Results (PDF)

• Graduate student Giuliano Buzoianu went 4-0 to claim victory in the 'D' singles flight
• Sophomore Ryan Charles went 3-1 in the 'D' flight to claim the consolation crown
• Junior Edward Ayers picked up a pair of singles victories in the 'A' flight
 
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Graduate student Giuliano Buzoianu got his final collegiate season off to a fantastic start this past weekend with a singles flight victory at the Joe Hunt Invitational.
 
Competing in the 'D' flight of the event, Buzoianu went a perfect 4-0 during the three-day competition on the campus of the U.S. Naval Academy. The Bucharest, Romania, product did not lose a set over the course of his matches.
 
Buzoianu opened his weekend with a straight sets win over St. Bonaventure's Mark Rivolo (7-5, 6-3). In the quarterfinals, he knocked off Christian Provenzano of Connecticut, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).
 
Buzoianu marched on to the semifinals on Saturday, where he dispatched of George Washington's Lawrence Sciglitano easily (6-3, 6-1). Then in Sunday's final, Buzoianu upended Matt Ghering of Air Force, 6-3, 7-5.
 
Also in the 'D' bracket, sophomore Ryan Charles posted a solid 3-1 mark en route to winning the consolation title. He dropped his opening match to Ghering (6-4, 6-3) but rebounded with three straight victories. Those included wins over Fairleigh Dickinson's Ryu Kozuki (7-5, 6-3), Navy's Cam Kirkpatrick (7-5, 7-5) and FDU's Ivan Solans (6-1, 6-4).
 
In the 'A' flight, Mason No. 1 Edward Ayers won a pair of matches over the course of the weekend. He claimed victory in his opener over Connecticut's Yili Zheng (7-5, 7-6 (7-4)). He also defeated Luke Sanderson of Air Force in straight sets (6-4, 6-2).
 
Ayers paired with fellow junior Jakob Nielsen in the 'A' flight of doubles and the duo earned two wins. On Friday, the partners dispatched of St. Bonaventure's Mark Rivolo and Lukas Malmberg, 6-2. They also knocked off FDU's Andris Gudins and Niclas Pietsch, 6-3.
 
In the 'E' flight of singles, freshman Michael Pollatos won a pair of matches in his debut for the Green & Gold. They included victories over Jonni Heikkila of St. Bonaventure (6-4, 6-1) and David Weltz of Monmouth (2-6, 6-2, 10-8).
 
The Patriots head back to Annapolis in two weeks to continue their fall slate at the Navy Blue & Gold Invitational (Oct. 12-15).