Winners of seven consecutive matches, the undefeated Trinity squash team earned a 9-0 victory over Navy (6-6) Wednesday evening at the Halsey International Squash Courts in Annapolis, Md.
The Highlights
• Wednesday's match marked the first match of the New Year for the Mids. With six remaining matches in the regular season, Navy stands 6-6 with 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, #3 Penn and #2 Trinity.
• In a series that dates back to 1950, Navy holds a 31-15 advantage over the Bantams.
• Though trailing overall, Trinity has won 11 in a row against the Mids.
• Trinity's win marked just its sixth victory against the Mids in Annapolis. Navy has won 22 of the 28 matches in the series that have been played in Annapolis.
• Navy won three games in the match, as team captain
Michael Kacergis (Sr / Malvern, Pa.) nearly knocked off two-time First-Team All-American Kush Kumar. Kacergis never led in the match, rather he matched Kumar throughout the five games. Kumar won the first (11-7) and third games (11-9), while Kacergis leveled the match with wins in the second (11-7) and fourth games (11-6). Kumar closed out the match with an 11-2 victory in the fifth.
• Also taking a game off his opponent was freshman
Millen Randell (Chicago, Ill.). Randell edged Yehia Essam, 13-11, in the opening game before Essam rattle off three straight wins to earn the 3-1 victory.
What's Ahead
• Navy returns to action on Friday evening when it plays host to No. 19 Middlebury (1-1) at the Halsey Field House International Squash Courts. Admission is free.
Trinity def. Navy, 9-0
1 | Miko Aijanen (T) def
Jack Lentz (N) // 11-6, 11-8, 11-0
2 | Michael Craig (T) def
Owen Davis (N) // 11-11-5, 11-3, 11-8
3 | Kush Kumar (T) def
Michael Kacergis (N) // 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-2
4 | Yehia Essam (T) def
Millen Randell (N) // 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
5 | Utkarsh Baheti (T) def
Ryan York (N) // 11-4, 11-5, 11-9
6 | Patrick O'Sullivan (T) def
Ben Korn (N) // 12-10, 11-5, 11-6
7 | Julius Benthin (T) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 11-4, 11-3, 11-2
8 | Martin Rios (T) def
Gus Prager (N) // 11-6, 11-6, 11-4
9 | Alexander Bernhard (T) def
Joe Kacergis (N) // 11-6, 11-6, 11-2
EXH | Will Jones (T) def
Thomas Prim (N) // 11-1, 11-4, 11-7
### Go Navy ###