Feb. 18, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-The George Mason men's tennis team lost 5-0 to Navy Saturday afternoon at the Severn Valley Tennis Club. Mason drops to 0-6, while Navy's record improves to 5-3 on the year.

Navy's top two singles each lost only one game to Mason's top two singles as Nate Nelms defeated Stas Budagov 6-1, 6-0 and the Midshipman's Jason Hill defeated Dan Schneider 6-0, 6-1 in the #2 singles match. Mason's Jay Friedman lost his #3 singles match to Adrian Lai, 6-2, 6-3 and Jordan Lipstock lost 6-3, 7-5 in the #4 singles match to Stanley Kahl.

The doubles team of Kyle Jones and Luke Albi won the only doubles match, 6-2, 6-2, to finish the scoring for the Midshipmen.

Mason will be back in action on Sunday, February 25 against William and Mary

Doubles
#1 K. Jones/L. Albi (N) def. Martin Brown/Imran Nayeem, 6-2, 6-2
Singles
#1 Nate Nelms (N) def. Stas Budagov (Mason), 6-1, 6-0
#2 J. Hill (N) def. Dan Schneider (Mason), 6-0, 6-1
#3 A. Lai (N) def. Jay Friedman (Mason), 6-2, 6-3
#4 S. Kahl (N) def. Jordan Lipstock (Mason), 6-3, 7-5