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March 2, 2006

• Navy Tennis Statistics

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Navy tennis team hits the road this weekend for the first time in the spring season, battling a pair of ACC foes on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, the Mids take on North Carolina State at 10:30 a.m., then on Saturday, Navy will face off against North Carolina at 4:00 p.m. The Mids enter the weekend with an 8-2 record after last weekend's split with Yale and Georgetown.

"We have an excellent opportunity this weekend against two nationally-recognized programs," said Navy head coach John Officer. "Both teams are nationally ranked and will present a big challenge to us. We will have to bring our very best game and compete very hard against both teams."

North Carolina State enters the weekend with a 10-1 record and a No. 33 national ranking following last weekend's win over No. 31-ranked South Carolina, 5-2. The Wolfpack also owns wins over No. 19 Kentucky (4-3), No. 71 Old Dominion (5-2), Yale (4-3) and American (7-0). NC State's lone loss was to No. 34-ranked Louisville (6-1). Individually, the Wolfpack's top player is Nick Cavaday, who is ranked 64th in the country and owns a 5-3 spring record and is 12-6 overall.

North Carolina, meanwhile, is ranked No. 14 in the country with an 11-0 record. The Tar Heels have defeated No. 12 South Carolina (4-2), No. 20 Virginia Commonwealth (4-2), No. 26 Notre Dame (4-3), No. 51 Northwestern (5-2) and Yale (7-0). The Tar Heels' top individual is Raian Luchici, who holds down the No. 9 national ranking and teams with Brad Pomeroy in doubles, the No. 3-ranked doubles tandem in the country. Luchici is 14-4 on the season with three of his losses coming to players ranked either No. 1 or No. 2.

Navy enters the weekend after a strong showing against Georgetown last Sunday, a 7-0 Navy win. The Mids are paced by Adrian Lai's 19-5 record in singles play. Lai holds down the Nos. 2 or 3 position and has a 7-2 spring-season record. In all, five Navy players have reached double-digit victories, including Nate Nelms' 14-9 record, Brandon Carter's 12-8 mark and Stanley Kahl's and Johnny Waters' 10-9 records. Waters has won seven matches in a row.

In doubles action, Navy has a combined 17-5 record and has won the doubles point in eight of 10 matches. Kahl and Lai have teamed for an 11-5 record, but are just 3-3 in the spring. Carter and Nelms are 5-1 this spring and Jason Hill and Waters have teamed for a 4-1 mark this spring.

The competition this weekend will be Navy's final contests, before heading to Hawai'i to take on BYU-Hawai'i and New Mexico on March 15-16.

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