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UMW Men's Tennis Completes Weekend at Navy Invitational

UMW Men's Tennis Completes Weekend at Navy Invitational

The University of Mary Washington men's tennis team competed this weekend at the Navy Invitational against Division I opposition.

The top finisher for the weekend was Brandon Griffin, who advanced all the way to the finals of the C draw in singles. He defeated Blaise Castleberry of Delaware, 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-0, then topped Mac Rechan of Georgetown, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. He then beat Tucker Massey of Navy, 7-5, 6-3, before falling in the final to Elliott Loubataille of UMBC, 6-2, 6-3.

In the A singles flight, Stratton Gilmore won a match against Michael Nguyen of American University, 7-5, 6-4. In the B flight, David Lunding Johansson defeated Fernando Sala Sanchez of George Washington, 6-3, 6-2, in the first round.

Eric Hurwitz advanced to the consolation final of the C bracket, downing Venkatesh Ramkumar of Delaware, 3-6, 7-5, 6-1. Freshman Matt Miles advanced to the consolation final of the D bracket.

In doubles, Miles and Max Fritsch went 4-0 in C doubles over the weekend to lead the way.

The Eagles will return to action next weekend as they host the ITA regional championship.