The 14th-ranked Navy squash team (18-3) earned a 9-0 win over #30 Haverford (2-8) Thursday evening at the GIAC Squash Courts in Haverford, Pa. in what also marked the Mids' 18th victory of the season. It's the most wins by a Navy team under eighth-year head coach
Tyler Osborne and the most since the Mids closed out the 2016-17 campaign with a 20-6 record.
Match Highlights
• Navy's lineup remained the same from 1-4, but changed slightly among the remaining five spots.
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Johan Hodgson (Fr / Riverside, Conn.) earned the first win of the evening and dealt Haverford senior Kai Schinaman an 11-3, 11-2, 11-2 loss at #4
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Wenqing Tang (So / Villanova, Pa.) returned to form as the Mids' #1 player where he scored an 11-3, 11-5, 11-7 victory over senior Aaryaman Jaising. Tang is now 18-2 this season, including 18-0 in team competition.Â
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Michael Tierney Jr. (So / Berwyn, Pa.) scored an 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 win over freshman Advait Chandramouli at #7, while
Avinash Uppuluri (So / Short Hills, N.J.) gave the Mids a 4-0 advantage by way of a 3-1 victory over junior Qianzhi Zhao at #6.
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Christian Graziano (Fr / Greenwich, Conn.) and
Ramsay Killinger (Jr / Wyndmoor, Pa.) paired up to secure the team win for the Mids with wins at #2 and #8, respectively. Graziano swept sophomore Henry Jiang, while Killinger improved to 48-24 over his career by way of an 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 win over rookie Dean Ibrahim. Killinger is now just two wins shy of becoming the 40th player in program history to reach 50 wins.
• Rounding out the lineup were
Eli Levy (So / Williamstown, Mass.) at #9, team captain
Alexander Orr (Sr / Haverford, Pa.) at #3, and
Andrew Ko (Fr / Sykesville, Md.). With
Matthew Kang (Jr / Malvern, Pa.)sitting out the match, Levy was elevated to the #9 position where he captured an 11-4, 11-6, 11-2 win over freshman Nevin Mital to improve to 8-0 on the year. Orr and his foe Ben Levy played a spectacular match that saw the hometown product win in five games over Levy. Ko, meanwhile, pushed up from the #7 position to #5 where he posted an 11-3, 11-8, 11-3 win over fellow newcomer Jet Li.
• Orr now stands 68-38 over his four seasons at Navy and stands alone in 15th on the Mids' all-time wins leader board. He is one win shy of tying Colin Barry (69-29 / 2011-15) and Dylan Sweeney (69-32 / 2015-19) for 13th on the list and two wins shy of becoming only the 13th player in school history to reach the 70-win milestone.
• Navy also saw the return of
Hudson Poirier (So / Wellesley, Mass.) who has missed two months due to an injury. Poirier earned a 3-1 victory over junior Francis Betkowski in an exhibition match.
What's Ahead
• Navy will have a quick turnaround as the Mids will play host to 19th-ranked Western (Ontario) on Saturday at the Prager Family Squash Facility beginning at 1:00 pm.
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Alexander Orr will be honored at Saturday's match as the program will celebrate Senior Day.
Navy 9, Haverford 0
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Wenqing Tang (N) def Aaryaman Jaising (H) // 11-3, 11-5, 11-7
2 |
Christian Graziano (N) def Henry Jiang (H) // 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
3 |
Alexander Orr (N) def Ben Levy (H) // 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4
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Johan Hodgson (N) def Kai Thomas Schinaman (H) // 11-3, 11-2, 11-2
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Andrew Ko (N) def Jet Li (H) // 11-3, 11-8, 11-3
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Avinash Uppuluri (N) def Qianzhi Zhao (H) // 11-5, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3
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Michael Tierney Jr. (N) def Advait Chandramouli (H) // 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
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Ramsay Killinger (N) def Dean Ibrahim (H) // 11-2, 11-6, 11-4
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Eli Levy (N) def Nevin Mital (H) // 11-4, 11-6, 11-2
EXH |
Hudson Poirier (N) def Francis Betkowski (H) // 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9
### Go Navy ###