ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team registered a sweep of Hampton and Villanova Saturday at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis. The Mids (10-6) defeated the Pirates (0-2) and the Wildcats (2-3) by the identical score of 6-1.
Navy won all three doubles matches in its victory over Hampton. The Mids then won a trio of straight-set single matches to record the victory. Five players won in both singles and doubles during the match.
Ethan Garcia and
Herrick Legaspi combined for a 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles, then Legaspi posted a 7-6, 2-6, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles.
Steve Nguyen and
Charlie Spencer tallied a 7-5 victory at No. 2 doubles. Nguyen then won, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4 singles and Spencer recorded a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles. Navy's No. 3 team of
J.J. Etterbeek teamed with Zachary Quattro won its match by the score of 6-1. Etterbeek won a 6-0, 6-2 match at No. 3 singles and Quattro won his No. 6 match by the score of 6-2, 6-0.
Jason Kim,
Aniketh Ayinala and
Jake Young swept their respective matches against Villanova. Ayinala and Young formed Navy's No. 2 doubles team that won a 6-3 decision. Ayinala then won, 6-0, 6-4, at No. 2 singles and Young won his No. 1 singles match by the score of 6-4, 6-4. Kim and teammate
Lachlan Buckingham played at No. 1 doubles and gave up just one game in winning the match. Kim went on to win his No. 6 singles match by the score of 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
Navy will play host to Drexel and at William & Mary Friday.
Navy 6, Hampton 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (3-1-2)
1. Garcia, Ethan / Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Benedict Badza / Rafael Padilha, 6-2
2. Nguyen, Steve / Spencer, Charlie (NAVY) def. Kohei Konishi / Tshion Fedorov, 7-5
3. Etterbeek, J.J. / Quattro, Zachary (NAVY) def. Aryan Arora / Benjamin Mwanza, 6-1
Singles (6-3-4-1-5-2)
1. Spencer, Charlie (NAVY) def. Tshion Fedorov, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
2. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Rafael Padilha, 7-6, 2-6, 6-0
3. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Benedict Badza, 6-0, 6-2
4. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Kohei Konishi,6-3, 6-2
5. Aryan Arora (HAMPTON) def. Garcia, Ethan, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3
6. Quattro, Zachary (NAVY) def. Jude Killikelly, 6-2, 6-0
Navy 6, Villanova 1
Doubles -- Navy wins the doubles point (1-2-3)
1. Buckingham, Lachlan / Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Carr, Ethan / Gordon, Cooper, 6-1
2. Ayinala, Aniketh / Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Anand, Kush / Wakefield, Thomas, 6-3
3. Jones, Quincy / Sherner, Jack (VILL) def. Cutone, George / Kim, Tommy, 6-4
Singles (2-5-3-4-1-6)
1. Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Gordon, Cooper, 6-4, 6-4
2. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. Monahan, Will, 6-0, 6-4
3. Cutone, George (NAVY) def. Jones, Quincy, 6-4, 6-1
4. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Carr, Ethan, 6-0, 7-5
5. Wakefield, Thomas (VILL) def. Buckingham, Lachlan, 6-0, 6-3
6. Kim, Jason (NAVY) def. Kruep, Cameron, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)