2-1)
1. Kim, Jason / Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. FILIMA,Roman / RANKINS,Rhajzon, 7-5
2. Kim, Tommy / Young, Jake (NAVY) def. ABDULRAHEEM,Isa / MALTSEY,Ilya, 6-3
3. Cutone, George / Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. POOLE,Jacob / SANTOS,Antonio, 6-3
Singles (1-3-6-5-4-2)
1. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. RANKINS,Rhajzon, 4-2, retired
2. FILIMA,Roman (MSUM) def. Young, Jake, 6-3, 7-5
3. MALTSEY,Ilya (MSUM) def. Cutone, George, 6-1, 6-1
4. KEROUAT,Yessine (MSUM) def. Etterbeek, J.J., 6-3, 6-1
5. Garcia, Ethan (NAVY) def. ABDULRAHEEM,Isa, 6-2, 6-2
6. RIDHA GHETTAS,M. (MSUM) def. Quattro, Zachary, 6-2, 6-0