The 21st-ranked Navy squash team opened the 2021-22 season with a strong performance in Chicago where it captured 9-0 victories over Chicago, Indiana, Washington University in St. Louis, Ohio State and Northwestern. While the Mids remained unbeaten against Chicago (3-0), WUSL (3-0) and Northwestern (13-0), it was the inaugural meeting between Navy and Ohio State, as well as Northwestern.

Weekend Highlights
• All 10 players on the ladder saw action and earned wins for the Mids, including Millen Randell (Jr / Chicago, Ill.),  Matt Wang (Fr / Malvern, Pa.), Henry Sparkman (So / Darien, Conn.), Lucas Spiro (Fr / Buffalo, N.Y.) and Ben Balser (Jr / Brooklyn, N.Y.) who went 5-0 on the weekend.
• Among the 45 individual matches played over the weekend, Navy surrendered just a single game - a 3-1 win by Ben Korn over Ohio State's Blaze Fletcher-Broderson ({10},2,4,8).
• Freshmen Matt Wang and Lucas Spiro, along with junior Ben Balser earned their first-career victories and all three accomplished it in the Mids' 9-0 sweep against Chicago in the season opener. Wang, swept Ishaan Patel (2,0,5) at the No. 3 position, Spiro picked up a win over Craigin Maloney (3,3,5) at No. 5 and Balser, who joined the team this season, dealt Seha Choi a 3-0 loss (2,3,2).
• Sophomore Henry Sparkman also earned his first-collegiate victory by scoring a 3-0 win over Jingyu Cai of Chicago (2,5,3). Sparkman made his collegiate debut a year ago, but he and his Navy teammates were limited to just a pair of appearances against Virginia.

What's Ahead
• Navy will play host to seventh-ranked Virginia in a mid-week tilt slated for 6:00 pm on Wednesday.
• The match will be streamed online, while live scoring will also be available. Links for both can be found on Navy's website, NavySports.com
• Virginia was Navy's only opponent a year ago, defeating the Mids on back-to-back days in Charlottesville, 6-3 and 9-0.
• There will be a short dedication ceremony for the Prager Family Squash Facility prior to the start of Wednesday's match.
• Navy's squash facility has been renovated over the last year and now features a world-class, all-glass doubles court. Some of the other enhancements included modernized locker rooms, a team study room and fan viewing areas. Additionally, technology throughout the facility has been updated to include permanent scoreboards and live streaming capabilities throughout the courts.

Navy 9, Chicago 0
1 | Millen Randell (N) def Quinn Lehrman (C) // 11-5, 11-1, 11-1
2 | Ryan York (N) def Seif Eldin Moataz (C) // 11-7, 11-1, 11-1
3 | Matt Wang (N) def Ishaan Patel (C) // 11-2, 11-0, 11-5
4 | Henry Sparkman (N) def Jingyu Cai (C) // 11-2, 11-5, 11-3
5 | Lucas Spiro (N) def Craigin Maloney (C) // 11-3, 11-3, 11-5
6 | Gus Prager (N) def Wesley Fang (C) // 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
7 | Tommy Rankin (N) def Tara Chugh (C) // 11-5, 11-2, 11-0
8 | Ben Balser (N) def Seha Choi (C) // 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
9 | Will Hyer (N) def Vedant Pathak (C) // 11-5, 11-2, 11-5

Navy 9, Indiana 0
1 | Millen Randell (N) def Abhishek Murli (I) // 11-1, 11-4, 11-4
2 | Ryan York (N) def Niraj Sankla (I) // 11-1, 11-0, 11-1
3 | Matt Wang (N) def Constantine Alexos (I) // 11-0, 11-2, 11-5
4 | Henry Sparkman (N) def Colby Gordon (I) // 11-4, 11-2, RE
5 | Ben Korn (N) def Vinayak Bansal (I) // 11-5, 11-4, 11-1
6 | Lucas Spiro (N) def Shiv Kapur (I) // 11-5, 11-1, 11-0
7 | Gus Prager (N) def Akshat Sureka (I) // 11-4, 11-2, 11-2
8 | Ben Balser (N) def Ansh Mehta (I) // 11-6, 11-6, 11-4
9 | Will Hyer (N) def Siddhant Shah (I) // 11-4, 11-1, 11-1

Navy 9, Washington University in St. Louis 0
1 | Millen Randell (N) def Russell Scharf (WUSL) // 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
2 | Ryan York (N) def Johnny Lu (WUSL) // 11-4, 11-4, 11-2
3 | Matt Wang (N) def Ryan Wiersbitzky (WUSL) // 11-4, 11-6, 13-11
4 | Henry Sparkman (N) def Connor Browder (WUSL) // 11-2, 11-7, 11-1
5 | Ben Korn (N) def Julien Marmur (WUSL) // 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
6 | Lucas Spiro (N) def Atri Bhattacharyya (WUSL) // 11-6, 11-2, 11-2
7 | Tommy Rankin (N) def Lucas Veloria (WUSL) // 11-5, 11-2, 11-4
8 | Ben Balser (N) def Henry Kessler (WUSL) // 11-1, 11-4, 11-6
9 | Will Hyer (N) def Unrostered (WUSL) // 11-7, 11-7, 11-4

Navy 9, Ohio State 0
1 | Millen Randell (N) def Joe Schmidt (OSU) // 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
2 | Matt Wang (N) def Corey Kovalovich (OSU) // 11-5, 11-3, 11-6
3 | Henry Sparkman (N) def Sam Schmidt (OSU) // 11-8, 11-2, 11-2
4 | Ben Korn (N) def Blaze Fletcher-Broderson (OSU) // 10-12, 11-2, 11-4, 11-8
5 | Lucas Spiro (N) def Mohammed Saad (OSU) // 11-9, 11-4, 11-4
6 | Gus Prager (N) def Gavin Tallal (OSU) // 11-5, 11-5, 11-3
7 | Tommy Rankin (N) def Noah Fabec (OSU) // 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
8 | Ben Balser (N) def Sebastian Olsson (OSU) // 11-6, 11-1, 11-2
9 | Will Hyer (N) def Havi Patel (OSU) // 11-0, 11-0, 11-1

Navy 9, Northwestern 0
1 | Millen Randell (N) def Vedant Ambani (NW) // 11-7, 11-2, 11-4
2 | Ryan York (N) def Avi Mushran (NW) // 11-1, 11-0, 11-3
3 | Matt Wang (N) def Isaiah Jones (NW) // 11-1, 11-2, 11-3
4 | Henry Sparkman (N) def Jason Friedman (NW) // 11-2, 11-1, 11-3
5 | Ben Korn (N) def Unrostered (NW) // 11-0, 11-2, 11-3
6 | Lucas Spiro (N) def Shayan Olumi (NW) // 11-3, 11-4, 11-6
7 | Gus Prager (N) def Shayan Ghodsi (NW) // 11-5, 11-4, 11-4
8 | Tommy Rankin (N) def Sean Malcolm (NW) // 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
9 | Ben Balser (N) def Aum Bhuva (NW) // 11-3, 11-7, 11-4

### Go Navy ###