The 16th-ranked Navy squash team (9-1) earned a split result in its weekend matches against #3 Princeton (1-0) and #22 St. Lawrence (0-1). On Saturday, the Mids had the honor of playing in the first match at Princeton's newly-opened Racquet and Recreation Center with the Tigers posting a 9-0 win against Navy. Twenty-four hours later, Navy returned home where it dealt St. Lawrence a 7-2 loss at the Prager Family Squash Facility.
Weekend Highlights
• Despite the sweep by Princeton, Navy's
Alexander Orr (Jr / Haverford, Pa.) played a magnificent match against returning All-American Thomas Rosini. Orr took the opening game 11-9, but Rosini bounced back to take a 2-1 advantage behind 11-9 and 11-5 wins in the second and third games, respectively. Orr pushed it to a fifth game after securing a 14-12 win in the fourth to level the match at 2-2. Rosini was able to close out the victory with an 11-6 decision in the fifth game.
• In Sunday's St. Lawrence match, the two programs traded wins early in the match as Navy's
Tighe Mullarkey (So / Locust Valley, N.Y.) scored the first win over the day in three games against Miguel Posada Villa at the #6 spot.
• St. Lawrence pulled even when Lewis Anderson earned a 3-0 win against Navy's #1 player
Matt Wang (Sr / Malvern, Pa.).
• The Saints took a 2-1 lead in the match when Athrva Yadav turned in a 3-0 win against Navy's
Michael Tierney Jr. (Berwyn, Pa.) at #8.
• Navy tied the match at 2-2 following another spectacular performance by
Alexander Orr at the #3 position against St. Lawrence's Alexander Scott. Orr took the match in five games, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-3.
• Orr's win triggered a 6-0 run by the Mids to earn their ninth win of the season. In addition to Orr,
Wenqing Tang (Fr / Villanova, Pa.),
Matthew Kang (So / Malvern, Pa.),
Lucas Spiro (Sr / Buffalo, N.Y.),
Ramsay Killinger (So / Wyndmoor, Pa.) and
Hudson Poirier (Fr / Wellesley, Mass.) earned wins over the final 6 matches.
What's Ahead
• Navy will play its final matches of the calendar year when it travels to Maine Nov. 22-24.
• The Mids open with a Friday early evening match (5:30 pm) at Bates, followed by a 1:00 pm match at Colby on Saturday. Navy closes out its trip to Maine with an 11:00 am contest at Bowdoin.
Princeton 9, Navy 0
1 | Avi Agarwal (P) def
Matt Wang (N) // 11-3, 11-4, 11-6
2 | Zain Ahmed (P) def
Wenqing Tang (N) // 11-4, 11-7, 11-3
3 | Thomas Rosini (P) def
Alexander Orr (N) // 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 12-14, 11-6
4 | Aly Ibrahim (P) def
Matthew Kang (N) // 11-4, 11-6, 11-3
5 | Hassan Khalil (P) def
Lucas Spiro (N) // 11-8, 11-4, 11-5
6 | Federico Sosa (P) def
Tighe Mullarkey (N) // 11-4, 11-4, 11-7
7 | Yuvraj Wadhwani (P) def
Ramsay Killinger (N) // 11-3, 11-7, 11-3
8 | Gordon Lam (P) def
Michael Tierney Jr. (N) // 11-6, 11-5, 11-3
9 | Andrew Glaser (P) def
Hudson Poirier (N) // 12-10, 11-1, 11-5
EXH |
Eli Levy (N) def James Kontulis (P) // 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
Navy 7, St. Lawrence 2
1 | Lewis Anderson (SLU) def
Matt Wang (N) // 11-4, 11-3, 11-7
2 |
Wenqing Tang (N) def Gregory Malsang (SL) // 11-7, 11-5, 11-9
3 |
Alexander Orr (N) def Alexander Scott (SL) // 13-11, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-3
4 |
Matthew Kang (N) def Oliver Bikhazi-Green (SL) // 11-7, 11-5, 11-4
5 |
Lucas Spiro (N) def Hassan Madkour (SL) // 11-9, 11-4, 11-8
6 |
Tighe Mullarkey (N) def Miguel Posada Villa (SL) // 11-2, 11-2, 11-9
7 |
Ramsay Killinger (N) def Maury Escalona (SL) // 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6
8 | Athrva Yadav (SLU) def
Michael Tierney Jr. (N) // 11-9, 11-7, 11-7
9 |
Hudson Poirier (N) def Dean Brooker (SL) // 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6
EXH |
Eli Levy (N) def Alix DuPlessis (SL) // 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6
### Go Navy ###