Pirates Dismantle Navy, Improve to 6-0

Sunday, February 5

Annapolis, MD

10 AM

East Carolina University

Navy

February 05, 2017 | Men's Tennis

Box Score (PDF)

Annapolis, Md. – East Carolina improved to 6-0 Sunday with a 6-1 convincing win over Navy. The Pirates are off to their best start under head coach Shawn Heinchon and will return to action at home first Richmond on Friday at 2:30 p.m.

"It was a good day for the Pirates," Heinchon said. "The last time we played Navy they took it to us pretty good, so we are happy to get out of there with a win. Ronny and Will did a really good job of bouncing back from a poor doubles showing to playing very solid singles today."

East Carolina won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2. Greg Durham and Jana Krishnan won the only doubles match for the Midshipmen with a 6-1 defeat of Will Bissett and Ronny Georgi, handing the Pirates No. 3 duo its first loss of the spring season. Kasey Countee and Freddie McGeehan improved to 4-2 on the season with a 6-4 win at the top of the lineup over Navy's Andrey Majkic and Aries Wong. Vlad Anghel and Fredric Lehfeldt secured the point for ECU with a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles knocking off Zach Jennings and Thomas Pecor.

Lehfeldt gave the Pirates a 2-0 lead when he made quick work of Matthew Lee at No. 4 singles. After shutting out Lee 6-0 in the first set, the Pirates lone senior won set two, 6-1. Anghel improved to 5-1 overall and 4-1 at No. 2 singles with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Gabriel Pilones making it 3-0 ECU. Bissett sealed the Purple and Gold's win with a 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Walker Sims at the No. 6 slot, improving to 4-1 in solo play. Countee shut down Jennings 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5 singles for a 5-0 ECU lead but a three-set tiebreaker loss for McGeehan to Wong at No. 1 singles erased the Pirates hopes of a fourth shutout this season. Georgi finished off singles play for the Pirates with a three-set win over Durham, 7-5, 5-7, 1-0(10).

Scoreboard
Singles
1. Wong, Aries (NAVY) def. Freddie McGeehan (ECU-M) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
2. Vlad Anghel (ECU-M) def. Pilones, Gabriel (NAVY) 6-2, 6-3
3. Ronny Georgi (ECU-M) def. Durham, Greg (NAVY) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
4. Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU-M) def. Lee, Matthew (NAVY) 6-0, 6-1
5. Kasey Countee (ECU-M) def. Jennings, Zach (NAVY) 6-2, 6-4
6. Will Bissett (ECU-M) def. Sims, Walker (NAVY) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Kasey Countee/Freddie McGeehan (ECU-M) def. Majkic, Andrey/Wong, Aries (NAVY) 6-4
2. Vlad Anghel/Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU-M) def. Jennings, Zach/Pecor, Thomas (NAVY) 6-2
3. Durham, Greg/Jana, Krishna (NAVY) def. Will Bissett/Ronny Georgi (ECU-M) 6-1