The 16th-ranked Navy squash team will look to bounce back from its opening-weekend loss to No. 15 Western Ontario when it plays host to the first of two Navy tournaments slated for two of the next three weekends in Annapolis. A combined 10 men's and three women's teams will play in the three-day tournament 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 0-1 record, will be in action three times over the weekend, including opening the tournament on Friday evening at 7:00 pm against No. 32 Fordham. The Mids face No. 31 Haverford on Saturday at 5:00 pm and close out the weekend with a Sunday morning matchup against Boston U. (10:00 am). All three of the Mids' varsity matches will take place in Halsey Field House.

The Mids are a combined 86-0 against their weekend foes, including a 62-0 mark against Fordham in a series that began in 1952.

Navy's "B" team, meanwhile, will face Lehigh (12:00 pm ) and Johns Hopkins (2:30 pm) on Saturday.  

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2019-20 record / career record)
1. Jack Lentz (Jr / Philadelphia, Pa. / 1-0 / 39-15)
2. Michael Kacergis (Sr / Malvern, Pa. / 0-1 / 50-26)
3. Owen Davis (Sr / Rydal, Pa. / 0-1 / 47-26)
4. Millen Randell (Fr / Chicago, Ill. / 0-1 / 0-1)
5. Ryan York (So / Hunt Valley, Md. / 0-1 / 10-9)
6. Ben Korn (So / Stevenson, Md. / 0-1 / 14-6)
7. Tommy Rankin (Fr / Atlanta, Ga. / 0-1 / 0-1)
8. Gus Prager (So / New York, N.Y. / 0-1 / 4-2)
9. Joe Kacergis (Fr / Malvern, Pa. / 0-1 / 0-1)
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10. Thomas Prim (So / Gladwyne, Pa. / 0-0 / 1-0)
11. Will Hyer (So / Bridgehampton, N.Y. / 0-0 / 1-0)

Weekly Rewind
• Navy squash opened its 72nd season as a varsity program last weekend when it traveled to Toronto, Ontario to battle 15th-ranked Western Ontario.
• It was just the second time in program history that Navy has played a match in Canada. The Mids made their inaugural trip to Ontario in 2017 where they dropped a 5-4 heartbreaker.
• The Mustangs once again came out on top, dealing Navy an 8-1 loss.
• The Mids' lone victory in the match was by junior Jack Lentz, Navy's No. 1 player, who dispatched his Western Ontario foe in three games.
• Senior Owen Davis came up just short in his match against David Mill at the No. 3 spot, dropping a five-game match.

What's Ahead
• Navy will make a mid-week trip to Charlottesville, Va. on Wednesday where they 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.

### Go Navy ###