ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Navy men’s tennis team began its spring season by posting a pair of victories over St. Bonaventure and Saint Francis, Saturday at the Tose Family Tennis Center. The Mids (2-0) recorded wins over the Bonnies (1-2) by the score of 4-3 and the Red Flash (0-1) by the score of 5-2.
The day began with the Mids dropping the doubles point to the Bonnies.
Navy bounced back by winning the first three singles matches to finish, with each being decided in straight sets. Jake Young posted a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles to tie the score at 1-1. Luke Garner followed with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at the No. 2 flight to make the score 2-1. It became a 3-1 advantage on a 6-3, 6-4 win by Sasha Panyan at No. 1 singles.
St. Bonaventure recorded victories at Nos. 5 and 6 singles to tie the match at 3-3. Navy’s Steve Nguyen, who earlier in the day had teamed with Jason Kim for a 7-6 victory at No. 2 doubles, defeated Connor Turner, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 3 singles to account for the final point of the match.
Navy placed a new team on the courts for its second match of the day. The Mids swept the three doubles matches from the Red Flash to take a 1-0 lead.
Herrick Legaspi won the first singles match to finish as he won a 6-1, 6-1 decision at the No. 1 flight. Nathan Nguyen then posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 4 singles. J.J. Etterbeek earned the match-clinching fourth point when he won, 6-1, 6-3, at the No. 2 flight. Navy’s fifth and final team point of the match was recorded by Tommy Kim with his 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles.
The Mids will return to the Tose Family Tennis Center for matches on Jan. 27 against George Mason and Mount St. Mary’s.
Navy 4, St. Bonaventure 3
Doubles — St. Bonaventure wins the doubles point (1-3-2)
1. Rasmus Egehus / Archie Graham (SBUM) def. Garner, Luke / Panyan, Sasha, 6-4
2. Kim, Jason / Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Hugo Cochlin / Connor Turner, 7-6
3. Anargha Ganguly / Jean Marrero (SBUM) def. Buckingham, Graydon / Liu, Eric, 6-3
Singles (4-2-1-5-6-3)
1. Panyan, Sasha (NAVY) def. Archie Graham, 6-3, 6-4
2. Garner, Luke (NAVY) def. Rasmus Egehus, 6-2, 6-4
3. Nguyen, Steve (NAVY) def. Connor Turner, 6-4, 6-4
4. Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Hugo Cochlin, 6-0, 6-2
5. Anargha Ganguly (SBUM) def. Kim, Jason, 6-2, 6-4
6. Jean Marrero (SBUM) def. Quattro, Zach, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Navy 5, Saint Francis 2
Doubles — Navy wins the doubles point (1-3-2)
1. Legaspi, Herrick / Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. FUSTE,Marc / GONZALEZ,Alan, 6-2
2. Ayinala, Aniketh / Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. NGUYEN,Tyler / TREMBLAY,Mathis, 6-3
3. Gu, Aaron / Nguyen, Nicholas (NAVY) def. KRUZEL,Kevin / PALKO,Zachary, 6-4
Singles (1-4-2-6-5-3)
1. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. FUSTE,Marc, 6-1, 6-1
2. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. NGUYEN,Tyler, 6-1, 6-3
3. GONZALEZ,Alan (SFUM) def. Ayinala, Aniketh, 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2)
4. Nguyen, Nathan (NAVY) def. KRUZEL,Kevin, 6-2, 6-1
5. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. REESE,Patrick, 6-3, 6-2
6. TROYAN,Gregory (SFUM) def. McNair, Matthew, 6-4, 6-3