Army Falls In Patriot League Championship Match

Sunday, May 1

Annapolis, MD

1:00 PM

Army West Point

United States Naval Academy

Army Falls In Patriot League Championship Match

May 01, 2022 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Match 32
SCORE	No. 1 Navy 4, No. 3 Army Black Knights 1
RECORDS	Navy (32-10) \| Army (18-14)
LOCATION	USNA Tennis Courts
TOURNAMENT	Patriot League Championship Final

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The No. 3 seed Black Knights captured a nail-biting doubles point before dropping four singles to fall to No. 1 Navy, 4-1, in the 2022 Patriot League Men's Tennis Championship Final on Sunday. The Black Knights and Midshipmen met in the championship match for the eighth consecutive tournament.

DOUBLES (2,3,1)
The Black Knights won the doubles point for the third straight match against Navy, including last week's meeting. Two of the three matches went to a tie-breaker. All three matches were back-and-forth affairs. Two doubles finished first. The team of Samuel Eden and Diego Huttepain won the last three games to win the match. After losing serve to trail 4-3, the pair got back on serve to tie the set at 4-4. They won four straight points to take a 5-4 lead and eventually downed their opponent 6-4. In No. 3 doubles, Nathan Jose and Jake Huarte went into a tiebreaker with Jack Dabek and Luke Garner. The duo trailed 4-1 in the tiebreaker before tying it at 4-4; however, Navy won three of the next four points. The doubles point came down to the No.1 spot in a match that lasted 51 minutes. A.J. Woodman and Thomas Lake prevailed 7-6(5) in a tiebreaker. The duo led 4-1 but found themselves trailing 5-4 after a run by the Mids. Woodman and Lake won the next two points for a 6-5 lead but had to go into a tiebreaker. Trailing 2-0 in the tiebreaker, Woodman and Lake rallied for a 5-3 lead and held on to win the breaker, 7-5, for a 1-0 Army lead.

SINGLES (1,6,4,5)
Singles play was interrupted due to inclement weather forcing a stoppage of play; the matches were completed inside. Momentum swung back and forth in all six singles matches. A.J. Woodman won the first set, 6-4, and was leading 5-4 in two singles, and Samuel Eden took the first set, 6-2, in his match in three singles. The first match to conclude was in No. 1 singles with Navy winning 7-6(1), 6-1. In six singles, Jake Huarte led 3-1 in the first set before falling 7-5. He lost another 7-5 decision in the second set as Army trailed 2-1. Navy won in four singles, 6-4, 6-1. The Mids clinched the championship by winning in five singles, 6-2, and rallying to win 7-5 in the second set.

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