Nov. 10, 2007

Complete Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Led by senior Matt Wiggins' (Sour Lake, Texas) first collegiate wins, the Navy squash team cruised past Stanford and Fordham Friday afternoon on the opening day of the Navy Squash Round Robin held at the Halsey International Squash Courts, as well as the Bancroft Hall Squash Courts in Annapolis. The 13-team round robin features teams from the region, as well as two West Coast programs and three women's teams.

The Mids improved to 4-1 by defeating both Stanford and Fordham by 9-0 decisions. Navy was able to move its ladder around, enabling the opportunity for additional players to see varsity action including Wiggins, who has battled his way onto the varsity squash this season. Wiggins earned his first varsity win by handing Stanford's Will Lewis a 9-5, 9-3, 9-5 loss, while following up with his second win of the day, a 9-5, 9-1, 9-0 victory over James Lechleitner of Fordham.

Sophomore Teddy George (West Hartford, Conn.) also earned his way onto the ladder Friday afternoon, defeating Fordham's Tolga Suvar, 9-1, 9-0, 9-0, at the No. 8 spot.

Senior captain Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.), along with rookies Allan Lutz (McLean, Va.) and Brad Seidel (Toledo, Ohio), sophomore Ben Mantica (Binghamton, N.Y.) and juniors Michael Beautyman Jr (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), Allen Hartley (Charleston, W.Va.) and Christopher Zipf (Gladwyne, Pa.) all earned two wins on Friday.

Sawin, Lutz and Hartley were impressive against their Fordham foes, as all three earned 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 wins. Meanwhile, Zipf earned a hard-fought 3-2 win over Stanford's Brad Pearson at the No. 7 spot. Pearson earned a 2-0 advantage over Zipf with 10-8 and 9-6 wins in the first two games. Zipf, however, turned the tables and took the next three games, 9-0, 9-3, 9-4, to win the match.

Though the tournament is slated to extend through Sunday, the Midshipmen play their final three matches on Saturday. Navy will battle Hobart, Haverford and Vanderbilt.

Navy def. Stanford, 9-0Nov. 9, 2007 • Annapolis, Md.1   Nils Mattsson (N) def. Andrew Burmon (S)             3-0   9-3, 9-0, 9-42   Jeff Sawin (N) def. Sam Gould (S)                    3-0   9-2, 9-2, 9-03   Allan Lutz (N) def. Pat Bugas (S)                    3-0   9-2, 9-2, 9-74   Ben Mantica (N) def. Andy Helppie-Schmeider (S)      3-0   9-3, 9-7, 9-35   Michael Beautyman Jr (N) def. Dave Herbert (S)       3-0   9-0, 9-6, 9-26   Brad Seidel (N) def. Ben Peterson (S)                3-0   9-1, 9-1, 9-27   Christopher Zipf (N) def. Brad Pearson (S)           3-2   8-10, 6-9, 9-0, 9-3, 9-48   Allen Hartley (N) def. Ananth Sridhar (S)            3-0   9-0, 9-5, 9-49   Matt Wiggins (N) def. Will Lewis (S)                 3-0   9-5, 9-3, 9-5
Navy def. Fordham, 9-0Nov. 9, 2007 • Annapolis, Md.1   Jeff Sawin (N) def. Charles Sterken (F)              3-0   9-0, 9-0, 9-02   Allan Lutz (N) def. Steve Sangiacomo (F)             3-0   9-0, 9-0, 9-03   Ben Mantica (N) def. Jason Sheriff (F)               3-0   9-1, 9-1, 9-14   Michael Beautyman Jr (N) def. Charles Kromholz (F)   3-0   9-1, 9-0, 9-25   Brad Seidel (N) def. Brandon Abbatiello (F)          3-0   9-0, 9-2, 9-06   Christopher Zipf (N) def. Peter Slucky (F)           3-0   9-1, 9-2, 9-57   Allen Hartley (N) def. Steve Cinquino (F)            3-0   9-0, 9-0, 9-08   Teddy George (N) def. Tolga Suvar (F)                3-0   9-1, 9-0, 9-09   Matt Wiggins (N) def. James Lechleitner (F)          3-0   9-5, 9-1, 9-0