After playing 11 matches over a 10-day span, the 25th-ranked Navy squash team (10-1) will play another three over the next four days. The Mids kick off road play on Wednesday evening with a pivotal Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference matchup against #28 Dickinson beginning at 5:30 pm. Navy will then play a pair of matches at the home site of Wesleyan in Connecticut where it will take on #32 Connecticut College on Friday at 7:00 pm before closing out the two-day trip with a 12-noon match against host Wesleyan, who is ranked 27th.
Navy will serve as the season-opener for both Connecticut College and Wesleyan, while Denison dropped back-to-back 9-0 decisions to #16 Franklin & Marshall and #2 Penn last weekend to open its season 0-2.
This Week's Schedule
Wednesday
5:30 pm - #25 Navy at #28 Dickinson
Friday
7:00 pm - #25 Navy vs. #32 Connecticut College (at Wesleyan)
Saturday
12:00 pm - #25 Navyt #27 Wesleyan
How to Follow
• A live scoring link for all three of Navy's matches this week will be available on the Navy Athletics website and via Club Locker.
• At this time, there is no streaming information available for the three matches.
Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2022-23 record / career record)
1 -Â
Millen Randell (Sr / Chicago, Ill. / 8-1 / 35-29)
2 -Â
Matt Wang (So / Malvern, Pa. / 8-1 / 26-11)
3 -Â
Henry Sparkman (Jr / Darien, Conn. / 8-1 / 23-11)
4 -Â
Lucas Spiro (So / Buffalo, N.Y. / 8-1 / 23-13)
5 -Â
Tommy Rankin (Sr / Atlanta, Ga. / 8-1 / 30-29)
6 -Â
Alexander Orr (Fr / Haverford, Pa. / 9-1 / 9-1)
7 -Â
Tighe Mullarkey (Fr / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 9-1 / 9-1)
8 -Â
Ben Balser (Sr / Brooklyn, N.Y. / 8-1 / 18-17)
9 -Â
Shankar Jambunathan (So / Aurora, Ill. / 6-5 / 6-5)
Weekly Rewind
• Eight of Navy's 9 players went undefeated last weekend in team victory over #31 Fordham (8-1), Boston University (6-1), #30 Denison (9-0), Bucknell (8-0) and Georgetown (8-1)
•
Matt Wang,
Lucas Spiro,
Alexander Orr,
Tighe Mullarkey and
Ben Balser paced the team with 5-0 marks.
• Team captain
Millen Randell,
Henry Sparkman and
Tommy Rankin were 4-0, while newcomer
Shankar Jambunathan finished the weekend with a 2-3 record.
• Rookies
Alexander Orr and
Tighe Mullarkey are atop the wins leader board for the Mids, as both players have produced 9-1 records to date.
• Navy extended its winning streak to 65-0 against Fordham, 7-0 against Boston U., 11-0 against Bucknell and 13-0 against Georgetown. Additionally, the Mids improved to 19-9 all-time against Denison
About the Opponents
• Navy has seen success against all three of its opponents this week, posting a combined 51-2 record.
• Navy owns an 11-1 record against Dickinson in a series that first began in 1961. The Mids and Red Devils played four times between 1961-64 before picking up the series once again in 2014.
• Dickinson defeated the Mids for the first time in series history last year by a 5-4 count at the MASC Championship
• In a series that began in 1997, Navy owns a 13-0 mark against Connecticut College.
• The Mids and Camels, however, last met on Nov. 22, 2013 when Navy scored a 9-0 sweep in New London, Conn.
• Navy and Wesleyan have met on 28 previous occasions dating back to 1950 with the Mids holding a 27-1 advantage.
• The last time the two programs played was on Jan. 28, 2018, when Navy earned a 9-0 victory at Wesleyan.
What's Ahead
• Navy will step aside for the Thanksgiving break before returning to the courts Dec. 2-4.
• The Mids will make the trek to Maine where they will face #22 Bates (Dec. 2 / 5:30 pm), #20 Colby (Dec. 3 / 2:00 pm) and #21 Bowdoin (Dec. 4 / 11:00 am)
### Go Navy ###