The 14th-ranked Navy squash team (19-3) will close out the regular season this week with matches against #18 Franklin & Marshall (8-6) and #23 Chatham (6-6). The Mids play their final home match of the 2025-26 campaign on Wednesday when they play host to Franklin & Marshall at the Prager Family Squash Facility beginning at 6:00 pm. Navy finishes the week with a trip to Pittsburgh, Pa. where the Mids will battle Chatham at Steel City Squash starting at 12-noon.

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 for both matches.
• The Navy-Chatham match will also be streamed live with a link available on the Navy Athletics website (squash schedule page).
• Due to ongoing technical issues, the Navy-Franklin & Marshall match will not be streamed.

Navy's Projected Lineup
Player (Yr / Hometown / 2025-26 record / career record)
1 |  Wenqing Tang (So / Villanova, Pa. / 19-2 / 43-6)
2 |  Christian Graziano (Fr / Greenwich, Conn. / 12-4 / 12-4) 
3 |  Alexander Orr (Sr / Haverford, Pa. / 15-3 / 69-38)
4 | Johan Hodgson (Fr / Riverside, Conn. / 8-1 / 8-1)
5 |  Matthew Kang (Jr / Malvern, Pa. / 13-4 / 34-31)
6 |  Avinash Uppuluri (So / Short Hills, N.J. / 15-4 / 18-8)
7 |  Andrew Ko (Fr / Sykesville, Md. / 12-5 / 12-5)
8 |  Michael Tierney Jr. (So / Berwyn, Pa. / 14-3 / 30-13)
9 |  Ramsay Killinger (Jr / Wyndmoor, Pa. / 16-3 / 48-25)
-- |  Hudson Poirier (So / Wellesley, Mass. / 9-0 / 19-2)
-- | Turner Wolf (Fr / Bronxville, N.Y. / 9-2 / 9-2)
-- |  Tighe Mullarkey (Jr / Locust Valley, N.Y. / 1-0 / 46-23)
-- |  Eli Levy (So / Williamstown, Mass. / 8-0 / 17-4)
-- |  Sean Wu (Jr / Princeton, N.J. / 8-0 / 28-15)
-- |  Holden Woodward (Jr / Richmond, Va. / 6-0 / 14-26)

Looking back
Navy vs. Western (Ontario)
• Navy won the first seven matches en route to a 7-2 victory over #19 Western (Ontario) (1-9) last Saturday afternoon at the Prager Family Squash Facility in Annapolis, Md. 
• Meeting for the 20th time overall and just the fourth in Annapolis, it was Navy's first victory over the Mustangs since 2018. Western came into the match having won seven in a row against Navy.
• For the second-consecutive match, Johan Hodgson provided Navy with its first win of the match, sweeping fellow rookie Liam McKay at the # 4 spot 11-5, 11-1, 11-6
• Andrew Ko made it 2-0 just three minutes later behind an 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 victory over Western senior Arin Khot at #6
• Avinash Uppuluri not only made it three in a row for Navy, it was the Mids' third-straight sweep as he posted an 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 win over freshman Dylan Erb at #7
• Team captain Alexander Orr, who was recognized prior to the start of the match as the Mids' lone senior, earned his 69th collegiate victory by way of a 3-0 result against sophomore William Znidarec at #3.
• After more than an hour of action, Wenqing Tang clinched the team victory for Navy with a spirited 3-2 win over junior Daniel Deverill at the #1 position. Tang opened with an 11-8 win, but Deverill rallied to win the next two (13-11, 11-9) and take a 2-1 lead. Tang pushed the match to a fifth game with an 11-9 victory in the fourth before finishing the match win an 11-4 win.  Tang is now 19-2 on the season, including 19-0 in team-played matches, and 43-6 over two seasons.
• Christian Graziano picked up a 3-0 win over freshman Rohan Paliwal in just under 30 minutes at the #2 spot, while Michael Tierney Jr. earned a hard-fought 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 win over senior Eesa Huq at #8. Tierney Jr.'s win was the 30th of his career.
• Matthew Kang and Ramsay Killinger put together tough performances, but came up short in four and five games, respectively.

Milestone Watch
• Alexander Orr (69-38) is tied for 13th on Navy's all-time wins leader board alongside Colin Barry (69-29 / 2011-15) and Dylan Sweeney (69-32 / 2015-19) and is now just one win shy of becoming only the 13th player in school history to reach the 70-win milestone. The last player to reach 70 wins was Matt Wang who finished his career a year ago with a 72-50 record.
• Ramsay Killinger, meanwhile, continues to push towards the 50-win mark for his career, as he stands 48-25. He needs two wins to become the 40th player in program history to reach 50 wins. That milestone marker also holds true for Tighe Mullarkey who has posted a 46-23 mark.
• As a team, Navy needs just one more win to reach the 20-win marker this week. The last time Navy won 20 matches was in 2016-17 when the Mids finished the year 20-6. In now its 78th varsity season, just 11 Navy teams (1995-96, 20-8 / 1996-97, 23-13 / 2004-05, 24-7 / 2006-07, 23-8 / 2008-09, 27-8 / 2009-10, 26-8 / 2010-11, 23-10 / 2011-12, 23-7 / 2012-13, 25-9 / 2015-16, 21-10 / 2016-17, 20-6) have achieved 20 wins in a season.

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 104-84 (.553) record heading into this week's matches

About the Opponents
#18 Franklin & Marshall (8-6)
• The Mids and the Diplomats will meet for 67th time in series history with Navy holding a 39-27 advantage
• The inaugural meeting between the two programs was held Jan. 6, 1968 with Navy earning a 9-0 win
• Outside of the COVID year, the two programs have met every year since 1999
• Wednesday evening's match marks the 34th meeting between the two programs in Annapolis with Navy holding a 26-7 lead
• Navy and Franklin & Marshall did not meet during the regular season a year ago, however the Mids dealt the Diplomats a 5-4 loss in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship held in Lancaster, Pa.
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• Franklin & Marshall enters the match with an 8-6 record  with wins over Chatham (8-1), Dickinson (8-1), Haverford (9-0), Bates (9-0), Bowdoin (8-1), Rochester (7-2), St. Lawrence (8-1) and Hobart (9-0). The Diplomats own a three-match winning streak heading into the mid-week match.
• Kyle Broadhurst (Sr / Pittsburgh, Pa. / 12-5 record / 6-1 at #1) and Sharan Punjabi (Jr / Mumbai, India / 9-6 record / 5-2 at #1) have split time as the Diplomats' #1 player with Broadhurst pacing the team with 12 wins this season. Aditya Chandani (So / Mumbai, India) has split time at the #3 and #4 positions and stands 10-3 (5-2 at #3, 4-1 at #4) overall.

#23 Chatham (6-6)
• Navy and Chatham will meet for just the fifth time when the Mids make their third trip to Pittsburgh
• The two met in Pittsburgh on Feb. 12, 2022 in the inaugural match with the Cougars earning a 9-0 victory
• Chatham has won 3 (9-0 on Feb. 12, 2022 / 8-1 on Jan. 28, 2023 / 9-0 on Feb. 2, 2024) of the 4 meetings. Navy captured its first win in the series in last year's regular-season finale in Annapolis, defeating the Cougars 6-3
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• Chatham enters the weekend with a 6-6 record, however the Cougars have not played a match since it's Jan. 18 victory over Bard.
• The Cougars have wins over St. Lawrence (7-2), Haverford (7-2), Hobart (8-1), Hamilton (6-3), Vassar (7-2) and Bard (7-0). They own a four-match winning streak heading into the weekend.
• Sebastian Antonio Vaca Sanchez (Sr / Ambato, Ecuador) owns a 6-6 record as the team's #1 player, while Abdelrahman Walid Sadek (Sr / Cairo, Egypt) owns a team-best 9-3 record as the program's #2 player. Muhammad Hassaan Raza (Sr / Lahore, Pakistan) has also had a strong season, posting an 8-4 mark at #3.

What's Ahead
• Navy kicks off action at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship on Friday, Feb. 13 when it battles #6 Drexel (6-3) in the opening round. The match is slated for 6:30 pm at the McArthur Squash Center in Charlottesville, Va.

### Go Navy ###