Feb. 22, 2008

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy tennis team will close out a six-match homestand this weekend when the Midshipmen play host to Lafayette on Saturday and Yale on Sunday. Both matches are slated to begin at 12 Noon at the Tose Family Tennis Center.

Navy improved its record to 8-2 on this season with a pair of 7-0 victories over St. Joseph's and George Mason last weekend. The Mids lost a combined 10 games in winning the six doubles matches and dropped just two sets in the 12 singles matches played over the two contests.

Lafayette enters the weekend having dropped its lone two matches of the spring season to Boston College and Quinnipiac. The Leopards, who were the sixth-seeded team at last year's Patriot League Tournament, did not face the Mids last year.

Yale will take a 1-2 record on the season into a Saturday night match at Georgetown, a team Navy posted a 6-1 victory over nearly one month ago. The Bulldogs recorded a 7-0 victory over Navy when the two teams met last year in Connecticut. Yale dropped just one set in winning the one doubles and five singles matches against Navy.

The Bulldogs are ranked seventh as a team in the Northeast Region this year and have the region's 12th ranked doubles team in Jeff Dawson and Josh Lederman. For the Mids, Nate Nelms (Jr., St. Mary's, Ga.) is ranked 24th in singles in the Northeast Region.

Following this weekend's matches, Navy will take to the road for five of its next six contests. The three-week stretch begins Feb. 29 with a match at Clemson and a March 1 contest at North Carolina State.