Schmitt Goes Unbeaten to Highlight JMU Play at Navy Invite

Friday, November 8

Annapolis, Md.

James Madison University

Navy Invite

Schmitt Goes Unbeaten to Highlight JMU Play at Navy Invite

11/10/2024 6:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – James Madison men's tennis wrapped up fall tournament play at the Navy Invite (Nov. 8-10), as the Dukes won a total of 11 matches at the Tose Family Tennis Center.

Highlighting JMU's play at the Navy Invite was Aurelien Schmitt, who went 6-0 after going 3-0 in both singles and doubles. That included winning each singles bout in straight sets.

His doubles teammate, Esteve Agusti, also claimed a 2-1 singles mark to finish the final weekend of the fall with a 5-1 ledger.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Friday

Agusti and Schmitt teamed to roll past Binghamton's Ronin Lotlikar and Will Morais-Binnie for JMU's lone doubles victory.
In singles play, Agusti took a close 7-5, 6-4 victory from Morais-Binnie. Schmitt followed with a 6-2, 6-4 victory against Lotlikar.
Harrison Lee rounded out day one with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Binghamton's Zubin Omar.

Saturday

Teams played two rounds of doubles and one round of singles on day two of the event, with JMU splitting its doubles bouts.
Agusti and Schmitt first cruised toa. 6-2 win versus LIU's Victor Sjostrom and Danila Ishchanka before dispatching Navy's Jeffrey Etterbeek and Aniketh Ayinala by a 6-4 margin.
Markus Giersiepen and Lee also found the win column, earning a 6-4 victory against Bucknell's Oscar Bain and Nelson Alapi.
On the singles side, Agusti rolled past Richmond's Dylan Atkinson, 6-0, 6-3, while Schmitt downed Navy's Steven Nguyen, 6-2, 6-2.

Sunday

JMU managed two singles wins on the final day, as Schmitt capped off his perfect weekend with a 6-4, 6-2 win against Bain of Bucknell.
Giersiepen got in the singles victory column as well, taking down Bucknell's Felix Steindl by a 6-2, 6-2 score.

UP NEXT
JMU will open the dual season in January 2025, and that schedule will be announced in the coming weeks.