For the first time since 2018, Navy squash has itself a new Barb Tournament champion. Junior Millen Randell (Chicago, Ill.) fought off team captain Ryan York (Sr / Hunt Valley, Md.) in five games to win the tournament crown after 2021 graduate Jack Lentz had won it the previous three years (2018, '19, '20).

York opened Tuesday evening's championship match by scoring an 11-5 victory, but Randell evened the match by way of a 12-10 win in the second frame. York yet again took the advantage behind a game three victory, 11-5, but it would be erased by a gritty performance by Randell who notched a 12-10 triumph in the fourth to pull even. Randell, who fought off a match ball in the fourth game, came back to claim his first Barb Tournament title by carding an 11-7 victory in the fifth game.

Established in 1957 by the late Admiral Eugene Fluckey, a Medal of Honor recipient, the Barb has seen 42 different midshipmen win the coveted trophy.  Fifteen men have claimed ownership of the trophy multiple times with six players (Spencer Wall 84-86, Jamie Slough 92-94, Andy McCann 00-02, Tucker George 05-08, Andrew McGuinness 12, 14-15, Jack Lentz 18-20) winning it three times. Randell will receive a ships clock at the Prizes and Awards ceremony during Commissioning Week and his name will be engraved on the Barb Trophy.

The week-long Barb Tournament pits the Navy squash players against one another in a round robin competition which then sets up an elimination tournament. The tournament results determine Navy's starting lineup to begin the season which is slated to officially kick off in Chicago, Illinois the weekend of Nov. 5-7. The Mids, however, will get a final tuneup for their opener when they welcome back former players for the annual Bowen Cup alumni match slated for Friday evening (6:30 pm) at the Prager Family Squash Center.

2021 Barb Tournament Results (placewinner matches)
Championship - Millen Randell (Jr / Chicago, Ill.) def. Ryan York (Sr / Hunt Valley, Md.) // 5-11, 12-10, 5-11, 12-10, 11-7
3 - Matt Wang (Fr / Malvern, Pa.) def. Henry Sparkman (So / Darien, Conn.) // 5-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9
5 - Ben Korn (Sr / Stevenson, Md.) def. Lucas Spiro (Fr / Buffalo, N.Y.) // 11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 13-11
7 - Gus Prager (Sr / New York, N.Y.) def. Tommy Rankin (Jr / Atlanta, Ga.) // 11-13, 12-10, 11-1, 11-8, 11-9
9 - Ben Balser (Jr / Brooklyn, N.Y.) def. Will Hyer (Sr / Bridgehampton, N.Y.) // 11-9, 11-9, 11-8

2021-22 Navy Squash Ladder
1 - Millen Randell
2 - Ryan York
3 - Matt Wang
4 - Henry Sparkman
5 - Ben Korn
6 - Lucas Spiro
7 - Gus Prager
8 - Tommy Rankin
9 - Ben Balser
10 - Will Hyer

### Go Navy ###