After opening the 2024-25 season a week ago with wins over Denison and Pitt, the 20th-ranked Navy squash team returns home to play host to its annual Veterans Day Weekend round robin. Seven men's teams will play in the three-day tournament that is set to begin Friday evening and will be staged at both the Prager Family Squash Facility in Halsey Field House and the Bancroft Hall Squash Courts.

Admission is free to all home Navy squash matches. A reminder to fans planning on attending matches, vehicular access to the Naval Academy is limited to those with a Department of Defense identification card. It is suggested that fans park downtown and walk through the main gate. Please note that a government issued identification card must be carried and presented at the gate.

This Week's Schedule
Friday
6:00 pm - Navy vs. MIT (H1-5)

Saturday
9:00 am - Navy vs. Boston U. (H1-5) // Fordham vs. Bucknell (B1-3)
11:30 am - Navy vs. Bucknell (H1-5) // Boston U. vs. Navy Club (B1-3)
2:00 pm - Georgetown vs. Fordham (B1-3)
4:30 pm - Navy vs. Fordham (H1-5) // Bucknell vs. Navy Club (B1-3) // Georgetown vs. Boston U. (B4-6)

Sunday
8:30 am - Boston U. vs. Bucknell (H1-5)
10:30 am - MIT vs. Fordham (H1-5)
12:30 pm - Navy vs. Georgetown (H1-5)
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H1-5 = Halsey Field House, courts 1-5
B1-3 = Bancroft Hall, courts 1-3
B4-6 = Bancroft Hall, courts 4-6

How to Follow
• A live scoring link for all of Navy's matches will be available on the Navy Athletics website (squash schedule page) and via Club Locker.
• Fans can also watch a live video stream of Navy's matches, along with the non-Navy matches held in Halsey Field House this weekend with links available on the Navy Athletics website (squash schedule page).

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2024-25 record / career record)
1 |  Matt Wang (Sr / Malvern, Pa. / 0-1 / 55-42)
2 |  Wenqing Tang (Fr / Villanova, Pa. / 2-0 / 2-0)
3 |  Alexander Orr (Jr / Haverford, Pa. / 1-0 / 41-23)
4 |  Matt Kang (So / Malvern, Pa. / 2-0 / 15-13)
5 |  Lucas Spiro (Sr / Buffalo, N.Y. / 1-0 / 46-45)
6 |  Tighe Mullarkey (So, Jr / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 2-0 / 30-14)
7 |  Ramsay Killinger (So / Wyndmoor, Pa. / 2-0 / 20-11)
8 |  Michael Tierney Jr. (Fr / Berwyn, Pa. / 2-0 / 2-0)
9 |  Hudson Poirier (Fr / Wellesley, Mass. / 2-0 / 2-0)
--- |  Eli Levy (Fr / Williamstown, Mass. / 1-0 / 1-0)
--- |  Sean Wu (So / Princeton, N.J. / 1-0 / 16-13)
--- |  Holden Woodward (So / Richmond, Va. / 1-0 / 4-25)
Inj |  Avinash Uppuluri (Fr / Short Hills, N.J. / 0-0 / 0-0)

More on the Mids
• Navy finished the 2023-24 campaign with a 15-15 record that included a 2-1 mark at the Collegiate Squash Association Team Championship and a #22 national ranking. 
• Navy graduated just one player off last year's squad, team captain Henry Sparkman, who played primarily the #2 position on the ladder and finished the year 9-20.
• Senior Matt Wang returns as Navy's #1 player ... he produced a 16-16 record overall, including a 3-1 mark at the CSA National Collegiate Individual Championshiup where he won the consolation finals.
• Ramsey Killinger paced the Mids a year ago with his 18-11 record as a rookie, while Alexander Orr fought through a shoulder injury to post a 17-12 record. The year prior, Orr turned in a 23-11 record, producing the most wins by a Navy player since the 2012-13 campaign (27 by Bill Kacergis and Mitch Bottini / 24 by John Richey / 23 by Hunter Bouchard and Andrew McGuinness), as well as the the most by a Navy freshman since Hunter Beck amassed a 23-7 record in 2010-11.
• Navy added five freshmen to its roster this season - Eli Levy, Hudson Poirier, Winston Tang, Michael Tierney Jr. and Avinash Uppuluri - with 3 currently among Navy's nine-man ladder.
• Lucas Spiro serves as Navy's team captain and joins Matt Wang as the two senior members on the team. The remaining members of the team are made up of 1 junior, 5 sophomores and 5 freshmen.
• Navy stands #20 in the College Squash Association Preseasons Rankings released on Oct. 25.
• Navy opened its season last Saturday at Denison where the Mids scored an 8-1 victory and followed up with a 9-0 win against Pitt on Sunday.

About the Opponents
• Navy owns winning records over all 5 of its opponents this weekend, including undefeated marks against Fordham (66-0), Boston U. (8-0), Bucknell (12-0) and Georgetown (14-0). 
• The Mids also lead the series against MIT, holding a 55-7 advantage, including a 12-2 mark in matches played in Annapolis.
• Three of Navy's five opponents have already kicked off their seasons - Boston U. (1-4), Fordham (5-0) and MIT (2-0).
• In addition to Navy being ranked #20, MIT (#16) and Fordham (#32) are also among the rankings. Boston U., Bucknell and Georgetown are all club programs.

What's Ahead
• Navy will play three matches next week at three different sites
• The Mids will play a mid-week match at Dickinson (Wednesday / 5:30 pm), travel to Princeton for a 1:00 pm match on Saturday and return home to Annapolis on Sunday to play host to St. Lawrence at 11:00 am.

### Go Navy ###