ANNAPOLIS, Md. - In the midst of a lineup shake-up for head coach
Jeff Brandes, FDU men's tennis made their second trip to Annapolis to take on the Navy Midshipmen in a non-conference dual. The Knights fell 6-1 to Navy with sophomore
Justas Trainauskas notching the lone singles victory while rookies
Gryffin Minor and
Joshua Oboniye combined for a doubles win in the second flight, edging out a 7-6 (9-7) win to close-out doubles play, finishing third of three matches.
Doubles
First Doubles: Sasha Panyan/Luke Garner (Navy) def.
Justas Trainauskas/
Thomas Linley (FDU), 7-5
Second Doubles:
Gryffin Minor/
Joshua Oboniye (FDU) def. Gavin Seagraves/Christian Pumpelly (Navy), 7-6 (9-7)
Third Doubles: J.J. Etterbeek/Aniketh Ayinala (Navy) def.
Arjun Sriram/
Aryan Manchanda (FDU), 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
First Singles: Trainauskas (FDU) def. Panyan (Navy), 6-2, 7-5
Second Singles: Seagraves (Navy) def. Sriram (FDU), 6-4, 6-4
Third Singles: Garner (Navy) def. Oboniye (FDU), 6-0, 6-3
Fourth Singles: Etterbeek (Navy) def. Linley (FDU), 6-0, 6-4
Fifth Singles: Ayinala (Navy) def. Minor (FDU), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
Sixth Singles: Pumpelly (Navy) def. Manchanda (FDU), 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 3, 4, 1, 2, 5
The Knights stay the evening in Annapolis, set to face Villanova at the Brigade Tennis Center in a neutral site match at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.
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