Needing to win two of the final three matches to avenge its regular-season loss to MIT, the 18th-ranked Navy squash team (8-13) came up short and dropped a 5-4 decision to the 17th-ranked Engineers (14-7) Sunday at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference (MASC) Championship in Washington, D.C.

The Highlights
• The Mids posted a 1-2 record in their first appearance at the MASC Championship - lost to George Washington, 8-1 // defeated Dickinson, 9-0 // lost to MIT, 5-4.
• Navy jumped out to a 2-1 advantage with wins by Jack Lentz (Jr, Philadelphia, Pa.) and Ryan York (So, Hunt Valley, Md.). With the match even at 3-3, Navy needed two wins from matches involving team captain Michael Kacergis (Sr, Malvern, Pa.), freshman Joe Kacergis (Fr, Malvern, Pa.) and freshman Millen Randell (Fr, Chicago, Ill.).
• Jack Lentz, who stands #1 on the ladder, garnered his 50th collegiate victory by sweeping Aman Sanger to capture the Mids' first win of the day. The win also marked his team-leading 12th of the season.
• Ryan York pulled out a hard-fought victory over Brad Levin at the #5 position. After losing the opening game, 11-9, York came roaring back to win back-to-back games, 11-2 and 11-9. Levin pulled even with an 11-6 win in the fourth before York capped the match with an 11-7 win in the fifth.
• Gus Prager (So, New York, N.Y.) also saw a strong performance pay dividends with a 3-2 win over Robert Williamson at the #8 spot. Prager jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Williamson came back to tie the match. Prager sealed the win with an 11-8 victory in the fifth.
• Earning the final win of the afternoon for the Mids was Michael Kacergis whose come-from-behind effort against Henry Martin gave him his 60th collegiate win. Martin won the opening game, 13-11, but Kacergis battled back to win the next three. Kacergis, who is now 60-34 over four seasons, is just the 22nd player in program history to reach the 60-win milestone. He is tied with Tommy McNamara (2008-11 // 60-20) for 21st on the Mids' all-time wins list.

What's Ahead
• Navy will have nearly three weeks to prepare for the 2020 College Squash Association Team Championship hosted by Harvard on Feb. 28-March 1.
• The following week (March 6-8) is the 2020 CSA Individual Championship held at Penn.

MIT def Navy, 5-4
1 | Jack Lentz (N) def Aman Sanger (MIT) // (3-0), 11-3, 12-10, 13-11
2 | Adil Tibrawalla (MIT) def Owen Davis (N) // (3-1) 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9
3 | Michael Kacergis (N) def Henry Martin (MIT) // (3-1) 11-13, 11-3, 11-9, 11-5
4 | Eli Kramer (MIT) def Millen Randell (N) // (3-1) 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9
5 | Ryan York (N) def Brad Levin (MIT) // (3-2) 9-11, 11-2, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7
6 | Keith Lamp (MIT) def Ben Korn (N) // (3-1) 11-8, 11-2, 12-14, 13-11
7 | Matt McManus (MIT) def Tommy Rankin (N) // (3-0) 11-4, 12-10, 11-4
8 | Gus Prager (N) def Robert Williamson (MIT) // (3-2) 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 11-8
9 | Neel Das (MIT) def Joe Kacergis (N) // (3-0) 11-8, 14-12, 11-8
10 | Wonjune Kang (MIT) def Thomas Prim (N) // (3-0) 11-4, 11-7, 11-5

### Go Navy ###