Feb. 11, 2007

Results

HAMILTON, N.Y. - Navy improved to 19-7 in squash action with a 9-0 victory over 18th-ranked Hamilton College on Sunday morning. While the 10th-ranked Mids did not give up a point to Hamilton, five of the matches were pushed to extra games including two five-gamers.

Freshman Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.), who was pushed up to the No. 1 spot with Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) fighting off the flu, earned a 9-7, 9-6, 9-6 victory over Hamilton's top player Anthony Bardaro. Second-year standout Alastair Smith (Hillsborough, N.J.) traded wins with John DeWitt at No. 2 before putting away the match in the fifth game, 9-1. Junior Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.), who has won nine of his last 10 matches, turned in a 9-4, 9-1, 9-4 win over Jonathan Peters in the No. 4 spot.

Sophomore Christopher Zipf (Gladwyne, Pa.) fell behind early in his match with Sander Doucette, dropping back-to-back 9-4 decisions. Zipf was able to turn the tables in the third game with a 10-8 win and went on to capture the match win in five games.

Michael Beautyman Jr (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.), Ben Mantica (Binghamton, N.Y.) and Dan Hellier (Modesto, Calif.) were all forced into a fourth game before picking up wins, while Brian Hamilton (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Allen Hartley (Charleston, W.Va.) earned three-game wins at the No. 8 and No. 9 positions, respectively.

Both Hamilton and Zipf improved their winning streaks to eight in a row, while Hartley and Sawin have each won seven straight.

The Mids return to action next Saturday with a pair of matches against 14th-ranked Franklin & Marshall at 1:00 pm, followed by a 4:00 pm match-up against No. 37 Penn State. It'll be the final tune-up for Navy before it travels to New Haven. Conn. to compete in the College Squash Association Team Championship on Feb. 23-25.