The 26th-ranked Navy squash team (10-7) will close out the home portion of its schedule this weekend with matches against No. 23 Dickinson (Friday / 5:30 pm) and No. 14 Franklin & Marshall (Sunday / 2:00 pm). Both matches will be held at the Prager Family Squash Facility.

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2021-22 record / career record)
1. Ryan York (Sr / Hunt Valley, Md. / 11-4 / 33-26)
2. Millen Randell (Jr / Chicago, Ill. / 11-6 / 22-23)
3. Matt Wang (Fr / Malvern, Pa. / 12-4 / 12-4)
4. Ben Korn (Sr / Stevenson, Md. / 12-4 / 36-24)
5. Henry Sparkman (So / Darien, Conn. / 7-6 / 7-8)
6. Lucas Spiro (Fr / Buffalo, N.Y. / 10-7 / 10-7)
7. Tommy Rankin (Jr / Atlanta, Ga. / 9-6 / 16-24)
8. Gus Prager (Sr / New York, N.Y. / 10-6 / 23-24)
9. Ben Balser (Jr / Brooklyn, N.Y. / 9-7 / 9-7)
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10. Will Hyer (Sr / Bridgehampton, N.Y. / 7-2 / 10-2)

How to Follow
• A live scoring link for both matches will be available on the Navy Athletics website and via Club Locker.
• Fans can also watch a live video stream of both matches via NavySports.com

Senior Salute
• This weekend will mark the final home matches for Navy seniors Will Hyer, Ben Korn, Gus Prager and Ryan York.
• The four seniors will be honored this weekend for their dedication to the program and helping push forward through one of the most trying times in recent memory with the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Will Hyer and Ben Korn have received Marine Corps Ground as their service assignment upon graduation, while Gus Prager was assigned Surface Warfare and team captain Ryan York will pursue a career as a Navy Pilot.

A Look Back
Drexel Match
• Ninth-ranked Drexel (6-4) dealt the visiting Mids a 9-0 loss on Jan. 19 at the Kline & Specter Squash Center in Philadelphia.
• Drexel won eight of the nine matches by 3-0 scores.
• Gus Prager was Navy's only player to steal away a game from Drexel, as he extended his match at No. 7 against Rohan Korn to four games after winning game three 11-7. Rohan Korn, coincidentally, is the younger brother of Navy's Ben Korn .
• Navy was without its No. 3  player, Matt Wang, forcing the Mids to push up their ladder order.
• Drexel now leads the all-time series with the Mids 9-5, winning each of the last nine meetings.

Bowdoin Match
• Despite winning two of the final three matches, Navy fell just short in its match against Bowdoin (5-3) on Jan. 21, the Mids' first home match since Nov. 14.
• The 20th-ranked Polar Bears, who have now won five-consecutive matches, posted a 6-3 victory over the Mids in what marked Bowdoin's first trip to Annapolis in their 42-match history with Navy.
• Navy was without team captain and No. 1 player Ryan York, marking the second match this week the Mids were without one of their top three players.
• Navy captured wins at each of the top-three positions on the ladder, sweeping all three foes.
• Navy fell behind 2-0 with losses at the No. 9 and 8 positions before Millen Randell knocked off Bowdoin rookie Jack Winston at No. 1 by a 3-0 mark.
• Navy looked as though it would level the match at 2, but senior John Milligan rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Navy's Tommy Rankin in a five-game marathon (12-14, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5) and extend Bowdoin's lead to 3-1.
• Bowdoin won the next two matches, including the match-clinching win at No. 7 with senior Carson Claar posting an 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 win over Navy's Gus Prager.
• Navy answered with back-to-back win to draw within two at 5-3.
• Matt Wanghad the backing of his company mates to help propel him to an 11-4, 11-6, 11-9 win over Bowdoin junior Deven Kanwal at No. 2. Wang trailed 9-6 in the third game, but came back to score five straight points to secure the win.
• Ben Korn, meanwhile, cruised past second-year player Jackson Rho of Bowdoin at No. 3, winning 11-5, 11-9, 11-3.
• Wang and Korn are now atop Navy's wins leader board this season with 12 apiece, followed closely by Randell and York with 11.
• Bowdoin capped the match with a 3-0 sweep at the No. 5 spot in the final match of the afternoon.

Navy vs. Dickinson: The Series
• Navy has won all 10 contests in a series that began on Jan. 7, 1961, with a 9-0 Navy victory in Annapolis.
• The two teams played one another in 1961, '62, '63 and '64 before rekindling the relationship in 2014.
• Navy posted a 9-0 victory in the last meeting on Feb. 8, 2020 at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship held in Washington, D.C.
• This will be Dickinson's eighth trip to Annapolis to play the Mids and first since Nov. 18, 2018.

More On Dickinson
• Serving in an interim capacity, Justin Farrell has guided Dickinson to a 3-7 record this season.
• The Red Devils dropped their first give matches before securing a 5-4 win over Bates on Nov. 20. Since the holiday break, Dickinson has split its four matches, winning each of its last two (Hamilton, 5-4 / Hobart, 6-3).
• Nicolas Serna (No. 1) and sophomore Omar Ali (No. 2) have served as the anchors of the team with both posting 7-3 records. Meanwhile, sophomore Mark Naguib (No. 3) has been stout with a 6-4 mark.

Navy vs. Franklin & Marshall: The Series
• Navy owns a 37-24 advantage against Franklin & Marshall in a series that began on Jan. 6, 1968, with a 9-0 Navy victory in Annapolis.
• F&M has won each of the last two meetings, including an 8-1 decision in their last match played on Jan. 29, 2020, in Lancaster, Pa.
• Navy's last win in the series came on Feb. 10, 2019, when the Mids won 5-4 in Annapolis.
• The Mids hold a 25-6 advantage in matches played in Annapolis.

More On Franklin & Marshall
• Under the direction of 11th-year head coach Gavin Jones, Franklin & Marshall heads into the weekend with a 6-6 record.
• The Diplomats struggled early in the season, but have won four in a row - Middlebury (7-2), St. Lawrence (5-4), Bowdoin (7-2), Colby (7-2).
• Franklin & Marshall, however, has won just one of its four true road matches. The Diplomats haven't played a true road match since Dec. 5 at Virginia (9-0), though they played a neutral site match against Middlebury on Jan. 13 at Williams.
• Freshman Marco DiFilippo leads the way in the wins category for F&M with a 7-5 record, including a 4-0 mark at No. 8
• Senior Aryan Parekh has turned in a 6-5 mark, including a 5-5 record at No. 2, while junior Flavio Hinostroza and senior Allen Tompkins have five wins apiece.

What's Ahead
• Navy will play in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship slated for Feb. 4-6 in Lancaster, Pa.
• The MASC includes Dickinson, Franklin & Marshall, MIT, Navy and Virginia.

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