ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The 16th-ranked Navy squash team improved to 3-1 on the year after putting together shutout victories over No. 32 Fordham, No. 31 Haverford and Boston University this weekend in the annual Navy Veterans Weekend Tournament. The Mids are now a combined 89-0 against these three programs.
Weekend Highlights
• All 11 players on the ladder saw action and earned wins for the Mids, including
Jack Lentz (Jr / Philadelphia, Pa.), team captain
Michael Kacergis (Sr / Malvern, Pa.),
Millen Randell (Fr / Chicago, Ill.),
Ryan York (So / Hunt Valley, Md.),
Tommy Rankin (Fr / Atlanta, Ga.) and
Gus Prager (So / New York, N.Y.) who went 3-0 on the weekend.
• Among the 26 individual matches played over the weekend, Navy surrendered just one - a 3-1 win by Prager over Haverford's Khalil Walker (6,8,{7},5).
• Freshmen
Millen Randell,
Tommy Rankin and
Joe Kacergis all earned their first career victories and all three accomplished it in the Mids' 9-0 sweep against Fordham in the tournament opener. Rankin swept Winthrop Reed (5,6,2), Ranking picked up a win over Justin Deckoff (7,7,7) and Kacergis dealt Caleb Schumacher a 3-0 loss (1,1,3).
• Sophomores
Thomas Prim and
Will Hyer made their first appearances among the nine-player ladder this season. Prim allowed just three points in his win over Boston University's William Liu (2,0,1) at No. 8, while Hyer captured a 3-0 win over BU's Chad Lavoie (3,1,3).
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Owen Davis (Sr / Rydal, Pa.) went 2-0 over the weekend and is now just one win shy of 50 for his career.
• Behind his 3-0 mark,
Jack Lentz broke the 40-win milestone and now chases 50. He has amassed a 42-15 record in what is his third season.
What's Ahead
• Navy will make a mid-week trip to Charlottesville, Va. on Wednesday where it will battle ninth-ranked Virginia at 5:30 pm.
• Last year's match in Annapolis was a nail-biter, going down to the final match of the afternoon. Navy held a 4-3 advantage with two matches left, but a Cavalier win in five games at the No. 5 spot led to a 4-4 tie with one remaining match.
Jack Lentz went on to seal the Navy victory (5-4) by way of a 3-1 win over UVA's Patrick McElroy at the No. 1 position.
Navy 9, Fordham 0
1 |
Jack Lentz (N) def William Douglass (F) // 11-4, 11-3, 11-2
2 |
Michael Kacergis (N) def Patrick Rodden (F) // 11-1, 11-3, 11-1
3 |
Owen Davis (N) def Griffin Fitzgerald (F) // 11-3, 11-7, 11-0
4 |
Millen Randell (N) def Winthrop Reed (F) // 11-5, 11-6, 11-2
5 |
Ryan York (N) def Thomas White (F) // 11-1, 11-2, 11-5
6 |
Ben Korn (N) def Jake Bennett (F) // 11-5, 11-2, 11-0
7 | Thomas Rankin (N) def Justin Deckoff (F) // 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
8 |
Gus Prager (N) def Dylan Panichello (F) // 11-1, 11-2, 11-7
9 |
Joe Kacergis (N) def Caleb Schumacher (F) // 11-1, 11-1, 11-3
Navy 9, Haverford 0
1 |
Jack Lentz (N) def Davis Chase (H) // 11-5, 11-8, 11-3
2 |
Michael Kacergis (N) def James Dougherty (H) // 11-2, 11-2, 11-5
3 |
Owen Davis (N) def Wallace Miller (H) // 11-6, 11-4, 11-2
4 |
Millen Randell (N) def Quinton Ayres Crawford (H) // 11-5, 11-3,11-4
5 |
Ryan York (N) def Keil Reedich (H) // 11-3, 11-4, 11-5
6 |
Ben Korn (N) def John Collins (H) // 11-2, 11-2, 11-3
7 |
Tommy Rankin (N) def Nathan Wang (H) // 11-4, 11-3, 11-3
8 |
Gus Prager (N) def Khalil Walker (H) // 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5
9 |
Joe Kacergis (N) def Aaron Witkin (H) // 11-2, 11-5, 11-1
Navy 8, Boston University 0
1 |
Jack Lentz (N) def Hunter Chun (B) // 11-3, 11-4, 11-4
2 |
Michael Kacergis (N) def Stefano Viacava (B) // 11-1, 11-2, 11-4
3 |
Millen Randell (N) def Karan Mahtab (B) // 11-1, 11-1, 11-3
4 |
Ryan York (N) def Jason Gao (B) // 11-4, 11-0, 11-4
5 |
Tommy Rankin (N) def Ryley Thompson (B) // 11-4, 11-5, 11-1
6 |
Gus Prager (N) def BK Kim (B) // 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
7 |
Thomas Prim (N) def William Liu (B) // 11-2, 11-0, 11-1
8 |
Will Hyer (N) def Chad Lavoie (B) // 11-3, 11-1, 11-3
### Go Navy ###