Bonnies Nearly Sweep Final Round Of Navy Invite

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Three doubles victories and a near clean sweep in singles action highlighted the men's tennis team's final day of competition at the Navy Invite Sunday against Niagara.

The Bonnies won three of the four doubles matches and six of the seven singles matches played on the indoor courts at Tose Family Tennis Center. All three of the Bonnies' seniors – Chris Post, Enric Larregola and Mikhail Sudakov – won their singles matches, with only Larregola needing extra sets to dispose of Brandon Gallegos, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8).

Larregola and Sudakov then teamed up to defeat Gallegos and Mathieu Lacasse, 8-3, in doubles action. Post went on to partner with freshman Elliot Fanshell for the third consecutive day, and for the third time ended up victorious, this time defeating David Lemieux-Sarrasin and Joseph Zelic, 9-8 (7-5). Post and Fanshell were crowned flight champions at No. 2 doubles for their clean sweep of the weekend.

Billy Cove got his first crack at the doubles circuit, but it wasn't with one of his Bonnies' teammates. The freshman partnered with Navy's Heyward Drayton to beat Niagara's John Baird and Navy's Chris Kenney, 8-5. The Navy Invite is a flighted, round robin invitational, so no team scoring is kept and thus there is no effect on the team's overall record.

The Bonnies won't take to the courts again until early October when they head to another service academy to square off in the Army Invite Oct. 8-10.

Singles Results
1 - Chris Post def. Matthew Kane, 6-3, 6-4                                                                         
2 - Enric Larregola def. Brandon Gallegos, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)                                                    
3 - Mikhail Sudakov def. Joseph Zelic, 6-2, 6-2                                            
4 - David Lemieux-Sarrasin def. Oscar Yanez, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)                  
5 - Luis Guevara def. Mathieu Lacasse, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)                                                
6 - Elliot Fanshel def. Jordan Tedesco-Blair, 6-0, 6-0                                                    
7 – Billy Cove def. John Baird, 6-2, 6-1

Doubles Results
1 - Enric Larregola / Mikhail Sudakov def. Brandon Gallegos / Mathieu Lacasse, 8-3                         
2 - Elliot Fanshel / Chris Post def. David Lemieux-Sarrasin / Joseph Zelic, 9-8 (7-5)                             
3 - Matthew Kane / Jordan Tedesco-Blair def. Luis Guevara / Oscar Yanez, 8-6                       
4 - Billy Cove / Heyward Drayton (Navy) def. John Baird (Nia) / Chris Kenney (Navy), 8-5