March 25, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Richmond men's tennis team fell to Navy Saturday, March 22 in a 6-1 decision. Michael Sommer won in singles play for the Spiders taking down Johnny Waters in the number two position. Navy took five-of-six matches in singles action and won all three matches in doubles play to earn the 6-1 victory.

The Spiders continue to play on the road as they head to instate-competitor Longwood Tuesday, March 25 to take on the Lancers for a 2:30 p.m. ET match.

U.S. Naval Academy 6, Richmond 1
Singles competition
1. Nelms, Nate (NAVY) def. Doug Banker (RICH) 6-3, 6-1
2. Michael Sommer (RICH) def. Waters, Johnny (NAVY) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6)
3. Hill, Jason (NAVY) def. Sami Belakhlef (RICH) 6-0, 6-0
4. Lemaich, Ramsey (NAVY) def. William Minter (RICH) 6-4, 6-0
5. James, Alex (NAVY) def. Rafael Arana (RICH) 6-0, 6-2
6. Bullard, Owen (NAVY) def. Drew Crank (RICH) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Nelms, Nate/Waters, Johnny (NAVY) def. Crank, Drew/Sommer, Mike (RICH) 8-3
2. James, Alex/Lemaich, Ramsey (NAVY) def. Banker, Doug/Minter, William (RICH) 8-4
3. Birger, Nick/Hill, Jason (NAVY) def. Belakhlef, Sami/Berry, David (RICH) 8-3