The 15th-ranked Navy squash team (15-0) will see its first action since Dec. 7 when it hits the road this week to play four matches in three different states. The Mids open play on Thursday evening with a 5:00 pm match against #33 Vassar (2-7) in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Navy will then travel to Vermont on Friday for a 5:00 pm match against #17 Middlebury (2-2). The Mids take on #14 Amherst (2-0) at 2:00 pm on Saturday in Massachusetts before wrapping up the trip with a 12-noon match on Sunday at #12 Williams (2-3).

The unbeaten Midshipmen head into the week looking to break the school record for the best start to a season set by the 2012-13 squad with a 15-0 mark. Meanwhile, this year's team is just the fourth in program history to open its season with at least 14-consecutive wins and the first since the 2015-16 team started its year 14-0 (2012-13, 15-0 / 2025-26, 15-0 / 1960-61, 14-0 / 2015-16, 14-0).

How to Follow
• A live scoring link will be available on the Navy Athletics website (squash schedule page) and via Club Locker for each of the four matches.
• All four matches will be streamed live on Playsight. Links to those matches can be found on the Navy Athletics website (squash schedule page).

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2025-26 record / career record)
1 |  Wenqing Tang (So / Villanova, Pa. / 12-0 / 36-4)
2 |  Christian Graziano (Fr / Greenwich, Conn. / 8-1 / 8-1) 
3 |  Alexander Orr (Sr / Haverford, Pa. / 11-0 / 65-35)
4 | Johan Hodgson (Fr / Riverside, Conn. / 3-0 / 3-0)
5 |  Matt Kang (Jr / Malvern, Pa. / 12-0 / 33-27)
6 |  Avinash Uppuluri (So / Short Hills, N.J. / 13-0 / 16-4)
7 |  Andrew Ko (Fr / Sykesville, Md. / 9-2 / 9-2)
8 |  Michael Tierney Jr. (So / Berwyn, Pa. / 12-1 / 28-11)
9 |  Ramsay Killinger (Jr / Wyndmoor, Pa. / 12-0 / 44-22)
-- | Turner Wolf (Fr / Bronxville, N.Y. / 8-0 / 8-0)
-- |  Tighe Mullarkey (Jr / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 0-0 / 45-23)
-- |  Eli Levy (So / Williamstown, Mass. / 6-0 / 15-4)
-- |  Sean Wu (Jr / Princeton, N.J. / 7-0 / 27-15)
-- |  Holden Woodward (Jr / Richmond, Va. / 5-0 / 13-26)
Inj |  Hudson Poirier (So / Wellesley, Mass. / 9-0 / 19-2)

Looking Back
• Navy closed out the first half of its season by picking up road victories (Dec. 5-7) against #27 Hamilton College (1-4), #26 St. Lawrence (2-3) and #19 Rochester (2-4). The Mids swept Hamilton College 9-0, followed by an 8-1 victory at St. Lawrence and closed things out with a hard-fought 7-2 win at Rochester on Sunday. 

• Eight players among the ladder played in all three matches with 6 of the 8 finishing the weekend with undefeated 3-0 marks.
• Among the six was Johan Hodgson who made his season debut after rehabbing a leg injury over the last handful of months. He settled into the #4 spot on the ladder and earned an 11-0, 11-5, 11-6 sweep over Jacob Li of Hamilton College in his first-collegiate match.
• Wenqing Tang, the Mids' #1 player, extended his personal winning streak to 17-consecutive matches dating back to last season. Tang closed out 2024-25 by winning his final 5 matches and is 12-0 this season. He stands 36-4 in just he second year at the Academy.
• Meanwhile, team captain Alexander Orr pushed his season record to 11-0 and 65-35 over his career. He is now tied with Jamie Kjorlien (2015-19) and Michael Kacergis (2016-20) for 19th on the Mids' all-time wins list. Additionally, he is 5 wins from becoming only the 13th player in school history to reach the 70-win milestone.
• Ramsay Killinger continues to push towards the 50-win mark for his career, as he stands 44-22. He needs 6 wins to become the 40th player in program history to reach 50 wins.
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• Navy easily cruised past Hamilton College in a 9-0 victory, winning 6 of the 9 matches in three games.
• With its win, Navy pushed its series advantage to 19-0.
• The Navy-Hamilton College match marked the first time the two programs had met since 2022.
• Meanwhile, it was just the fifth time Navy has played at Hamilton College and first since 2012.

• While Navy captured an 8-1 win over St. Lawrence, the Saints gave the Mids a run for their money.
• Four of the top-5 spots on the ladder were decided in extra frames, including the top 2. Tang won a seesaw battle against Mina Yousef at #1 by capturing a 12-10 decision in the fifth game. Christian Graziano, meanwhile, had to rally in his match against Emirhan Sen at #2, winning the fourth (11-2) and fifth (11-7) games to seal the victory. 
• The Mids now lead the series against the Saints 8-4, including a 2-1 mark in matches played in Canton, N.Y.

• Navy capped the weekend by playing its third match in its third different city.
• Navy defeated a talented Rochester squad 7-2 in what marked the program's first win over the Yellow Jackets since 2007. Rochester entered the match having won 5 in a row against the Mids.
• Navy is now 26-6 all-time against Rochester, including 8-2 in matches played on the Yellow Jackets' home courts.
• Two key matches went down to the wire as #8 Avinash Uppuluri and #9 Ramsay Killinger captured gritty wins for the Mids. Uppuluri found himself in a 2-1 deficit, but regrouped to win the final games 11-1 and 11-9. Meanwhile, Killinger and Zhouran Xu traded wins before Killinger put it away in the fifth 11-5.

Osborne Reaches 100
• Eighth-year Navy head coach Tyler Osborne earned his 100th collegiate victory on Dec. 7 with the 7-2 win over Rochester.
• Osborne, who became the seventh head coach in program history in the summer of 2018, is fourth Navy squash coach to reach the century mark in the wins column, joining Craig Dawson (365-154 / 2001-18), Dave Brown (267-117 / 1982-96) and Art Potter (267-62 / 1951-77).
• Osborne owns a 100-81 (.552) record heading into this week's action

About the Opponents
#33 Vassar (2-7)
• Navy and Vassar will meet for the 22nd time in program history in a series that dates back to 1980
• The Mids own a 19-2 series lead against the Brewers
• Thursday evening's match will be the first time the two teams have played one another since Navy earned a 9-0 win at Vassar on Jan. 25, 2009
• Making its first trip to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. since 2009, Navy owns a 6-1 record against the Brewers on their home court
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• After opening the season with back-to-back victories over Bard (9-0) and Northeastern (9-0) on Oct. 25, #33 Vassar has lost seven-consecutive matches to Fordham (7-2), Wesleyan (9-0), Brown 8-1), St. Lawrence (7-2), Haverford (7-2), Hamilton (9-0) and Denison (6-3)
• #6 Gabriel Lugo (Jr / East Hartford, Conn. leads the way for the Brewers in the wins column with a 5-4 record, while #2 Matthew Okulski (So / Portland, Maine) and #9 Joseph Donato (Jr / Staten Island, N.Y.) stand 4-5 on the year

#17 Middlebury (2-2)
• The Mids and Middlebury will meet for the 16th time with Navy holding a narrow 8-7 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 3 of the 5 matches played against Middlebury at Bostwick Family Squash Center, however the Mids have last each of the last two - W 8-1 on Nov. 30, 2012 / W 7-2 on Dec. 3, 2016 / W 5-4 on Nov. 30, 2018 / L 6-3 on Jan. 16, 2022 / L 8-1 on Jan. 5, 2024
• Middlebury heads into the weekend having won five 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 / 5-4 on Jan. 11, 2025 in Annapolis
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• The Panthers own a 2-2 record to date - L 6-3 to Cornell / L 9-0 to Dartmouth / W 9-0 vs. Hobart / W 9-0 vs. Wesleyan
• David Zhao (Jr / Darien, Conn.) is 2-0 at the #1 spot and 0-2 at the #2, while Caleb Boateng (Sr / Bronx, N.Y.) is 2-0 at #3 and 0-2 at #4

#14 Amherst (2-0)
• Navy and Amherst will meet for the 47th time with the Mids controlling the series 36-10.
• 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 the 33rd time the two teams have met at Amherst's Davenport Squash Courts. The Mids are 30-2 against the Mammoth on their home court.
• Navy has won 6 of the last 10 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 three in a row against the Mids (6-3, Jan. 8, 2023 / 8-1, Jan. 7, 2024 / 5-4, Jan. 10, 2025).
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• Amherst owns a 2-0 record to date, defeating Hamilton (9-0) and Connecticut College (9-0) prior to the break.  
• Amherst will play Dickinson on Wednesday evening before welcoming the Midshipmen on Saturday afternoon
• Nine players on the Mammoths' roster have 2-0 records to date, including Roman Parisi (Fr / Sausalito, Calif.) and Joseph Toth (Jr / Richmond, British Columbia) who are the #1 and #2 players, respectively

#12 Williams (2-3)
• Sunday will mark the 63rd meeting between Navy and Williams, as the Mids hold a 36-26 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 the 39th time the two teams will have met in Williamstown with Navy holding a 24-14 advantage
• The two programs have split the last 10 meetings, however, the Ephs have won four in a row with Navy's last win coming on Jan. 19, 2019 in Annapolis (5-4). The last time the Mids won at Williams was on Jan. 19, 2018 by a 7-2 decision
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• Williams has put together a 2-3 record to date. After dropping its first two matches to Trinity (7-2) and Cornell (7-2), the Ephs have bounced back to win two of their last three - W 9-0 vs. Hamilton / L 8-1 vs. Princeton / W 8-1 vs. Western Ontario. 
• Williams will play Franklin & Marshall on Friday (1:00 pm) and Dickinson on Saturday (12:00 pm) before facing the Mids on Sunday afternoon.
• Nick Agger (Jr / Brooklyn, N.Y.) stands 2-2 as Williams' #1 player, while Himanshu Pannu (So / San Mateo, Calif.) occupies the #2 slot and owns a 1-2 mark. Rafay Syed (Sr / Rye, N.Y.) leads the way in the wins column for the Ephs with a 3-0 mark at #8.

What's Ahead
• Navy returns home to play host to Tufts at the Prager Family Squash Facility on Sunday, Jan. 18 at 12:00 pm

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