The 25th-ranked Navy squash team improved to 13-1 on the year after closing out the weekend with an 8-1 victory over #32 Connecticut College and a 7-2 win against #27 Wesleyan. The Mids, who will step away from competition this week to observe the Thanksgiving holiday, have won eight straight matches dating back to their 8-1 win over Fordham on Nov. 11.
Weekend Highlights
• Navy opened the weekend by topping #32 Connecticut College 7-2 on Friday evening in a match that was contested at Wesleyan.
• It was the first meeting against the Camels since 2013.
• Navy is now 14-0 against Connecticut College.
• Outside of Navy's 3-0 loss at the #9 position, the Mids lost just one game in their other eight matches.
Henry Sparkman (Jr / Darien, Conn.) dropped an 11-7 decision in the opening game at #3 against Henry Pelletier before rallying to win the final three, including the fourth game by a 12-10 count.
• Navy captured a 7-2 victory against #27 Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon and improved to 28-1 all-time against the Cardinals.
• The Mid' losses came at the #8 and #9 spots on the ladder.
• While Navy won the other seven matches, Wesleyan pushed four of the seven to four games.
• For a second time in as many days, Sparkman needed four games to close out his match at #3. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead, John Sutherby claimed game three 11-6, before Sparkman took the deciding game 11-7.
• Toby Goldston earned an 11-9 victory over
Tommy Rankin (Sr / Atlanta, Ga.) at #5. Rankin, however, rallied to win three in a row, including a 12-10 decision in game four to earn the win.
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Alexander Orr (Fr / Haverford, Pa.) and Ethan Yan traded victories in the first two games before Orr secured his 11th win of the season with mirroring 11-9 wins in games three and four
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Tighe Mullarkey (Locust Valley, N.Y.) also collected his 11th win of his rookie campaign with a 3-1 victory over Jack Lungstrum at #7. Mullarkey jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Lungstrum extended the match with an 11-9 win in the third. Mullarkey capped the win in the fourth behind an 11-7 decision.
Navy 8, Connecticut College 1
1 |
Millen Randell (N) def Samuel Lovejoy (CC) // 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
2 |
Matt Wang (N) def Tyler Maguire (CC) // 13-11, 11-7, 11-3
3 |
Henry Sparkman (N) def Henry Pelletier (CC) // 7-11, 11-5, 11-1, 12-10
4 |
Lucas Spiro (N) def Ryan Mach (CC) // 12-10, 11-6, 11-6
5 |
Tommy Rankin (N) def Noah Fish (CC) // 11-6, 11-6, 11-9
6 |
Alexander Orr (N) def Alexander Lorenzo-Cruz (CC) // 11-2, 11-2, 11-6
7 |
Tighe Mullarkey (N) def Peter Russell (CC) // 11-2, 11-0, 11-4
8 |
Ben Balser (N) def Juan Hurtado (CC) // 11-3, 11-5, 11-4
9 | Chris Meza (CC) def
Shankar Jambunathan (N) // 11-1, 11-3, 11-3
Navy 7, Wesleyan 2
1 |
Millen Randell (N) def Nimai Kini (W) // 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
2 |
Matt Wang (N) def Abhinav Gupta (W) // 11-6, 11-8, 11-5
3 |
Henry Sparkman (N) def John Sutherby (W) // 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7
4 |
Lucas Spiro (N) def Shanay Sanghavi (W) // 11-6, 13-11, 11-9
5 |
Tommy Rankin (N) def Toby Goldston (W) // 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 12-10
6 |
Alexander Orr (N) def Ethan Yan (W) // 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9
7 |
Tighe Mullarkey (N) def Jack Lungstrum (W) // 11-4, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7
8 | Zachary Idinopulos (W) def
Ben Balser (N) // 11-3, 12-10, 11-8
9 | Morgan Shatzman (W) def
Shankar Jambunathan (N) // 11-0, 11-1, 11-0
### Go Navy ###