Navy squash captain
Millen Randell (Sr / Chicago, Ill.) produced a 3-0 record, as he, along with fellow seniors
Ben Balser (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and
Tommy Rankin (Atlanta, Ga.) played their final home matches of their collegiate career. The 26th-ranked Mids (14-14) dropped a 7-2 decision to #13 Western (4-3) on Friday evening, were tripped up by #11 Chatham (7-4) 8-1 on Saturday and came up short (7-2) in a competitive match Sunday afternoon against #16 MIT (8-7).
Match Highlights
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Millen Randell (Sr / Chicago, Ill.) kicked off the weekend with a spectacular win over Western's Mitchell Kahnert at the #2 position. Kahnert owned a 2-0 lead when the veteran Navy player began to make his move. Randell picked up back-to-back wins (11-5, 11-8) to force a fifth game. Randell sealed the win with an 11-6 victory. He went on to win his next two matches by way of 3-0 sweeps, defeating Chatham's Jared Nalliah (13-11, 12-10, 11-7) and MIT's Tom Hogan (11-7, 11-4, 11-5). Randell is third on the team in the wins column with a 17-9 record, while owning a 44-37 mark over his career.
• #3 player
Henry Sparkman (Jr / Darien, Conn.) nearly pulled off a 3-0 mark this weekend, as all three of his matches went into extra games. He opened with a 3-1 victory (14-12, 13-15, 11-6, 11-5) over Western's Antonio Mendes. Despite being ahead in both his matches against Chatham and MIT, Sparkman was unable to hold on in his five-game matches against Agustin Carranza (8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5) and Philip Hyun Su Price (9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3).
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Lucas Spiro (So / Buffalo, N.Y.) dropped a 3-0 decision to Western's Taylor Carrick (11-9, 11-7, 11-6) on Friday evening and a 3-1 nod to Chatham's Owais Rasheed (4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9) before getting a win in the weekend finale. Spiro, playing the #4 position, dropped his opening game to MIT's Collin Wen 11-7, but fought back to win the next three games (11-9, 11-8, 11-7) and take the match win.
What's Ahead
• Navy will travel to Charlottesville, Va. to compete in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship next weekend.
• The official draws will be announced either Monday or Tuesday, however, Navy is expected to be the #5 seed and would open tournament play on Friday at 4:30 pm. The Mids would then play Saturday at 2:00 pm. Sunday's Championship match is set for Sunday at 10:00 am, the 3/4 match will be at 12:00 pm and the 5/6 match is slated for 2:00 pm.
• The Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference (men) is made up of Dickinson, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, MIT, Navy and Virginia.
Western 7, Navy 2
1 | Elliott Hunt (W) defÂ
Matt Wang (N) // 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9
2 |
Millen Randell (N) def Mitchell Kahnert (W) // 6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6
3 |
Henry Sparkman (N) def Antonio Mendes (W) // 14-12, 13-15, 11-6, 11-5
4 | Taylor Carrick (W) def
Lucas Spiro (N) // 11-9, 11-7, 11-6
5 | Amin Khan (W) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 12-10, 11-2, 9-11, 11-9
6 | Douglas Kosciukiewicz (W) def
Alexander Orr (N) // 11-3, 11-4, 11-1
7 | Griffin Manley (W) def
Ben Balser (N) // 11-4, 11-6, 11-6
8 | Rio Schafer (W) def
Shankar Jambunathan (N) // 11-3, 11-2, 11-1
9 | Nour El Adly (W) def Default (N) // Default
Chatham 8, Navy 1
1 | Abdul Malik (C) defÂ
Matt Wang (N) // 11-3, 11-8, 11-8
2 |
Millen Randell (N) def Jared Nalliah (C) // 13-11, 12-10, 11-7
3 | Agustin Carranza (C) def
Henry Sparkman (N) // 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5
4 | Owais Rasheed (C) def
Lucas Spiro (N) // 4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9
5 | Navaneeth Prabhu (C) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 11-9, 11-5, 11-9
6 | Haidar Jafry (C) def
Alexander Orr (N) // 11-7, 11-4, 11-5
7 | Mohamed Sadek (C) def
Ben Balser (N) // 11-2, 11-8, 11-6
8 | Brett Poles (C) def
Shankar Jambunathan (N) // 11-0, 11-1, 11-2
9 | Alejandro Cruz (C) def Default (N) // Default
MIT 7, Navy 2
1 | Eli Kramer (MIT) defÂ
Matt Wang (N) // 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 10-12, 13-11
2 |
Millen Randell (N) def Tom Hogan (MIT) // 11-7, 11-4, 11-5
3 | Philip Hyun Su Price (MIT) def
Henry Sparkman (N) // 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3
4 |
Lucas Spiro (N) def Collin Wen (MIT) // 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
5 | Robert Albani (MIT) def
Tommy Rankin (N) // 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9
6 | Nikhil Kakarla (MIT) def
Alexander Orr (N) // 11-4, 11-13, 11-7, 12-10
7 | Matt McManus (MIT) def
Ben Balser (N) // 11-4, 11-2, 11-7
8 | Mitav Nayak (MIT) def
Shankar Jambunathan (N) // 11-1, 11-1, 11-1
9 | Yos Wagenmans (MIT) def Default (N) // Default
### Go Navy ###