Navy tennis set to face top-ranked Wake Forest

Navy tennis players Aries Wong, left, and Andrew Ton helped lead Navy to the Patriot League championship and automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament that begins this weekend (Phil Hoffmann / Handout)The Navy men’s tennis team defeated rival Army on April 29 to win the Patriot League championship for the second time in four years. The reward? An automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament and a meeting with Wake Forest, the No. 1 team in the country.

So for Navy fourth-year coach Chris Garner, while the first-round matchup may not work in the Mids’ on Saturday, the payoff certainly will.

“It’s an incredible opportunity for these guys to play Wake Forest, which is the premier program in college…