The 16th-ranked Navy men's squash team won two of its four matches over the weekend, earning 9-0 sweeps over Denison and Bucknell while dropping matches to #17 MIT (6-3) and #3 Penn (9-0).
The Highlights
• Navy is now 6-5 at the midway point of its season, earning wins over Fordham, Haverford, Boston University, Dickinson, Denison and Bucknell. The Mids' losses have come against #15 Western Ontario, #9 Virginia, #4 Princeton, #17 MIT and #3 Penn.
• Ten of the 11 players who were in action for the Mids over the weekend earned a win.
• Navy opened the MIT match with a hard-fought three-game victory by No. 1 player
Jack Lentz (Jr / Philadelphia, Pa.). The Engineers, however, went on to win six straight matches to secure the win.
• Navy did not relinquish a game in its mirroring 9-0 victories over Denison and Bucknell on Saturday, winning all 18 matches by 3-0 marks.
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Ben Korn (So / Stevenson, Md.) was the lone Navy player to take a game in the Mids' match against #3 Penn on Sunday. Korn evened his match against David Yacobucci with a 12-10 win in the second game, but Yacobucci went on to win the next two games for the 3-1 victory.
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Owen Davis (Sr / Rydal, Pa.) and
Millen Randell (Fr / Chicago, Ill.) put together 3-1 marks to lead the way for the Mids this weekend. Davis, Randell and Lentz are now atop Navy's wins list with seven. Lentz and Davis are 7-3, while Randell is 7-4.
• Davis and team captain
Michael Kacergis (Sr / Malvern, Pa.) now have 54 career wins and are just one win away from joining Navy's all-time wins list.
• Korn,
Ryan York (So / Hunt Valley, Md.),
Tommy Rankin (Fr / Atlanta, Ga.),
Gus Prager (So / New York, N.Y.) and
Joe Kacergis (Fr / Malvern, Pa.) all finished the weekend with 2-2 marks. Prager, Rankin and York head into the break with matching 6-5 records.
What's Ahead
• Navy will step away from the competition courts to concentrate on final exams and enjoy the holiday break. The Mids will return to action on Jan. 8 when they play host to #2 Trinity.
MIT def. Navy, 6-3
1 |
Jack Lentz (N) def Joe O'Connor (MIT) // 12-10, 14-12, 11-7
2 | Aman Sanger (MIT) def
Michael Kacergis (N) // 12-10, 11-9, 4-11, 10-12, 11-7
3 |
Owen Davis (N) def Henry Martin (MIT) // 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 14-12
4 |
Millen Randell (N) def Eli Kramer (MIT) // 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
5 | Vedaant Kukadia (MIT) def
Ryan York (N) // 6-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-8
6 | William Wu (MIT) def
Ben Korn (N) // 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3
7 | Keith Lamp (MIT) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 11-4, 11-5, 11-6
8 | Matt McManus (MIT) def
Gus Prager (N) // 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 11-4
9 | Brad Levin (MIT) def
Joe Kacergis (N) // 11-7, 11-5, 11-2
EXH | Wonjune Kang (MIT) def
Thomas Prim (N) // 11-4, 11-3, 11-6
Navy def. Denison, 9-0
1 |
Jack Lentz (N) def Ibrahim Dekhiet (D) // 11-2, 11-1, 8-5 (ret)
2 |
Owen Davis (N) def Henry Rosenberg (D) // 11-1, 11-1, 11-3
3 |
Millen Randell (N) def Mario Reifschneider (D) // 11-2, 11-1, 11-4
4 |
Ryan York (N) def Michael Ferrick (D) // 11-3, 11-5, 11-4
5 |
Ben Korn (N) def Graham Poole (D) // 12-10, 11-3, 11-4
6 |
Tommy Rankin (N) def Reece Quigley (D) // 11-2, 11-2, 11-2
7 |
Gus Prager (N) def Maximilian Mehm (D) // 11-1, 11-1, 11-2
8 |
Joe Kacergis (N) def Michael Chin Lee (D) // 11-4, 11-6, 11-2
9 |
Thomas Prim (N) def Jash Rathod (D) // 11-0, 11-2, 11-0
EXH |
Will Hyer (N) def Unrostered (D) // 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Navy def. Bucknell, 9-0
1 |
Owen Davis (N) def Delancey McFadden (B) // 11-4, 11-1, 11-7
2 |
Millen Randell (N) def Riggs Johnson (B) // 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
3 |
Ryan York (N) def Henry Charman (B) // 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
4 |
Ben Korn (N) def Kyle Ferguson (B) // 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
5 |
Tommy Rankin (N) def Bryan Yekelchik (B) // 11-8, 11-4, 11-8
6 |
Gus Prager (N) def Tarquin Hanson (B) // 11-8, 11-6, 11-9
7 |
Joe Kacergis (N) def Maxwell Oliphant (B) // 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
8 |
Thomas Prim (N) def Mark Khalil (B) // 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
9 |
Will Hyer (N) def George Savin (B) // 11-0, 11-1, 11-2
Penn def. Navy, 9-0
1 | Andrew Douglas (P) def
Jack Lentz (N) // 17-15, 11-8, 11-8
2 | Aly Abou El Einen (P) def
Michael Kacergis (N) // 11-8, 11-4, 11-8
3 | James Flynn (P) def
Owen Davis (N) // 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
4 | Dillon Huang (P) def
Millen Randell (N) // 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
5 | Yash Bhargava (P) def
Ryan York (N) // 11-9, 11-8, 11-2
6 | David Yacobucci (P) def
Ben Korn (N) // 11-7, 10-12, 11-0, 11-3
7 | Saksham Choudhary (P) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 11-5, 11-1, 11-5
8 | Tushar Shahani (P) def
Gus Prager (N) // 11-5, 11-5, 11-4
9 | Ryan Murray (P) def
Joe Kacergis (N) // 11-4, 11-2, 11-8
EXH | Brian Cowhey (P) def
Thomas Prim (N) // 11-1, 11-2, 11-6
### Go Navy ###