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2023 Navy Squash Seniors

Men's Squash

Squash Captain Millen Randell Sweeps Competition on Senior Weekend

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
• 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).
• 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) def  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) def  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) def  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 ###
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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