LEWISBURG, Pa. – Top-seeded Navy and No. 2 Bucknell clinched their spots in the 2025 Patriot League Men’s Tennis Championship with wins on Saturday.

Navy defeated No. 4 Army West Point, 4-2, as Nathan Nguyen clinched the match for the Mids at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3). The Mids took an early 3-1 lead after securing the doubles point and winning two of the first three singles matches.

The Black Knights earned a point at No. 5 singles to cut the deficit to 3-2 before Nguyen sealed the win with a three-set tiebreaker to advance to their 24th championship match in program history.

The Bison secured the doubles point with a win at No. 2 doubles, followed by Amar Tahirovic and Brendan McDonald rallying from a 5-4 deficit to take No. 1 doubles, 7-5.

After a weather delay, Bucknell clinched the match with singles wins at No. 1 and No. 2, before McDonald capped it off with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 5 singles. The win sends Bucknell to its first Patriot League Men’s Tennis Championship match in program history since the Patriot League went to team based formatting.

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Navy 4, Army West Point 2
DOUBLES (in order of finish): 2, 1
Luke Garner/Jake Young (Navy) def. Jack Hanna/Marcus Sebastain (AWP) 6-1
Herrick Legaspi/Charlie Spencer (Navy) def. Jackson Armistead/Daniel Choi (AWP) 6-1
Aniketh Ayinala/Jason Kim (Navy) vs. Alan Ton/ Vishnu Bodavula (AWP) 5-2 UNF

SINGLES (in order of finish): 1, 3, 6, 5, 2
1. Jackson Armistead (AWP) def. Herrick Legaspi (Navy) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
2. Nathan Nguyen (Navy) def. Alan Ton (AWP) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3)
3. Luke Garner (Navy) def. Vishnu Bodavula (AWP) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
4. Jake Young (Navy) vs. Jack Hanna (AWP) 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 1-3
5. Matias Feoli (AWP) def. Jeffery Etterbeek (Navy) 6-3, 6-7 (7-5), 6-4
6. Aniketh Ayinala (Navy) def. Davis McDonald (AWP)  6-3, 5-7, 6-1


Bucknell 4, Lehigh 0
DOUBLES (in order of finish); 2, 1
1. Amar Tahirovic/Brendan McDonald(BUCK) vs. Marc Blekhman/Sean Jaeger (LEH) 7-5
2. Adam Stavrakas/Oscar Bain (BUCK) vs. Jose Murariu/Luke Donovan (LEH) 6-4
3. Liam Kilmer/William Robinson (BUCK) vs. Ofer Hacohen/Rafael Gracie (LEH) 5-5 UNF

SINGLES (in order of finish): 1, 2, 5
1. Amar Tahirovic (BUCK) def.  Jose Murariu (LEH) 6-2, 6-2
2. Adam Stavrakas (BUCK) def. Marc Blekhman (LEH) 6-1, 7-5
3. Liam Kilmer (BUCK) vs. Sean Jaeger (LEH) 7-5, 1-4 UNF
4. Oscar Bain (BUCK) vs. Ofer Hacohen (LEH) 7-6 (7-1), 1-2 UNF
5. Brendan McDonald (BUCK) def. Jackson Morash (LEH) 6-3, 6-3
6. William Robinson (BUCK) vs. Benedict Horn-Bourque (LEH) 6-3, 3-4 UNF
 
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