Men's Tennis Falls to Navy in PL Championship

Sunday, April 19

Lewisburg, Pa.

12:00 PM

Army West Point

Navy

Men's Tennis Falls to Navy in PL Championship

April 19, 2015 | Men's Tennis

April 19, 2015

LEWISBURG, Pa. -- The Army West Point men's tennis team was unable to overcome an early deficit during a 4-1 setback to Navy in the Patriot League Championship on Sunday afternoon at Bucknell's Varsity Tennis Courts.

The top-seeded Black Knights finish the year 18-9, while the second-seeded Midshipmen move to 20-10 and will represent the Patriot League in next month's NCAA Tournament.

Navy took the doubles point to end Army West Point's streak of 10 straight matches with a doubles point victory. The Black Knights' No. 3 pairing of junior Austin McCasin and sophomore Kyle Barnes grabbed an 8-5 win to improve its team-leading record to 18-5 in dual matches this season and give Army West Point an early 1-0 advantage in doubles.

The Midshipmen battled back and claimed the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches to wrap up the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead heading into singles competition.

Navy's Calvin Mark defeated sophomore Sam Lampman, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 1 singles to put the Midshipmen up 2-0 before freshman Michael Nguyen gathered a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory at No. 6 to make the score 2-1.

Tournament most-valuable player Austin Jones and Thomas Pecor registered singles wins at No. 2 and No. 4, respectively, with Pecor's victory clinching the match for Navy.

"Navy played very well today," said head coach Jim Poling. "Our doubles teams are usually our strength and they didn't play at their usual high level. It was a high-intensity match and we wish Navy well in the NCAAs."

Navy 4, Army West Point 1
Doubles
1. Thomas Pecor/Austin Jones (N) def. Sam Lampman/Alex Van Velzer, 8-4
2. Blake Daniel/Calvin Mark (N) def. Harrison McCormick/Grant Riechmann, 8-5
3. Kyle Barnes/Austin McCasin (A) def. Andrey Majkic/Tucker Massie, 8-5

Order of Finish -- 3, 2, 1

Singles
1. Calvin Mark (N) def. Sam Lampman, 6-1, 6-3
2. Austin Jones (N) def. Alex Van Velzer, 6-4, 6-1
3. Grant Riechmann (A) led Blake Daniel, 7-6 (3), 6-5 (DNF)
4. Thomas Pecor (N) def. Caison Best, 7-6 (0), 6-1
5. Kyle Barnes (A) led Walker Sims, 6-2, 6-6 (6-4) (DNF)
6. Michael Nguyen (A) def. Aries Wong, 6-3, 7-6 (4)

Order of Finish -- 1, 6, 2, 4

2015 Patriot League Men's Tennis Tournament
Thursday, April 16 -- First Round
No. 8 Lafayette 4, No. 9 Holy Cross 0

Friday, April 17 -- Quarterfinals
No. 1 Army West Point 4, No. 8 Lafayette 0
No. 5 Bucknell 4, No. 4 Colgate 0
No. 3 Boston University 4, No. 6 Lehigh 3
No. 2 Navy 4, No. 7 Loyola 0

Saturday, April 18 -- Semifinals
No. 1 Army West Point 4, No. 5 Bucknell 2
No. 2 Navy 4, No. 3 Boston University 1

Sunday, April 19 -- Championship
No. 2 Navy 4, No. 1 Army West Point 1