The 15th-ranked Navy squash team kept its unbeaten streak intact this weekend, facing its toughest opponents to date in 21st-ranked Bowdoin (0-2) and 22nd-ranked Bates (0-2). The Midshipmen, who are now 12-0 on the year, defeated both programs by a 9-0 mark at the Prager Family Squash Facility in Annapolis, Md. Navy is off to its best start since opening the 2015-16 season with a 14-0 record and finished the year 21-10.

Match Highlights
Bowdoin
• Team captain Alexander Orr (Sr / Haverford, Pa.) kicked the afternoon off with a 3-0 sweep over Bowdoin senior Aryan Singh at No. 3, before Avinash Uppuluri (So / Short Hills, N.J.) followed with a 3-0 victory of his own at No. 7 against sophomore Sachith Vissapragada.
• Matthew Kang (Jr / Malvern, Pa.) picked up an 11-5 victory over Bowdoin's Jai Karande in the opening game only to see that advantage erased by Karande who took game two 11-6. Kang, however, regrouped and scored back-to-back 11-8 and 11-4 wins to take the match and give the Mids a 3-0 lead.
• Sitting atop the ladder, Wenqing Tang (So / Villanova, Pa.) swept Bowdoin senior Liam Waldron in three games. However, the match was hard fought as Waldron pushed Wang in an 11-9, 14-12, 12-10 defeat.
• Christian Graziano (Fr / Greenwich, Conn.), Andrew Ko (Fr / Sykesville, Md.) and Ramsay Killinger (Jr / Wyndmoor, Pa.) all closed out their matches in under a minute from one another to seal the Navy victory. Graziano and Killinger swept their foes, while Ko came back from an 11-7 loss to William Maschler in the opening game to win the next three games and the match.
• With the match already decided, the Mids picked up the final two wins of the match, including a 3-2 thriller by Hudson Poirier (Wellesley, Mass.). The second-year Navy player found himself in a 2-1 deficit, but battled his way to victory with 11-8 and 11-9 victories in the fourth and fifth match against Oliver Pride at No. 9.

Bates
• Navy opened Sunday's match with Bates by winning its first-four matches by way of 3-0 decisions.
• Kang, who went four games the day before, was forced to go five games should he want to close out the team victory for the Mids. The third-year standout dropped his first-two games to freshman Rodrigo Chon Him 11-8 and 11-9. Kang was able to turn the momentum in his favor when he evened the match with 11-4 and 11-6 wins in the third and fourth. The fifth game was a back-and-forth battle that saw the more experience Kang coming out on top 14-12.
• For a second-consecutive match, Ko dropped his opening game, an 11-9 decision to Parker Davis Jr., but came back to take the match in four.
• Graziano, meanwhile, played one of the best matches of the weekend against Bates senior Ashton Monteiro. The two had countless long volleys and demonstrated tremendous sportsmanship. Graziano bested Monteiro in four, 11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5.
• Killinger and Michael Tierney Jr. (So / Berwyn, Pa.) claimed the Mids final two matches of the weekend, both defeating their opponents in 3-0 decision.

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• Both matches marked just the second time either of the teams had played at Navy
• Navy now leads the series against Bowdoin 35-11, while narrowly leading Bates 18-14
• With a pair of wins over the weekend, Orr moved into a tie for 22nd on Navy's all-time wins leader board alongside Gavin Morrison (62-42 / 2001-05) with 62. He needs two more wins to tie Randy Beck (64-30 / 2013-17) for 21st on the list.
• Also earning milestone victories over the weekend were Killinger, who eclipsed the 40-win marker and currently sits at 41-22 all-time. Meanwhile, Kang reached 30 wins in his third season and is 30-27 all-time.

What's Ahead
• The Midshipmen will take time off for the Thanksgiving holiday before playing their final matches of the calendar year. Navy will travel to the state of New York to play No. 25 Hamilton (Dec. 5 / 5:00 pm), No. 24 St. Lawrence (Dec. 6 / 1:00 pm) and No. 19 Rochester (Dec. 7 / 11:00 am).

Navy 9, Bowdoin 0
1 | Wenqing Tang (N) def Liam Waldron (B) // 11-9, 14-12, 12-10
2 | Christian Graziano (N) def Fotis Zafiriou (B) // 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
3 | Alexander Orr (N) def Aryan Singh (B) // 11-8, 11-4, 11-5
4 | Andrew Ko (N) def. William Maschler (B) def // 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4
5 | Matthew Kang (N) def Jai Karande (B) // 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4
6 | Michael Tierney Jr. (N) def Luciano Agudelo (B) // 11-7, 11-8, 11-2
7 | Avinash Uppuluri (N) def Sachith Vissapragada (B) // 11-8, 11-9, 13-11
8 | Ramsay Killinger (N) def Ronak Nagar (B) // 11-1, 11-4, 11-4
9 | Hudson Poirier (N) def Oliver Pride (B) // 5-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9
EXH | Eli Levy (N) def Joseph French (B) // 11-4, 11-2, 11-8

Navy 9, Bates 0
1 | Wenqing Tang (N) def Dennis Welte (B) // 11-9, 11-4, 11-9
2 | Christian Graziano (N) def Ashton Monteiro (B) // 11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5
3 | Alexander Orr (N) def Oscar Hecker (B) // 11-6, 11-3, 11-3
4 | Andrew Ko (N) def. Parker Davis Jr. (B) def // 9-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9
5 | Matthew Kang (N) def Rodrigo Chon Him (B) // 8-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 14-12
6 | Michael Tierney Jr. (N) def Tommy Le (B) // 11-5, 11-5, 11-6
7 | Avinash Uppuluri (N) def Tanish Tangri (B) // 11-6, 11-7, 12-10
8 | Ramsay Killinger (N) def John Kim (B) // 11-4, 11-3, 11-6
9 | Hudson Poirier (N) def Augustus Silverman (B) // 11-5, 11-0, 11-2
EXH | Turner Wolf (N) def William Veague (B) // 11-3, 11-3, 11-6


### Go Navy ###