The Terrapin men’s tennis team was able to rattle off its sixth consecutive victory yesterday when it traveled to Annapolis to face off with in-state rival Navy.

The Terps continue to take care of their winnable matches, and first-year coach Kyle Spencer’s young team stands a good chance of extending its winning streak to eight games with its two matches Sunday — quite a feat for a program that mustered just seven wins all of last season.

Freshman John Collins led the Terps to a 7-0 shellacking of the Midshipmen with a dominant 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 4 singles.

“We knew Navy was going to be a feisty team, and we really needed to be ready,” Spencer said after the match. “We came out a little sluggish, but [Collins] and [Matt Sarrazin] really helped steady our performance.”

Sarrazin won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6 singles in his first match since temporarily leaving the team due to a family emergency.

Freshman Tommy Laine improved to 12-0 in singles this year with a win at No. 1 singles. Laine is now ranked as the No. 122 singles player in the country.

The Terps (10-2, 1-0 ACC) hope to continue to take care of weaker opponents Sunday when they host Delaware State and St. Mary’s.

Sunday’s two matches were not originally scheduled, but Spencer decided to add two more opponents to help his squad fine-tune its game before entering the meat of its conference schedule.

“We had a date open, and I always think it’s better for a team to play rather than practice for that many days in a row,” Spencer said. “The more experience a young team gets, the better off they’re going to be.”

Spencer’s Terps are undefeated at home.

The Terrapin women will have a chance to bounce back from two consecutive blowouts at the hands of No. 73 Virginia Tech and No. 27 Virginia last weekend, as they host Columbia tomorrow.

The Terps (2-5, 0-3 ACC) swept Penn, an Ivy League foe of Columbia’s, on Feb. 20 for their first win of the season.

Coach Howard Joffe said he expects a much better match from the Lions, who come to College Park with a 4-5 record.

“They’re definitely going to be better than Penn,” Joffe said. “I’m expecting it to be a difficult match. At minimum, they’re our equal. It should be extremely competitive.”

The Terps only have two nonconference matches remaining after Columbia. Once they enter their challenging conference schedule, wins will be much harder to come by.

“We had an excellent week of practice, and I feel like we’re going to perform very well on Saturday,” Joffe said. “And to be honest, if we keep improving like we have been I have every confidence we can win some ACC matches.”

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