Men's Tennis Post Strong Showing at Navy Gold Invite

Friday, November 9

Annapolis, Md.

George Washington University

Navy Gold Invitational

11/12/2018 12:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Four Colonials post perfect singles performances

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Four members of the GW men's tennis team posted perfect marks in the round robin portion of the Gold invitational this weekend at the U.S. Naval Academy. First-years Ryan Navarro, Ben Barnett and Michael Barsky, as well as junior Dennis Afanasev went 3-0 during pool play of their respective flights.

Navarro was perfect in his round robin play and completed the trick with a win by default in the "B" flight final. Afanasev went on to capture the "F" flight title by dispatching Cameron Kirkpatrick of Navy in straight sets. The junior did not drop a set in any of his four matches. Barnett and Barsky posted perfect pool play marks with six set wins before falling in their respective flight championships.

In doubles play, first-years Hanyu Liu and Ryan Navarro advanced to the final of the "A" flight before falling to Navy's Thompson and Dabek.

A Flight Singles
Derrick Thompson (Navy) def. Zicheng Zeng 6-2, 6-2
Marcus Smith (Hofstra) def. Zeng 6-2, 6-2
Damon Roberts (JMU) def. Zeng 6-3, 6-3

Consolation
Zeng def. Jake Fishkin (Navy) 6-0, 6-4

B Flight Singles
Ryan Navarro def. William Karpinski (JMU) 6-1, 6-3
Navarro def. Andre Fick (Saint Joseph's) 6-3, 6-0
Navarro def. Jack McBridge (Navy) 6-3, 6-2

Final
Navarro def. Rian Pandole (Columbia) by default

C Flight Singles
Ben Barnett def. Arjun Ramakrishman (Morgan State) 6-4, 6-4
Barnett def. Rogello Gonzalez (La Salle) 6-2, 6-2
Barnett def. JanOskar Kjellberg (Navy) 6-3, 6-4

Final
Jason Lui (Columbia) def. Barnett 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (4)

D Flight Singles
Lawrence Sciglitano def. Sebastian Lopez (Morgan State) 6-1, 6-1
Ben Gollin (Columbia) def. Sciglitano 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (4)
Sciglitano def. Jean Armstrong (Mount St. Mary's) 7-6 (6) 6-1

Jakub Behun def. Josh Raymundo (JMU) 6-2, 7-5
Behun def. Dan Tan (Saint Jseoph's) 6-3, 6-2
Shawn Jackson (Hofstra) def. Behun 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (7)

E Flight Singles
Giacomo Pezzoli (Hofstra) def. Will Peden 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (4)
Gabriel Santos (Mount St. Mary's) def. Will Peden 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (3)
Romesh Kahatapitiya (Navy) def. Peden 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (4)

Luis Janko (Saint Joseph's) def. Hanyu Liu 7-6 (7), 3-6, 1-0 (5)
Jonathan Dollahite (Navy) def. Liu 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Liu def. Shrey Gupta (Morgan State), 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (8)

Consolation
Peden def. Luis Janko (Saint Joseph's) 6-2, 6-2
Liu def. Gabriel Santos (Mount St. Mary's) 6-2, 6-2

F Flight Singles
Dennis Afanasev def. Sam Sauter (Saint Joseph's) 6-2, 6-3
Afanasev def. Ryan Hardin (Hofstra) 6-3, 6-3
Afanasev def. Conners O'Brien (Navy) 6-1, 6-2

Final
Afanasev def. Cameron Kirkpatrick (Navy) 6-3, 6-0

G Flight Singles
Michael Barsky def Scott Battaglia (Saint Joseph's) 6-1, 7-5
Barsky def. Chris Lindsey (Mount St. Mary's) 6-1, 6-2
Barsky def. Sam Vagner (Navy) 6-4, 6-1

Final
Serhii Kharchev (Morgan State) def. Barsky 7-5, 6-4

A Flight Doubles
Round of 16
Liu/Navarro def. Gupta/Rawl (Morgan State) 6-3
Ceylan/Lopez (Morgan State) def. Sciglitano/Behun 6-3

Quarterfinals
Liu/Navarro def. Huang/Lui (Columbia) 6-4
Thompson/Dabek (Navy) def. Zeng/Barnett 7-5

Semifinals
Liu/Navarro def. Smith/Leithner (Hofstra) 6-4

Final
Thompson/Dabek (Navy) def. Liu/Navarro 6-4

Consolation
Zeng/Barnett def. Ceylan/Lopez (Morgan State) 6-1
Janko/Tan (Saint Joseph's) def. Sciglitano/Behun 7-6 (3)
Sciglitano/Behun def. Fick Kanetkar (Saint Joseph's) 6-3

B Flight Doubles
Round of 16
Afanasev/Peden def. Lucius/Merrill (La Salle) 6-1
Kharchev/Ramakrishnan (Morgan State) def. Barsky/Sahoo 6-4

Quarterfinals
Kharchev/Ramakrishnan (Morgan State) def. Afansev/Peden 6-4

Consolation
Afanasev/Peden def. O'Brien/Vagner (Navy) by default
Raymundo/Steinour (JMU) def. Afanasev/Pedn 6-2
Lucius/Merrill (La Salle) def Barsky/Sahoo 6-4