The #22 Navy squash team (12-12) finished up the regular season over the weekend, dropping a 9-0 decision to #21 Chatham (4-7) and back-to-back 8-1 losses to #12 Western (5-4) and #15 Rochester (5-3) at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Match Highlights
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Matthew Kang (Fr / Malvern, Pa.) and
Tighe Mullarkey (Fr, So / Locust Valley, N.Y.) picked up Navy's wins over the weekend
• Kang picked up a 3-1 decision over Western's Amin Khan on Saturday evening ... Khan posted an 11-8 win in the opening game, however, Kang regrouped and took the match by winning the next three games - 11-9, 11-8, 13-11
• Mullarkey, meanwhile, dropped back-to-back extended matches to open the weekend before closing things out with a victory on Sunday ... Chatham's Abdelrahman Sadek defeated Mullarkey in 4 games (11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7) on Friday and Western's Griffin Manley managed to outlast the Navy second-year player in 5 on Saturday (11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6) ... Mullarkey would not be denied in Sunday's match however, taking down Rochester's Vandrick Inman-Benavente in 4 games (13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4)
• On the weekend, Navy showed it was competitive with all three higher-ranked teams, as the Mids lost 6 individual matches in 5 games - 2 vs. Chatham, 3 vs. Western and 1 vs. Rochester
• Meanwhile, 15 of the 17 matches went 4 or more games with Navy falling in 13 of the 15
What's Ahead
• Navy will travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to compete in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship next weekend
• The official draws will be announced either late Monday or Tuesday morning
• The Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference (men) is made up of Dickinson, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, MIT, Navy and Virginia
Chatham 9, Navy 0
1 | Jared Nallia (C) def
Matt Wang (N) // 11-7, 9-11, 11-13, 11-9, 11-5
2 | Sebastian Vaca Sanchez (C) def
Henry Sparkman (N) // 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5
3 | Muhammad Hassaan Raza (C) def
Lucas Spiro (N) // 7-11, 11-3, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6
4 | Agustin Carranza (C) def
Alexander Orr (N) // 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
5 | Lucas Oliveira (C) def
Matthew Kang (N) // 11-7, 12-10, 17-15
6 | Abdelrahman Sadek (C) def
Tighe Mullarkey (N) // 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7
7 | Haidar Jafry (C) def
Sean Wu (N) // 9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-4
8 | Alejandro Cruz (C) def
Ramsay Killinger (N) // 11-4, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10
9 | Brett Poles (C) def
Holden Woodward (N) // 11-5, 13-11, 11-5
Western 8, Navy 1
1 | Salaheldin Eltorgman (W) def
Matt Wang (N) // 11-8, 11-4, 9-11, 11-13, 11-7
2 | Dylan Deverill (W) def
Henry Sparkman (N) // 11-1, 11-9, 11-8
3 | Antonio Mendes (W) def
Lucas Spiro (N) // 11-2, 12-10, 11-7
4 | Daniel Deverill (W) def
Alexander Orr (N) // 11-8, 11-8, 11-13, 10-12, 11-4
5 |
Matthew Kang (N) def Amin Khan (W) // 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 13-11
6 | Griffin Manley (W) def
Tighe Mullarkey (N) // 11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6
7 | Ben Boulanger (W) def
Sean Wu (N) // 11-7, 11-3, 11-4
8 | William Znidarec (W) def
Ramsay Killinger (N) // 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
9 | Jagroop Bhangoo (W) def
Holden Woodward (N) // 11-1, 11-5, 11-2
Rochester 8, Navy 1
1 | Yash Fadte (R) def
Matt Wang (N) // 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
2 | AbdelRahman Lasheen (R) def
Henry Sparkman (N) // 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
3 | Omar Zakaria (R) def
Lucas Spiro (N) // 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
4 | Luis Moncada (R) def
Alexander Orr (N) // 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5
5 | Jacob Koeppel (R) def
Matthew Kang (N) // 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7
6 |
Tighe Mullarkey (N) def Vandrick Inman-Benavente (R) // 13-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4
7 | Tom Whiteley (R) def
Sean Wu (N) // 11-5, 11-7, 11-3
8 | Nicholas Gill (R) def
Ramsay Killinger (N) // 12-10, 11-4, 11-5
9 | Varun Kumar (R) def
Holden Woodward (N) // 6-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-4
### Go Navy ###