The 23rd-ranked Navy squash team (12-10) put forth a hard-fought effort at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference (MASC) Championship, placing sixth after dropping a pair of 5-4 heartbreakers to #14 Franklin & Marshall in the opening round and #24 Dickinson in the fifth-place match. Navy also lost a 9-0 decision to #8 Drexel, who was upset by #9 Virginia in the finals.
Navy's
Henry Sparkman (So / Darien, Conn.) and
Lucas Spiro (Fr / Buffalo, N.Y.) paved the way for the Mids over the weekend with each picking up a pair of wins. Sparkman won a four-game match over Franklin & Marshall's Michael Tallentire at the #5 spot and swept Dickinson's Osuman Imoro. Spiro, meanwhile, scored 3-0 wins over Franklin & Marshall's Allen Tompkins and Dickinson's Aidan Ray at #6.
Also earning wins over the weekend were
Millen Randell (Jr / Chicago, Ill.) (3-1 vs. Aryan Parkeh of F&M),
Matt Wang (Fr / Malvern, Pa.) (3-2 vs. Teddy Eill of F&M),
Tommy Rankin (Jr / Atlanta, Ga.) (3-2 vs. Patrick Noonan of Dickinson) and
Gus Prager (Sr / New York, N.Y.) (3-0 vs. Samuel Knipp of Dickinson).
What's Ahead
• Navy will play its final regular-season matches of the season next Saturday (at #13 Chatham, 11:30 am) and Sunday (vs. #12 Western Ontario, 9:00 am / at Chatham) in Pittsburgh.
Franklin & Marshall 5, Navy 4
1 | Petr Nohel (F&M) def
Ryan York (N) // 12-10, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6
2 |
Millen Randell (N) def Aryan Parekh (F&M) // 12-10, 5-11, 11-6, 13-11
3 |
Matt Wang (N) def Teddy Eill (F&M) // 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-5
4 | Jordan Sprecher (F&M) def
Ben Korn (N) // 11-6, 11-7, 11-7
5 |
Henry Sparkman (N) def Michael Tallentire (F&M) // 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7
6 |
Lucas Spiro (N) def Allen Tompkins (F&M) // 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
7 | Flavio Hinostroza (F&M) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 15-13, 11-4, 11-4
8 | Marco DiFilippo (F&M) def
Gus Prager (N) // 11-5, 11-2, 11-3
9 | Evann Tan (F&M) def
Ben Balser (N) // 11-2, 11-7, 11-3
Drexel 9, Navy 0
1 | Matias Knudsen (D) def
Ryan York (N) // 11-4, 11-0, 11-2
2 | Haris Qasim (D) def
Millen Randell (N) // 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-1-5
3 | Fritiof Jacobsson (D) def
Matt Wang (N) // 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4
4 | Dylan Kachur (D) def
Henry Sparkman (N) // 118, 11-3, 11-1
5 | Jose Andres Lopez (D) def
Lucas Spiro (N) // 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
6 | Noel Heaton (D) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 11-5, 11-5, 11-4
7 | Filip Krueger (D) def
Gus Prager (N) // 11-8, 11-4, 11-2
8 | Matthew Lucente (D) def
Ben Balser (N) // 11-3, 11-1, 11-1
9 | Michael Berry (D) def
Will Hyer (N) // 11-3, 11-2, 11-3
Dickinson 5, Navy 4
1 | Nicolas Serna (D) def
Ryan York (N) // 11-8, 13-11, 11-8
2 | Omar Ali (D) def
Millen Randell (N) // 17-15, 11-8, 11-7
3 | Mark Naguib (D) def
Matt Wang (N) // 11-8, 12-10, 11-9
4 | Kobe Fleming (D) def
Ben Korn (N) // 11-7, 11-5, 3-11, 11-7
5 |
Henry Sparkman (N) def Osuman Imoro (D) // 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
6 |
Lucas Spiro (N) def Aidan Ray (D) // 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
7 |
Tommy Rankin (N) def Patrick Noonan (D) // 7-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-2, 11-6
8 |
Gus Prager (N) def Samuel Knipp (D) // 12-10, 11-8, 11-8
9 | Benjamin Gemma (D) def
Ben Balser (N) // 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
### Go Navy ###