The 16th-ranked Navy squash team (11-3) will play its first match at home in the last two months (54 days) when the Mids play host to #17 Amherst (5-2) on Friday at 3:30 pm, #20 Middlebury (4-1) on Saturday at 4:00 pm and #11 Williams (2-3) on Sunday at 12:00 pm.  All three matches will be played at the Prager Family Squash Facility located inside of Halsey Field House.

This Week's Schedule
Friday
3:30 pm - #16 Navy vs. #17 Amherst // Prager Family Squash Facility

Saturday
4:00 pm - #16 Navy vs. #20 Middlebury // Prager Family Squash Facility

Sunday
12:00 pm - #16 Navy vs. #11 Williams // Prager Family Squash Facility

Attending the Matches
Spectators should note the Naval Academy and NSA Annapolis are currently under increased force protection measures. If you plan on accessing the Yard for sporting events and you do not have a Department of Defense ID to drive on to Academy grounds, you are encouraged to ride the shuttle bus from the press box side of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Fans can also park downtown and walk on via Gate 1 at the Visitors Access Center for all sporting events on the Yard. The public is NOT allowed to walk through Gate 8.

Those 18 years old and over must have a valid picture ID (state issued driver's license, student I.D., or a government issued passport). Those 17 years old and younger who do not have a valid picture ID must be accompanied by an adult.

General public visitation (visits not associated with an event) have currently been suspended.

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.
• A live video stream will be available for all three matches with links 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. / 6-6 / 61-47)
2 |  Wenqing Tang (Fr / Villanova, Pa. / 12-2 / 12-2)
3 |  Alexander Orr (Jr / Haverford, Pa. / 9-3 / 49-26)
4 |  Matthew Kang (So / Malvern, Pa. / 7-6 / 20-19)
5 |  Lucas Spiro (Sr / Buffalo, N.Y. / 7-5 / 52-50)
6 |  Tighe Mullarkey (So, Jr / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 10-3 / 38-17)
7 |  Ramsay Killinger (So / Wyndmoor, Pa. / 9-4 / 27-15)
8 |  Eli Levy (Fr / Williamstown, Mass. / 5-0 / 5-0)
9 |  Michael Tierney Jr. (Fr / Berwyn, Pa. / 9-4 / 9-4)
--- |  Sean Wu (So / Princeton, N.J. / 1-1 / 16-14)
--- |  Holden Woodward (So / Richmond, Va. / 5-0 / 8-25)
--- |  Hudson Poirier (Fr / Wellesley, Mass. / 8-1 / 8-1)
--- |  Avinash Uppuluri (Fr / Short Hills, N.J. / 0-0 / 0-0)


Weekly Rewind
#14 Western
• Navy (11-3) dropped just its third match of the season, as #14 Western (4-5) dealt the Mids an 8-1 setback at the London Squash Club in London, Ontario, Canada last Saturday. 
• The match marked Navy's first match in nearly 6 weeks, as the Mids last played the weekend of Nov. 22-24.
• Saturday's match marked the 18th meeting between the two programs with Western winning 13 times.
• Saturday's match marked just the 2nd time Navy has played at Western (Jan. 7, 2017 / Western 5-4) in series history.
• Navy rookie Wenqing Tang earned his team-best 12th win of the season with an 11-9, 11-3, 11-6 victory over Antonio Mendes at the #2 position on the ladder.
• While Western won 5 of its 8 matches in three-game decisions, Navy team captain Lucas Spiro, Michael Tierney Jr. and Sean Wu pushed their foes to 4 games.

About the Opponents
• Navy has produced a combined 79-41 (.658) all-time record against its three opponents this weekend, posting winning records against all three programs.

Amherst
• Navy and Amherst will meet for the 46th time with the Mids controlling the series 35-10.
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was held Dec. 15, 1950 with the Mids earning a 6-3 victory.
• Friday's match will mark just the third time Amherst has made the trip to Annapolis with each team winning once (Navy 9-0, Jan. 27, 1959 / Amherst 6-3, Jan. 8, 2023)
• Navy has won 6 of the last 9 matches, including upsetting the Mammoths 5-4 in the semifinals of the 2022 Summers Cup Division of the College Squash Association Team Championship. However, the Mammoths have won two in a row against the Mids (6-3, Jan. 8, 2023 / 8-1, Jan. 7, 2024).
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• Amherst owns a 5-2 record heading into Friday's match against the Mids, earning wins over Hamilton (8-1), Hobart (7-2), MIT (5-4) and Bowdoin (5-4), while dropping matches to Dartmouth (8-1) and Cornell (9-0).  
• Amherst's #1 player Abhi Gupta (Sr / San Francisco, Calif.) owns a 2-3 record to date, while Joseph Toth (So / Richmond, British Columbia.) and Flynn Venmore (Fr / Whangarei, New Zealand, the team's #3 and 4 players own mirroring 4-2 marks. Grady Herbert (Jr / Bryn Mawr, Pa.), who plays #8, owns the team's best record at 5-1. 

Middlebury
• The Mids and Middlebury will meet for the 15th time with Navy holding a slim 8-6 advantage in the series.
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was held Dec. 3, 2011 with the Panthers taking a 5-4 win.
• Navy has won 2 of the 3 matches played against Middlebury on the Mids' home courts - W 9-0 on Feb. 9, 2018 / W 8-1 on Jan. 10, 2020 / L 6-3 on Jan. 6, 2023
• Middlebury heads into the weekend having won four in a row against the Mids -  5-4 at the CSA Team Championship on Feb. 29, 2020 / 6-3 on Jan. 16, 2022 in Vermont / 6-3 on Jan. 6, 2023 in Annapolis / 8-1 on Jan. 5, 2024 in Vermont
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• The Panthers own a 4-1 record to date, picking up victories against Connecticut College (7-2), Hobart (8-1), Vassar (9-0) and Hamilton (9-0). Their lone loss was a 7-2 match at Trinity.
• Nathan Feinstein (Sr / Pittsburgh, Pa.), Middlebury's #1 player, stands 2-2 on the year, while Will Lichstein (Sr / Brooklyn, N.Y.) is undefeated (2-0) as the #2 player. Gabe Feinstein (Fr / Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Aditya Kothari (Fr / Newton, Mass.), the #5 and #9 players, both enter the weekend with 4-1 marks.
• Middlebury will play at Dickinson on Friday afternoon (2:00 pm) prior to its arrival in Annapolis for Saturday's match against the Mids.

Williams
• Sunday will mark the 62nd meeting between Navy and Williams, as the Mids hold a 36-25 advantage
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was held Dec. 13, 1952 with the Mids earning a 6-3 victory
• This weekend will be just the 13th time the two teams will have met in Annapolis with Navy holding an 8-4 advantage on its home court
• In its last 9 meetings, the series is nearly even with Navy winning 4 of the 9, including 3 of the 4 matches played in Annapolis. Williams, however, has won each of the last three meetings - 7-2 on Jan. 16, 2020 / 8-1 on Jan. 7, 2023 / 9-0 on Jan. 6, 2024
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• Williams has put together a 2-3 record to date, earning wins over Western (6-3) and Hamilton (9-0). The Ephs' losses have come against Cornell (7-2), Princeton (8-1) and Columbia (6-3). 
• Williams will play at Franklin & Marshall on Friday (4:00 pm) and at Dickinson on Saturday (12:00 pm) before facing the Mids on Sunday afternoon.
• Nick Agger (So / Brooklyn, N.Y.) stands 1-4 as Williams' #1 player, while Andrew Minnis (Sr / New York, N.Y.) occupies the #2 slot and also owns a 1-4 mark. Ty Green (Fr / Rye, N.Y.) leads the way in the wins column for the Ephs with a 4-1 mark at #9.

What's Ahead
• Navy will travel to Connecticut for back-to-back matches against Connecticut College on Jan. 17 and Wesleyan on Jan. 18.
• Both matches will be played at Wesleyan.
• Streaming and live result information for those matches will be available at a later date.

### Go Navy ###