Men’s Tennis Bests Boston U on Senior Day

Sunday, April 17

West Point, N.Y.

12 PM

Army West Point

Boston University

Men’s Tennis Bests Boston U on Senior Day

April 17, 2016 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's tennis team celebrated Senior Day on Sunday afternoon with a 4-1 victory over Boston University. The Black Knights improved to 15-7 on the year and 4-0 in the Patriot League while Boston U dropped to 8-10 but suffered its first league loss after winning its first three.

Eight seniors were honored before the match. Caison Best, Ben Davies, Joey Hatala, Sam Jang-Milsten, Austin McCasin, Harrison McCormick, David Proctor, and Ron Verano were each presented with a commemorative coin from Director of Athletics Boo Corrgian and gifts from teammates. The victory was the 25th regular season Patriot League win for the four-year class in as many tries.

The match started with tense doubles action. While junior Sam Lampman and sophomore Michael Nguyen improved to 7-1 in the third doubles slot by a score of 6-2, the top doubles pairing of junior Grant Riechmann and McCormick had to battle for a 6-4 win to clinch the point.

The singles matches featured more tight matches. Riechmann had to battle into a first set tiebreaker against Stefan Lemire before cruising in the second set for a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 win.

Freshman David Mitchell, who has settled into the third singles spot as of late for the Black Knights, defeated Lucas Bombonatti 7-5, 6-4.

Nguyen's victory in the fourth singles position was the other Army win to take the match. His 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Satyajit Simhadri was his third straight win.

The Cadets now had just one regular season match to go as they travel to Annapolis, Md., next weekend for the annual Star Match versus Navy. The senior class has never lost a regular season match against the Midshipmen.

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