The 16th-ranked Navy squash team will look to capitalize on its early season momentum when it plays host to the first of two Navy round robins slated for the next two weekends in Annapolis. Ten men's and three women's teams will travel to the Naval Academy to play in the three-day round robin that begins Friday evening and will be staged at both the Halsey Field House International Squash Courts and the Bancroft Hall Squash Courts.

Admission is free to all Navy squash matches. A reminder to fans planning on attending the match, vehicular access to the Naval Academy is limited to those with a Department of Defense identification card. It is suggested that fans park downtown and walk through the main gate. Please note that a government issued identification card must be carried and presented at the gate.

The Schedule / Opponents
Navy's varsity squad, which enters the weekend with a 3-0 record, will be in action four times over the weekend, including opening the tournament on Friday evening at 7:00 pm against No. 32 Fordham. The Mids face No. 26 Hobart (9:00 am) and No. 12 Western Ontario (2:30 pm) on Saturday and close out the weekend with a Sunday morning matchup against Boston U. (10:00 am). All four of the Mids' varsity matches will take place in Halsey Field House.

The Mids are a combined 100-13 against their weekend foes, including a 61-0 mark against Fordham in a series that began in 1952.

Navy's "B" team will face the Johns Hopkins on Saturday at 9:30 before wrapping up the weekend with Sunday matches against Georgetown (10:00 am) and Fordham (12:00 pm).  

Round Robin Schedule
Friday    
7:00 pm / Navy vs. Fordham / Halsey 1-6

Saturday    
9:00 am / Navy vs. Hobart / Halsey 1-3
9:00 am / Fordham vs. Boston U. / Halsey 4-6
9:00 am / W - Boston U. vs. Johns Hopkins / Bancroft 1-3

12:00 pm / Boston U. vs. Johns Hopkins / Halsey 1-3
12:00 pm / W - Haverford vs. Boston U. / Halsey 4-6
12:00 pm / George Washington vs. Hobart / Bancroft 1-3

2:30 pm / Navy vs. Western Ontario / Halsey 1-3
2:30 pm / Fordham vs. Haverford / Bancroft 1-3
2:30 pm / Navy B vs. Johns Hopkins / Bancroft 4-6

5:00 pm / Haverford vs. Boston U. / Halsey 1-3
5:00 pm / W - Haverford vs. Johns Hopkins / Halsey 4-6
5:00 pm / Western Ontario vs. Fordham / Bancroft 1-3

Sunday    
10:00 am / Navy vs. Boston U. / Halsey 1-3
10:00 am / Navy B vs. Georgetown / Halsey 4-6
10:00 am / George Washington vs. Western Ontario / Bancroft 1-3

12:00 pm / Boston U. vs. Georgetown / Halsey 4-6
12:00 pm / Fordham vs. Navy B / Bancroft 1-3

Projected Navy Ladder
1. Jack Lentz (So, Philadelphia, Pa.), 2. Owen Davis (Jr, Rydal, Pa.), 3. Senen Ubina (Sr, Greenwich, Conn.), 4. Michael Kacergis (Jr, Malvern, Pa.), 5. Dylan Sweeney (Sr, New York, N.Y.), 6. Jamie Kjorlien (Greenwich, Conn.), 7. Ryan York (Fr, Hunt Valley, Md.), 8. Danny Finnegan (So, Williamstown, Mass.), 9. Ben Korn (Fr, Stevenson, Md.), 10. Gus Prager (Fr, New York, N.Y.), 11. John Kacergis (Sr, Malvern, Pa.), 12. Will Hyer (Fr, Bridgehampton, N.Y.), 10. Thomas Prim (Fr, Gladwyne, Pa.)

A Look Back
• The 3-0 Mids opened the season a week ago with a pair of wins over Stanford (9-0), Cal (9-0) and dealt No. 13 Virginia a 5-4 loss in their home opener on Wednesday evening.
• Navy dominated the upper half of the ladder, as the Mids scored victories at the No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 positions. Meanwhile, rookie Ben Korn picked up a solid 3-0 sweep at the No. 9 slot to help lead Navy to the upset.
• With the team scored tied at 4-4, the match came down to the No. 1 players for both schools - Navy sophomore Jack Lentz and Virginia freshman Patrick McElroy. Lentz got the better of McElroy in the first game, 11-5, before McElroy pulled even with an 11-9 victory in the second. Lentz cruised to an 11-3 win in the third, but closing out the match would not be easy as both players competed like veterans. Lentz held a sizable lead in the fourth game, but McElroy roared back and took the lead from Lentz. Though Lentz faced game point multiple times in the fourth, he went on to claim a 12-10 decision to seal the match victory for the Midshipmen.

More on the Mids
• Three players lead the way for the Mids with 3-0 marks heading into the weekend - Ben Korn, Jack Lentz and team captain Senen Ubina.
• Senior Jamie Kjorlien is three wins away from becoming the third active Navy player to reach the 60-win milestone. With a 57-25 career mark, he is tied for 23rd on the Mids' all-time wins list. Classmates Senen Ubina and Dylan Sweeney are also on that list. Sweeney is tied for 19th with a 60-24 mark, while Ubina is 65-26 over four seasons and stands 16th on the wins list.
• Junior Owen Davis picked up his 40th career victory in Wednesday night's 3-1 win over Virginia's Toby Hansford, while classmate Michael Kacergis (39-17) will be looking for his 40th win this weekend.

Up Next
• The Midshipmen will return home the weekend of November 16 to play host to their second round robin in as many weeks.
• Navy is on tap to meet No. 22 MIT on Nov. 16 at 7:00 pm, Denison on Nov. 17 at 9:30 am and No. 18 Dickinson on Nov. 18 at 1:30 pm.


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