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ANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2014 Mount St. Mary’s men’s tennis dropped a 6-1 nonconference decision to Navy on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Navy secured the opening doubles point by winning at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. The Mount earned a victory at No. 2 doubles, as Nikolas Makris and Stefanos Pournaropoulous<\/a> outlasted Etterbeek and Legaspi in a first-set tiebreaker to keep the doubles point contested.<\/p>\n In singles play, the Midshipmen claimed five of the six matches to clinch the contest. Mount St. Mary’s lone point came at No. 6 singles, where Luke Papayoanou<\/a> delivered a dominant straight-set win, defeating Zach Giertz, 6-1, 6-1.<\/p>\n Several other singles matches were tightly contested, including a first-set tiebreaker at No. 5 before the match concluded due to retirement.<\/p>\n Up Next:\u00a0\u00a0The Mount travels to Wagner on February 16.<\/p>\n Navy 6, Mount St. Mary’s 1<\/p>\n Doubles (Navy wins doubles point)<\/p>\n
Buckingham\/Young (NAVY) def. Akarsh Gaonkar<\/a>\/Alexi Roy<\/a> (MOUNT), 7-6 (7-4)<\/p>\n
Nikolas Makris\/Stefanos Pournaropoulous<\/a> (MOUNT) def. Etterbeek\/Legaspi (NAVY), 7-6 (7-4)<\/p>\n
Ayinala\/Quattro (NAVY) def. Alessio Guarino<\/a>\/Ryan Wagner<\/a> (MOUNT), 6-3<\/p>\n
Singles<\/p>\n
Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. Akarsh Gaonkar<\/a> (MOUNT), 6-1, 6-1<\/p>\n
Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) def. Stefanos Pournaropoulous<\/a> (MOUNT), 6-3, 6-4<\/p>\n
Young, Jake (NAVY) def. Alexi Roy<\/a> (MOUNT), 6-4, 6-2<\/p>\n
Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Ryan Wagner<\/a> (MOUNT), 6-4, 6-4<\/p>\n
Buckingham, Lachlan (NAVY) def. Alessio Guarino<\/a> (MOUNT), 7-6, 3-0 (ret.)<\/p>\n
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