ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Binghamton men's tennis (3-6) split a pair of matches Saturday at Tose Family Tennis Center, losing to host Navy 5-2 before rallying to defeat George Mason 4-3. 

Against the Midshipmen (13-4), BU took the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 but Navy rallied with five singles wins. 

Later in the day against GMU (2-4), the Bearcats reversed the script, losing the doubles point before winning four of six singles matches to pull out the win. The match was even at 3-3 before sophomore No. 2 Kushaan Nath finished off a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Jakob Nielson to clinch the team win for the Bearcats.

Junior No. 6 Valentin Bouchet won both his singles matches in straight sets. Bouchet has a team-high 12 wins this season. 

"We've got a long way to go and a lot to improve but the guys fought for each other today and didn't give in," head coach Nick Ziuziula said. "That's a valuable lesson to learn early in the year."

Binghamton next has road matches at Drexel (Feb. 23) and Temple (Feb. 24). 

Navy 5, Binghamton 2
DOUBLES
1. Ton/Aries (N) led Lourenco/Bouchet (B), 5-4
2. Nath/Quiros (B) def. Zach Jennings/Pilones (N), 6-4
3. Ludovico Cestarollo/Pena (B) def. Cameron Kirkpatrick/Lohrbach (N), 6-1

Order of Finish: 3,2

SINGLES
1. Andrew Ton (N) def. Tiago Lourenco (B), 7-5, 6-3
2. Aries Wong (N) def. Kushaan Nath (BB), 6-1, 6-4
3. Gabriel Pilones (N) def. Sebastian Quiros (B), 6-2, 6-1
4. Peter Lohrbach (N) def. Inigo Saez (B), 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
5. Romesh Kahatapitiya (N) def. Alejandro Pena (B), 6-1, 7-5
6. Valentin Bouchet (B) def. Joshua Martin (N), 6-3, 6-4

Order of Finish: 5,2,3,1,4,6


Binghamton 4, George Mason 3
DOUBLES
1. Daniel Gutierrez/Ryan Charles (MASON) def. Lourenco/Bouchet (B) 7-6
2. Jakob Nielsen/Pally Ray (MASON) def. Nath/Quiros (B) 7-5
3. Ludovico Cestarollo/Pena (B) def. Giuliano Buzoianu/Edward Ayers (MASON) 6-3

Order of Finish: 2,3,1

SINGLES
1. Tiago Lourenco (B) def. Pally Ray (MASON) 6-4, 6-3
2. Kushaan Nath (B) def. Jakob Nielsen (MASON) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
3. Edward Ayers (MASON) def. Sebastian Quiros (B) 6-1, 6-3
4. Inigo Saez (B) def. Carter Bradford (MASON) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6
5. Daniel Gutierrez (MASON) def. Alejandro Pena (B) 6-1, 6-1
6. Valentin Bouchet (B) def. Isaiah Volk (MASON) 6-1, 6-1

Order of Finish: 5,6,1,3,4,2