The 16th-ranked Navy squash team (11-6) returns to action this weekend when it travels to Connecticut to play two matches at Wesleyan. The Mids open play Friday at 6:30 pm with a match against #29 Connecticut College (4-7) at Rosenbaum Squash Center on the campus of Wesleyan. Navy closes out its brief trip to Connecticut on Saturday with a 10:00 am match at #27 Wesleyan (5-2).

This Week's Schedule
Friday
6:30 pm - #16 Navy vs. #29 Connecticut College // Rosenbaum Squash Center

Saturday
10:00 am - #16 Navy vs. #27 Wesleyan // Rosenbaum Squash Center

How to Follow
• A live scoring link for both of Navy's matches will be available on the Navy Athletics website (squash schedule page) and via Club Locker.
• A live video stream will be available for the Wesleyan match with a link also available on the Navy Athletics website.

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2024-25 record / career record)
1 |  Matt Wang (Sr / Malvern, Pa. / 9-6 / 64-47)
2 |  Wenqing Tang (Fr / Villanova, Pa. / 15-2 / 15-2)
3 |  Alexander Orr (Jr / Haverford, Pa. / 10-5 / 50-28)
4 |  Lucas Spiro (Sr / Buffalo, N.Y. / 7-8 / 52-53)
5 |  Tighe Mullarkey (So, Jr / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 11-5 / 39-19)
6 |  Ramsay Killinger (So / Wyndmoor, Pa. / 9-7 / 27-18)
7 |  Eli Levy (Fr / Williamstown, Mass. / 5-3 / 5-3)
8 |  Michael Tierney Jr. (Fr / Berwyn, Pa. / 10-6 / 10-6)
9 |  Sean Wu (So / Princeton, N.J. / 1-1 / 16-14)
--- |  Holden Woodward (So / Richmond, Va. / 5-0 / 8-25)
--- |  Hudson Poirier (Fr / Wellesley, Mass. / 10-2 / 10-2)
--- |  Avinash Uppuluri (Fr / Short Hills, N.J. / 0-0 / 0-0)
--- |  Matthew Kang (So / Malvern, Pa. / 8-8 / 21-21)

Weekly Rewind
Playing its first home matches in nearly 8 weeks, Navy had a tough time closing out its contests this weekend. The Mids dropped back-to-back 5-4 decision last Friday and Saturday against #17 Amherst (6-3) and #20 Middlebury (6-2) before losing a 7-2 match against #11 Williams (5-3) on Sunday.
• Well-played and exciting matches, the Amherst and Middlebury competitions were not clinched until the final match of the day
• Four of the nine matches against Amherst went a full five games, while two others went four ... the Mids were 1-3 in the five-game matches and 1-1 in the four-game bouts
• Second-year player Matthew Kang found himself in a 2-0 deficit against his Amherst foe, but battled his way back to defeat Flynn Venmore at #4 in five games (9-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 13-11)
• The Middlebury match was equally competitive with five matches going four or five games, including the final match of the day in which Middlebury's Alexis Ballo won in five to clinch the team victory
• Alexander Orr added his name to the program's 50-win list with his 3-1 victory over Middlebury's Kian Kardestuncer (11-8, 5-11, 14-12, 11-5) ... Orr is now 50-28 in his three years
• Five of the nine matches against Williams went extra games, but Navy's 1-2 punch of Matt Wang and Wenqing Tang captured the Mids' lone wins against the Ephs
• Wang and Tang were sensational all weekend as both players went 3-0 for Navy
• Tang leads the team with his 15-2 record this season, while Wang stands 9-6
• With his 3 wins over the weekend, Wang is now 64-47 over his four seasons and is tied for 20th (alongside Randy Beck, 2013-17) on the Mids' all-time wins list ... he is one win shy of becoming just the 20th player in school history with 65 wins and six wins shy of becoming one of only 12 players to reach 70 wins
• Six of the nine players on the ladder earned at least one win over the weekend (Wang, 3-0 / Tang, 3-0 / Orr, 1-2 / Kang, 1-2 / Mullarkey, 1-2, Tierney Jr., 1-2)

About the Opponents
• Navy has produced a combined 44-1 (.978) all-time record against its two opponents this weekend.

Connecticut College
• Navy and Connecticut College will meet for the 15th time with the Mids controlling the series 14-0.
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was played Jan. 17, 1997 with the Mids earning a 9-0 victory.
• Friday's match will mark just the 11th time the two programs have met on neutral courts (Home: 2-0 / Away: 2-0 / Neutral: 10-0)
• The two last met on Nov. 18, 2022, when the Mids scored an 8-1 victory over the Camels.
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• Connecticut College owns a 4-7 record heading into Friday's match against the Mids, earning wins over Vassar (8-1), Fordham (9-0), Hamilton (5-4) and Hobart (7-2), while dropping matches to Middlebury (7-2), Amherst (8-1), Haverford (6-3), Wesleyan (5-4), Bates (5-4), Dickinson (6-3) and Bowdoin (8-1).  
• Alex Moncada (Sr / Playa del Carmen, Mexico), Connecticut College's #1 player, leads the way in the wins column with a 10-1 mark, while #2 player Hudson Dunn (So / Narragansett, R.I.) stands 7-2. 

Wesleyan
• Navy owns a 30-1 record against Wesleyan in a series that first began in 1950.
• The Cardinals' lone win in the series came in January of 1997 when they defeated Navy 5-4 in a neutral site match played at Army.
• Navy has won 13 in a row against Wesleyan.
• This will be the 23rd time the Mids have played the Cardinals on their home floor (Home: 2-0 / Away: 22-0 / Neutral: 6-1).
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• The Cardinals own a 5-2 record to date, picking up victories against Brown (5-4), Vassar (8-1), Bard (8-1), Fordham (9-0) and Connecticut College (5-4). They have lost their last two matches on the calendar, a 9-0 decision to Bowdoin and a 6-3 match against St. Lawrence.
• Wesleyan's strength has been in the middle of the ladder where #5 Jack Lungstrum (Sr / Brooklyn, N.Y.), #6 Morgan Shatzman (Sr / Newtown Square, Pa.) and #7 Sumer Singh Ahluwalia (So / New Delhi, India) lead the way with 5-2 records.
• Wesleyan will play Haverford on Friday afternoon (4:00 pm) prior to its Saturday morning match against the Mids.

What's Ahead
• Navy will make the short trip to Haverford next Thursday with the two squaring off at 6:00 pm

### Go Navy ###