ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Lehigh (7-7, 1-0) won the last two matches left on the courts to rally for a 4-3 victory over the Navy men's tennis team, Saturday at the Ulrich Tennis Center in Bethlehem, Pa.  The Mids (17-17, 1-1) also lost a 4-0 decision to No. 75 Kennesaw State (14-4) at the Tose Family Tennis Center in Annapolis.

Lehigh 4, Navy 3
The Mountain Hawks began the day with wins at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles to take the 1-0 lead.  Lehigh's No. 1 team of Sean Jaeger and Alex Van Lumich posted a 6-2 win over Herrick Legaspi and Charlie Spencer in the first match to finish.  Navy evened the results when its No. 3 team of George Cutone and J.J. Etterbeek defeated Rafael Gracie and Kosei Ogata by that same score.

The point would be determined when the Lehigh No. 2 tandem of Wyeth Anzilotti and Henry Stoller won a 6-4 decision over Aniketh Ayinala and Jason Kim.

Navy took a 2-1 lead thanks to wins by Spencer and Etterbeek in singles.  Spencer won a 6-1, 6-1 match over Ogata at the No. 3 flight and Etterbeek followed with a 6-2, 6-3 win against Ben Horn-Bourque at No. 4 singles.

Lehigh tied the score at 2-2 when Jaeger posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over Ayinala at No. 2 singles, but the lead turned back in favor of the Mids when Lehigh's Van Lumich retired from his match at No. 1 singles against Legaspi while trailing 2-6, 7-5, 4-0.

The indoor facility used today has just four available courts, which meant the Nos. 5 and 6 matches didn't start until there were open courts following the conclusion of matches.  With those matches starting later than the others, Stoller would tie the match at 3-3 on his 6-2, 6-3 victory over Kim at the No. 6 flight, then Alex Daskalovic won the match for the Mountain Hawks with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Cutone at No. 5 singles.

#75 Kennesaw State 4, Navy 0
The Owls, who are in their third week of the season with a national ranking, won the three doubles matches to take the available point.  The closest match of the three was at the No. 3 flight where Xavi Ferrer and Ben Hudson defeated Steve Nguyen and Zachary Quattro by the score of 6-3.

Kennesaw State then won a trio of straight set singles matches to earn the victory in the first match played between the teams.  The Owls won matches at the Nos. 4 (6-2,6-2), 5 (6-3, 6-4) and 6 (6-1, 6-2) flights.

Navy players held the lead in two of the remaining three matches that were stopped when the fourth team point was recorded.  Tommy Kim led Hudson, 6-4, 4-5, at the No. 1 flight and Nguyen was in front of Anthony Weingarten, 6-1, 2-3, at No. 3.

Up Next
Navy will play matches at Coppin State and at home against Loyola on Saturday, April 4.

Lehigh 4, Navy 3
Doubles -- Lehigh wins the doubles point (1-3-2)
1. Jaeger, Sean / Van Lumich, Alex (LEH) def. Legaspi, Herrick / Spencer, Charlie, 6-2
2. Anzilotti, Wyeth / Stoller, Henry (LEH) def. Ayinala, Aniketh / Kim, Jason, 6-4
3. Cutone, George / Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Gracie, Rafael / Ogata, Kosei, 6-2
Singles (3-4-2-1-6-5)
1. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Van Lumich, Alex, 2-6, 7-5, 4-0, retired
2. Jaeger, Sean (LEH) def. Ayinala, Aniketh, 6-4, 6-4
3. Spencer, Charlie (NAVY) def. Ogata, Kosei, 6-1, 6-1
4. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Horn-Bourque, Ben, 6-2, 6-3
5. Daskalovic, Alek (LEH) def. Cutone, George, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
6. Stoller, Henry (LEH) def. Kim, Jason, 6-2, 6-3

#75 Kennesaw State 4, Navy 0
Doubles -- KSU wins the doubles point (2-1-3)
1. Leon Peranovic / Kyvan Rietkerk (KSU) def. Buckingham, Lachlan / Young, Jake, 6-2
2. Dominic Ducariu / Anthony Weingarten (KSU) def. Garcia, Ethan / Kim, Tommy, 6-1
3. Xavi Ferrer / Ben Hudson (KSU) def. Nguyen, Steve / Quattro, Zachary, 6-3
Singles (6-4-5)
1. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) vs. Ben Hudson, 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
2. Young, Jake (NAVY) vs. Leon Peranovic, 4-6, 1-4, unfinished
3. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) vs. Anthony Weingarten, 6-1, 2-3, unfinished
4. Dominic Ducariu (KSU) def. Buckingham, Lachlan, 6-2, 6-2
5. Nathan Walters (KSU) def. Garcia, Ethan, 6-3, 6-4
6. Xavi Ferrer (KSU) def. Quattro, Zachary, 6-1, 6-2