The #21 Navy squash team (8-6), who has played its last seven matches on the road, will be back in action this weekend when it plays three matches in the state of New York. The Mids kick things off on Friday with a 5:30 pm match against #23 St. Lawrence (4-3) at the Robie Squash Center. On Saturday, Navy will play a 12-noon neutral site match against Brown (1-6), the top-ranked club team, which will also be held at the Robie Squash Center in Canton, N.Y. The Mids close out the weekend with a 12-noon match against #17 Hobart (2-5) at the Smith Squash Center in Geneva, N.Y.

This Week's Schedule
Friday
5:30 pm - #21 Navy at #23 St. Lawrence // Robie Squash Center, Canton, N.Y.
How to follow: Live scoring link available on Navy Athletics website (NavySports.com)

Saturday
12:00 pm - #21 Navy vs. Brown (#1 club) // Robie Squash Center, Canton, N.Y.
How to follow: Live scoring link available on Navy Athletics website (NavySports.com)

Sunday
12:00 pm - #21 Navy at #17 Hobart // Smith Squash Center, Geneva, N.Y.
How to follow: Live scoring link available on Navy Athletics website (NavySports.com)

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2023-24 record / career record)
1 |  Matt Wang (Jr / Malvern, Pa. / 7-6 / 46-31)
2 |  Henry Sparkman (Sr / Darien, Conn. / 5-8 / 41-30)
3 |  Lucas Spiro (Jr / Buffalo, N.Y. / 7-7 / 40-34)
4 |  Matt Kang (Fr / Malvern, Pa. / 7-7 / 7-7)
5 |  Alexander Orr (So / Haverford, Pa. / 9-4 / 32-15)
6 |  Tighe Mullarkey (Fr, So / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 7-6 / 19-7)
7 |  Sean Wu (Fr / Princeton, N.J. / 8-5 / 8-5)
8 |  Ramsay Killinger (Fr / Wyndmoor, Pa. / 9-5 / 9-5)
9 |  Holden Woodward (Fr / Richmond, Va. / 3-9 / 3-9)

Last Time Out
• Navy opened the second half of its 2023-24 season over the weekend with losses to #20 Middlebury (8-1), #11 Williams (9-0) and #18 Amherst (8-1).
• Alexander Orr secured the Mids' lone victory against an undefeated Middlebury squad in the weekend's first match ... Orr scored a 3-0 win (12-10, 11-8, 13-11) over PK Keller at the #5 position
• Despite the lop-sided final result, Navy went toe-to-toe Panthers ... 3 of the Mids' losses went 5 games
• Both Henry Sparkman (vs. Caleb Boateng, 8-11, 9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-6) and Tighe Mullarkey (vs. Gabriel Thin, 10-12, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-5) held a 2-0 advantage against their respective opponents, but were unable to hang on ... Lucas Spiro, meanwhile, traded wins with Theo Kogan at #3, but it was Kogan who would take the fifth and final game (12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-5)
• Matt Wang found himself down 2-1 in his match against Amherst's #1 player Adam Lichtmacher (A), but came back to earn the match victory by way of wins in games four and five (11-7, 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 )
• Similar to the Middlebury match, Navy lost extended matches in 3 bouts against Amherst ... among those was a five-gamer that saw Orr come up just short against Neal Malani (10-12, 12-10, 11-13, 13-11, 11-9 )
• Sparkman and Spiro, meanwhile, succumbed to their Amherst foes in 4 games

About the Opponents
St. Lawrence
• Navy and St. Lawrence will meet for just the ninth time with the series knotted up at 4 wins apiece
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was held Feb. 7, 2009 with the Mids scoring a 7-2 victory on neutral ground
• Navy won each of the first three matches, however the Saints have won four of the last five meetings
• Last year, the two programs rekindled their series, one in which had last seen them play in 2013 ... St. Lawrence earned a 7-2 win over the Mids in a match played at Squash on Fire in Washington, D.C.
• The Saints own a 4-3 record this season, however Friday's match against the Mids will be their first of the calendar year. St. Lawrence has wins over Vassar (9-0), Fordham (9-0), Boston U. (9-0) and Haverford (8-1). Meanwhile, they have dropped matches to MIT (5-4), Dickinson (5-4) and Columbia (9-0).
• #6 Patrick Walford (So / Toronto, Ontario) and #7 Athrva Yadav (So / Goregaon, Mumbai) lead the team in the wins category, as both players own a 6-1 record, while #2 Alejandro Moncada (Jr / Playa del Carmen, Mexico) stands 5-2.

Brown
• Saturday will mark the 20th meeting between Navy and Brown with the Mids holding a slight 10-9 advantage
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was held Nov. 29, 1989 with the Mids earning a 7-2 victory
• The two programs last met on Feb. 18, 2022, with Navy posting a 5-4 victory over the Bears at the CSA Team Championship in Philadelphia
• Navy has won 5 of the last 6 meetings with 3 of them being matches at the CSA Team Championship
• Brown, which was moved to club status following the 2019-20 season, heads into the weekend with a 1-6 record and a #1 ranking among club programs. The Bears' lone win of the season was a 9-0 victory against Northeastern, while their losses have been to Colby (9-0), Bowdoin (5-3), MIT (9-0), Wesleyan (8-1), Harvard (9-0) and Yale (9-0)
• #2 Harrison Yang, #8 Rachel Mashek, #9Tim Cassidy and Griffin Taylor lead the way with 2 wins each

Hobart
• Navy and Hobart will meet for the 41st time with the Mids controlling the series  33-7
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was held Dec. 15, 1972 with the Mids earning a 9-0 victory on the Statesmen's home courts
• The majority of the matches have been held in Annapolis (Navy leads 22-2) with just 12 previous meetings (Navy leads 9-3) played in Geneva, N.Y.
• Navy has won 21 of the last 22 matches against Hobart after the Statesmen posted a 6-3 victory over the short-handed Mids a year ago
• Hobart stands 2-5 heading into the weekend with wins over Rochester (5-4) and Bates (5-4), while dropping matches to Western (6-3), Tufts (7-2), MIT (6-3), Cornell (9-0) and Colby (8-1)
• #3 Dhirren Rajarathinam (Fr / Penang, Malaysia) stands atop Hobart's wins leader board with a 6-1 record, while #2 Omar Kiwan (Sr / Cairo, Egypt) owns a 3-4 mark

What's Ahead
• Navy will play a pair of matches the weekend of Jan. 19, facing #26 Bowdoin at Squash on Fire in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16 (6:30 pm) and closing out the home portion of its schedule against #19 Franklin & Marshall on Jan. 21 (3:00 pm) at the Prager Family Squash Facility

### Go Navy ###