ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy men's tennis team will play doubleheaders on both Friday and Sunday this week. Friday's schedule has the Mids (10-6) playing host to Drexel (4-1) at 1 p.m. in Annapolis and sending a squad to Williamsburg, Va., for a 4 p.m. match at William & Mary (1-3). Then on Sunday, Navy will play Bryant (2-3) at 8:30 a.m. and Temple (0-4) at 4 p.m. at the Tose Family Tennis Center.
Links to live results from all four matches and to live video from the William & Mary match can be found at NavySports.com.
Navy originally was scheduled to play Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday, but that match was canceled.
Navy
The Mids compiled a 3-1 record last week as they defeated Saint Joseph's, Hampton and Villanova by the same score of 6-1 and lost a 7-0 match at NJIT.
A trio of Mids ––
Aniketh Ayinala,
Jason Kim,
Steve Nguyen –– posted 2-0 records in both singles and doubles last week.
Drexel
The Dragons have tallied wins over Morgan State, Villanova, Rider and Temple this season and lost to Saint Joseph's.
Drexel finished the 2025 season with an overall record of 10-8 and a Coastal Athletic Association record of 2-4. The sixth-seeded Dragons lost in the quarterfinal round of the CAA Tournament.
Navy holds a 9-4 advantage over Drexel in the series between the teams, but the Dragons have won each of the last three and four of the last five matches. This includes a 6-1 win in 2023 and 5-2 victories in each of the last two years.
William & Mary
The Tribe heads into Friday's match at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center with their lone win coming against Longwood and their losses being to Penn State, Furman and Coastal Carolina.
William & Mary compiled a 6-13 record a year ago and tallied a 2-5 mark in the CAA.
Navy and William & Mary first met during the spring of 1930. The Mids lead the overall series by a 31-13 advantage. The Tribe has won the last nine matches in the series dating back to the 1996 season. The teams last met in 2024 when William & Mary won a 5-1 match.
Bryant
The Bulldogs have posted a 2-3 record this year with their having defeated Brandeis and Marist and losing to Dartmouth twice and Buffalo once.
Bryant posted an 11-10 record last year and tallied a 1-2 mark as a member of the Southland Conference. The Bulldogs will compete in the Big South Conference this season.
Navy and Bryant have split the four prior matches that have been played between the teams. The Mids won the last meeting, a 5-2 victory in 2022.
Temple
Temple will play Morgan State on Friday prior to the Mids on Sunday. The Owls have dropped matches this year to Penn State, Bucknell, Lehigh and Drexel.
Temple finished the 2025 season with an overall record of 11-9. The Owls were seeded 10th at the American Conference Tournament and fell in the first round.
Navy and Temple played their first match in the series in 1931. The Mids lead the Owls by the count of 25-7, but Temple has won three of the last four matches against Navy. Additionally, five of the last seven matches in the series have had the final score of 4-3. This includes the 2025 match when the Owls defeated the Mids by that score.
