The unbeaten Navy squash team (9-0) will play host to No. 27 Dickinson (2-3) Wednesday evening at the Prager Family Squash Facility in the Mids' first Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference match of the season. The contest is slated to begin at 5:30 p.m.
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. Parking on the grounds is allowed for those with a valid handicap placard and it must be presented at the time of arrival. Please note that a government issued identification card must be carried and presented at the gate by all visitors to the Naval Academy.
How to Follow
• A
live scoring link will be available on the Navy Athletics website (squash schedule page) and via Club Locker.
• The match will also be
streamed live with a link available on the Navy Athletics website.
Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2025-26 record / career record)
1 | Â
Wenqing Tang (So / Villanova, Pa. / 6-0 / 30-4)
2 | Â
Christian Graziano (Fr / Greenwich, Conn. / 3-0 / 3-0)Â
3 | Â
Alexander Orr (Sr / Haverford, Pa. / 5-0 / 59-35)
4 | Â
Andrew Ko (Fr / Sykesville, Md. / 6-0 / 6-0)
5 | Â Matt Kang (Jr / Malvern, Pa. / 6-0 / 27-27)
6 | Â
Michael Tierney Jr. (So / Berwyn, Pa. / 7-0 / 23-10)
7 | Â
Avinash Uppuluri (So / Short Hills, N.J. / 7-0 / 10-4)
8 | Â
Ramsay Killinger (Jr / Wyndmoor, Pa. / 6-0 / 38-22)
9 | Â
Hudson Poirier (So / Wellesley, Mass. / 6-0 / 16-2)
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Turner Wolf (Fr / Bronxville, N.Y. / 7-0 / 7-0)
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Eli Levy (So / Williamstown, Mass. / 6-0 / 15-4)
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Sean Wu (Jr / Princeton, N.J. / 7-0 / 27-15)
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Holden Woodward (Jr / Richmond, Va. / 8-0 / 13-26)
Inj |
Johan Hodgson (Fr / Riverside, Conn. / 0-0 / 0-0)
Inj | Â
Tighe Mullarkey (Jr / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 0-0 / 45-23)
Weekly Rewind
• Navy continued its dominance last weekend, earning four shutout victories to improve to 9-0 on the year
• The Mids kicked the weekend off with a 9-0 win over Texas Friday evening in what marked the inaugural meeting between the two programs. Navy came back to win three in a row on Saturday against Richmond (8-0), Duke (9-0) and Washington & Lee (7-0).
• For a second-consecutive week, 13 of Navy's 15 players saw action over the weekend.
Johan Hodgson and
Tighe Mullarkey remained sidelined, but are working their way back to the court.
• Seven players led the way for Navy with 3-0 marks -
Matthew Kang,
Andrew Ko,
Michael Tierney Jr.,
Avinash Uppuluri,
Turner Wolf,
Holden Woodward and
Sean Wu.
• Navy did not give up a game in its 33 total matches over the weekend.
• Team captain
Alexander Orr earned a pair of victories on Saturday and behind an 11-7, 11-3, 11-4 win over Duke's Jake Wang, he moved into a tie for 25th on Navy's all-time win list alongside Brad Seidel (2007-11). Orr, who has put together a 59-35 record in four seasons, needs one win to tie Tommy McNamara (60-20 / 2008-11) and Owen Davis (60-36 / 2016-20) for 23rd on the wins leader board with 60.
•
Wenqing Tang captured his 30th victory in just his second season, while
Ramsay Killinger is two wins shy of 40.
About the Opponent
• Navy owns a 15-3 record against Dickinson in a series that first began in 1961. The Mids and Red Devils played four times between 1961-64 before picking up the series once again in 2014.
• Both Navy and Dickinson are members of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference.Â
• The Red Devils earned their first win over the Mids in series history by a 5-4 count at the 2022 MASC Championship.
• Navy has won three in a row against Dickinson, earning a pair of wins during the 2023-24 campaign - a 6-3 win during the regular season and a 5-4 victory at the MASC Championship - while sweeping the Red Devils on their home court last November.
• 27th-ranked Dickinson enters Wednesday night's match with a 2-3 record, scoring wins over No. 23 Chatham (5-4) and No. 28 Haverford (5-4). The Red Devils' losses have come against No. 8 Drexel (9-0) and top-ranked Penn (9-0).
What's Ahead
• The Midshipmen continue their homestand this weekend when they play host to No. 21 Bowdoin on Saturday at 2:00 pm and close out the weekend with a 10:00 am match against No. 22 Bates. Both matches will be played at the Prager Family Squash Facility.
### Go Navy ###