With just a handful of weeks remaining in the regular season, the 18th-ranked Navy squash team (7-6) will play three matches in a four-day span this week, including two at home. The Mids will play host to #16 Brown (1-3) on Tuesday at 4:30 pm and #9 George Washington (5-4) on Wednesday at 5:30 pm. Navy will close out the week with a road trip to Massachusetts where it will battle #20 Williams (7-3) at 5:00 pm on Friday. Fans can follow the action for all three matches via Club Locker on NavySports.com or csasquash.com(.)

Despite a series that dates back to 1989, this will be Brown's first trip to Annapolis. Navy leads the series, 9-8, and has won four in a row against the Bears. The two teams last met on Jan. 31, 2016 with Navy earning a 5-4 win.

Navy and George Washington will meet for the 30th time in a series that began in 1995. The Mids hold a 24-5 advantage, however, the Colonials have won 5 of the last 6 matches which falls in line with when they became a varsity sport. Navy owns a 16-2 record against the Colonials in matches played in Annapolis. GW won last year's match, 7-2, in the nation's capital.

One of the oldest series in college squash is Navy-Williams. The two first met on Dec. 13, 1952 with the Mids scoring the 6-3 victory in Amherst, Mass. Navy leads the series, 36-22, with the majority of the matches (36 of 58) being player in Williamstown. The Mids have won 24 of those 36 matches played on Williams' home court. Navy won last year's thriller in Annapolis, 5-4.

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2019-20 record / career record)
1. Jack Lentz (Jr / Philadelphia, Pa. / 8-4 / 46-19)
2. Owen Davis (Sr / Rydal, Pa. / 8-4 / 55-29)
3. Michael Kacergis (Sr / Malvern, Pa. / 5-6 / 55-31)
4. Millen Randell (Fr / Chicago, Ill. / 8-5 / 8-5)
5. Ryan York (So / Hunt Valley, Md. / 7-6 / 17-14)
6. Ben Korn (So / Stevenson, Md. / 6-6 / 20-11)
7. Tommy Rankin (Fr / Atlanta, Ga. / 6-7 / 6-7)
8. Gus Prager (So / New York, N.Y. / 7-6 / 11-7)
9. Joe Kacergis (Fr / Malvern, Pa. / 6-6 / 6-6)
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10. Will Hyer (So / Bridgehampton, N.Y. / 2-0 / 3-0)
11. Thomas Prim (So / Gladwyne, Pa. / 3-0 / 4-0)

Navy Notes
• Navy split its two matches a week ago, dropping a 9-0 decision to #2 Trinity before rallying for an 8-1 victory over #19 Middlebury.
• Four of the nine matches went into extra games, two of which were decided in five games.
• Millen Randell and Gus Prager both captured victories by way of five-game matches. Randell opened up a 2-0 lead, but John Epley rallied to knot the match and force a game five. Randell closed out the victory with an 11-4 win. Prager, meanwhile, traded game victories with Alexander Merrill before closing out a hard-fought match with a 12-10 win in game five.
• Freshman Joe Kacergis put forth a solid performance, capturing his sixth win of the season with a 3-0 sweep over Alex Giles at the #9 position.
• Team captain Michael Kacergis and fellow senior Owen Davis both captured victories against Middlebury and in doing so joined the Mids' all-time top-25 wins list. Kacergis clipped Jacob Kagan in three games to push his record to 55-31 record, while Davis led Jacob Ellen 2-0 before Ellen retired due to injury. Davis now stands at 55-29. Kacergis and Davis are tied with David Koenig (2011-14), who turned in a 55-19 record over his four seasons, for 25th on the list. Michael Beautyman is 24th on the list with 57 wins from 2005-09.
• Owen Davis, Jack Lentz and Millen Randall lead the team with eight wins this season.
• The middle of Navy's lineup has been steady with sophomores Ryan York posting a 7-6 mark at #5 and #6 Ben Korn owning a 6-6 record.
• Jack Lentz has put together an 8-4 record as the Mids' No. 1 player and is looking to add his name to Navy's 50-win club. The three-year starter needs four wins to join the list.

More On Brown
• Led by 30th-year head coach Stuart Legassick who started the program in 1989, Brown arrives in Annapolis with a 1-3 record.
• The Bears' lone win was a 6-3 victory over #17 MIT on Dec. 7. They have losses to #6 Yale (9-0), #10 Columbia (7-2) and #14 Cornell (6-3).
• A veteran squad, Brown's ladder is made up of 3 seniors, 2 juniors, 2 sophomores and 2 freshmen.
• Leading the way in the wins column is #5 player freshman Ahmed Amin with three wins. Andrew Wei and Blake Gilbert-Bono, the #4 and #8 players, respectively, each have a pair of wins.

More On George Washington
• Under the direction of first-year head coach Anderson Good, George Washington has put together a 5-4 record to date.
• The Colonials have wins over Georgetown (9-0), #10 Columbia (5-4), Vassar (9-0), #19 Middlebury (9-0) and #15 St. Lawrence (6-3). Their losses have been to #8 Virginia (7-2), #4 Princeton (7-2), #3 Penn (9-0) and #2 Trinity (8-1). GW heads into its match against the Mids having won three in a row.
• GW has utilized a number of different lineups this season. Freshman Moustafa Montaser (1-2), a member of the 2018 World Junior Champion Team for Egypt, has played in three of its last four matches at #1, while 2019 Second-Team All-American Mohammad Alterki (2-3) occupied the #1 spot over the first five matches.
• Senior Jamie Oakley leads the team with his 6-3 record, playing the majority of matches at #3 (4-3).

More On Williams
• In his 18th season as head coach, Zafi Levy has guided Williams to a 7-3 record including wins in each of its last four matches. Williams is 4-1 since turning the calendar.
• The Ephs have wins over Dickinson (9-0), Hamilton (9-0), Connecticut College (9-0), #17 Middlebury (7-2), Bates (5-4), Bowdoin (6-3) and Colby (6-3). Their losses have been against #6 Yale (9-0), #10 Columbia (8-1) and #11 Dartmouth (7-2).
• Anchoring the team are junior Wyatt Khosrowshahi and rookie Udai Pal from the #1 and #3 positions, respectively. Both players have amassed a 7-2 record. Meanwhile #5 and #6 players, A.J. Solecki and Carl Shuck, have six wins against three losses.

What's Ahead
• Navy will be off the week of Jan. 20 before returning to action on Wednesday, Jan. 29 when it travels to Lancaster, Pa. to face #12 Franklin & Marshall in a Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference game. Action is set for 5:30 pm.

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