Feb. 17, 2008

Complete Results

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The 13th-ranked Navy squash team placed 12th at the College Squash Association Team Championship at Harvard over the weekend, after dropping the 11th-place matchup against Cornell, 6-3, Sunday morning. The Mids, who opened the tournament with a win over No. 12 Bowdoin, will finish the 2007-08 campaign ranked No. 12 and with a 16-10 record.

"We again had a great team effort this morning, but we just couldn't pull it out in the end," said eighth-year Navy head coach Craig Dawson.

Senior captain Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.), ranked 40th in the country, played his final collegiate team match by defeating 81st-ranked Will Hartigan in three games, 9-3, 9-6, 9-4 at the No. 3 spot. Meanwhile, playing one of his best matches of the season, rookie Allan Lutz (McLean, Va.) turned in a 3-1 victory over Mike Gelinas at No. 4, 9-4, 10-8, 4-9, 10-8. Junior Allen Hartley (Charleston, W.Va.) completed the hat trick for the weekend by winning his third match at No. 9 for the Mids. Hartley produced a 9-3, 9-7, 5-9, 9-2 win over Cornell's Pat Brady to claim the Mids' third win of the afternoon.

Navy sophomore Ben Mantica (Binghamton, N.Y.) dropped a heartbreaker to Dillon Aldrich at the No. 7 position, losing in five, 9-0, 5-9, 9-6, 1-9, 9-7.

Seniors Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) and Sawin, along with sophomore Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.) are expected to compete in the College Squash Association Individual Championship slated for Feb. 29 - March 2 and will be held at the Naval Academy.

Cornell def. Navy, 6-3Feb. 17, 2008 • Cambridge, Mass.1   Chris Sachvie (C) def. Tucker George (N)       3-1   9-2, 5-9, 9-3, 9-62   Steve Peever (C) def. Nils Mattsson (N)        3-1   0-9, 9-3, 9-4, 9-73   Jeff Sawin (N) def. Will Hartigan (C)          3-0   9-3, 9-6, 9-44   Allan Lutz (N) def. Mike Gelinas (C)           3-1   9-4, 10-8, 4-9, 10-85   Amar Gupta (C) def. Michael Beautyman Jr (N)   3-1   7-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-36   McKay Claghon (C) def. Christopher Zipf (N)    3-0   9-2, 9-4, 9-67   Dillon Aldrich (C) def. Ben Mantica (N)        3-2   9-0, 5-9, 9-6, 1-9, 9-78   Chris Vernick (C) def. Brian Hamilton (N)      3-0   9-3, 9-3, 10-89   Allen Hartley (N) def. Pat Brady (C)           3-1   9-3, 9-,7 5-9, 9-2