Men's Tennis | January 29, 2017

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Senior Mark Robinson picked up a straight-sets win at the No. 6 singles spot for the La Salle men's tennis team, who fell by a 6-1 margin to Navy on Sunday morning.

Robinson won the first set in a tiebreak, 7-6, then took the second at 6-4 to earn his second consecutive singles victory after a win at Lafayette. Freshman Patrick Pasual nearly matched his teammate at the No. 5 position, winning eight games but falling, 6-4, 6-4.

Navy swept the doubles point and accumulated wins at the No. 1 through No. 5 positions to improve their dual match record to 4-0 on the spring.

La Salle returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 4 with a match against Bucknell, which will be held in Hershey, Pa., beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Navy 6, La Salle 1
Doubles
1. Jana/Sims (NAVY) def. Francesco Mowrey/Tomas Christian (LAS), 6-3
2. Majkic/Martin (NAVY) def. Brian Balico/Mark Robinson (LAS), 6-2
3. Kirkpatrick/Landwehr (NAVY) def. Joe DiOrio/Braden Ward (LAS), 6-2

Singles
1. Jand (NAVY) def. Mowrey (LAS), 7-5, 6-2
2. Majkic (NAVY) def. Balico (LAS), 6-2, 6-2
3. Sims (NAVY) def. DiOrio (LAS), 6-2, 6-0
4. Kirkpatrick (NAVY) def. Christian (LAS), 6-2, 6-1
5. McNair (NAVY) def. Patrick Pascual (LAS), 6-4, 6-4
6. Robinson (LAS) def. Cooke (NAVY), 7-6, 6-4