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#17 Franklin & Marshall Downs Mids in Squash Action

Seventeenth-ranked Franklin & Marshall (9-4) dealt the #26 Navy squash team (14-11) an 8-1 setback Wednesday evening at the Mayser Center Squash Courts in Lancaster, Pa. The Diplomats improved to 14-7 all-time in matches against the Mids contested on F&M's home courts, while narrowing Navy's lead in the all-time series to 38-26.

Match Highlights
• Lucas Spiro (So / Buffalo, N.Y.) recorded the Mids' lone win on the evening, sweeping senior Teddy Eill 11-6, 13-11, 11-8 at #4.
• Matt Wang (So / Malvern, Pa.), the Mids' #1 player on the ladder, dropped a heartbreaker to F&M sophomore Petr Nohel. After falling behind 2-0, Wang fought his way back to even with 11-7 and 11-4 victories in the third and fourth games. The second-year player led nearly the entire fifth game before Nohel rallied to beat Wang 11-9 in the fifth
• Tommy Rankin (Sr / Atlanta, Ga.) took game one 12-10 against Noah Katzer at #5, but Katzer came back to win three in a row (11-4, 11-8, 11-9) to earn the 3-1 victory.
• Team captain Millen Randell (Sr / Chicago, Ill.) fell behind in his match against Kyle Broadhurst 2-0, but won game three 11-7 to force a game four. Broadhurst, however, sealed his team-best 10th win of the year with an 11-3 victory in the fourth against Randell.

What's Ahead
• The Mids return home on Friday to play host to a three-day, three-team round robin. Navy plays host to #13 Western (0-3) on Friday at 4:00 pm, followed by a 3:00 pm match against #11 Chatham (5-3) on Saturday and close out the weekend with a 1:00 pm match against #17 MIT (7-5) on Sunday.
• This weekend also marks the final home matches of the season.
• Navy will honor its three senior members - Ben Balser, Millen Randell and Tommy Rankin - who will make the final home appearances of their careers.

Franklin & Marshall 8, Navy 1
1 | Petr Nohel (FM) def  Matt Wang (N) // 13-11, 11-2, 7-11, 4-11, 11-9
2 | Kyle Broadhurst (FM) def Millen Randell (N) // 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3
3 | Marco DiFilippo (FM) def Henry Sparkman (N) // 11-9, 11-9, 11-3
4 | Lucas Spiro (N) def Teddy Eill (FM) // 11-6, 13-11, 11-8
5 | Noah Katzer (FM) def Tommy Rankin (N) // 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
6 | Flavio Hinostroza (FM) def Alexander Orr (N) // 11-4, 11-3, 11-7
7 | Evann Tan (FM) def Ben Balser (N) // 12-10, 11-3, 11-8
8 | Samuel Freed (FM) def Shankar Jambunathan (N) // 11-2, 11-5, 11-5
9 | Michael Betkowski (FM) def Default (N) // Default

### Go Navy ###
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Players Mentioned

Ben Balser

Ben Balser

Senior
Millen Randell

Millen Randell

Senior
Tommy Rankin

Tommy Rankin

Senior
Henry Sparkman

Henry Sparkman

Junior
Lucas Spiro

Lucas Spiro

Sophomore
Matt Wang

Matt Wang

Sophomore
Alexander Orr

Alexander Orr

Freshman
Shankar Jambunathan

Shankar Jambunathan

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Ben Balser

Ben Balser

Senior
Millen Randell

Millen Randell

Senior
Tommy Rankin

Tommy Rankin

Senior
Henry Sparkman

Henry Sparkman

Junior
Lucas Spiro

Lucas Spiro

Sophomore
Matt Wang

Matt Wang

Sophomore
Alexander Orr

Alexander Orr

Freshman
Shankar Jambunathan

Shankar Jambunathan

Sophomore