The 14th-ranked Navy squash team (20-3) scored a 6-3 victory over #18 Franklin & Marshall Wednesday evening in its final match played this season at the Prager Family Squash Facility in Annapolis, Md. The Mids earned their 40th win in the 67-match history (third longest series between Navy and another team) and their 27th in Annapolis (27-7). 

With the victory, this year's team became just the 12th in program history to reach the 20-win mark in a single season and the first since 2016-17 (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 / 2025-26, 20-3).

Match Highlights
• Navy got off to a fast start and jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in the match.
• Wenqing Tang (So / Villanova, Pa.) earned the Mids' first win of the night by defeating junior Sharan Punjabi in four games at the #1 spot. Tang took game one 11-9, but Punjabi turned the tables and was able to even the score with an 11-5 game two victory. Tang regrouped and the second-year standout won games three (11-7) and four (11-8) to earn his team-best 20th win of the season.  Tang is now 20-0 in team-played matches this year and 44-6 over two seasons.
• Johan Hodgson (Fr / Riverside, Conn.) made it two in a row for Navy, as he claimed a 3-0 victory over sophomore Toby Clegg-Petri at #4.
• After dropping the opening game to senior Akshat Agarwal, Avinash Uppuluri (So / Short Hills, N.J.) bounced back to take the next three games, including a 16-14 decision in game four, to capture the win at #7.
• Franklin & Marshall narrowed the gap with back-to-back wins at #6 and #2. Andrew Ko (Fr / Sykesville, Md.) was in game five of his match against Jamie Stait but was forced to retire due to injury. Meanwhile, Kyle Broadhurst played a strong match for the Diplomats, where he defeated Christian Graziano (Fr / Greenwich, Conn.) in three games.
• Team captain Alexander Orr (Sr / Haverford, Pa.) was able to get the Mids back on track and gave them some breathing room, as he claimed a 3-1 win over Aditya Chandani at #3. Chandani edged the Navy senior in the opening game 12-10, however, Orr fought his way back to earn his 16th win of the season.
• With the win, Orr became just the 13th player in school history to reach the 70-win milestone and took sole ownership of 13th on Navy's all-time wins list. He now has former teammate Matt Wang in his crosshairs with Wang posting a 72-50 record from 2021-25.
• Ramsay Killinger (Jr / Wyndmoor, Pa.) clinched the team victory for the Mids with his sweep of freshman Eeshan Sawant at #9. Killinger climbed his way back into the third game, as he found himself several points down, to eventually win 12-10. Killinger is now just one win shy of becoming the 40th player in program history to reach 50 wins.
• Michael Tierney Jr. (So / Berwyn, Pa.) recorded Navy's final win of the evening with an 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 victory at #8 over Teerth Jilka.
• Matthew Kang (Jr / Malvern, Pa.) came up short in the final match, as senior Noah Katzer rallied to win the final two games to win in five at #5.

What's Ahead
• Navy will make the trip to Pittsburgh, Pa. on Saturday to face #23 Chatham (6-6) at Steel City Squash beginning at 12-noon.

Navy 6, Franklin & Marshall 3
1 | Wenqing Tang (N) def Sharan Punjabi (F&M) // 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8
2 | Kyle Broadhurst (F&M) def Christian Graziano (N) // 11-7, 11-2, 11-2
3 | Alexander Orr (N) def Aditya Chandani (F&M) // 10-12, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
4 | Johan Hodgson (N) def Toby Clegg-Petri (F&M) // 11-2, 11-7, 17-15
5 | Noah Katzer (F&M) def Matthew Kang (N) // 11-7, 3-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7
6 | Jamie Stait (F&M) def Andrew Ko (N) // 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 8-3 (ret)
7 | Avinash Uppuluri (N) def Akshat Agarwal (F&M) // 6-11, 11-7, 11-7, 16-14
8 | Michael Tierney Jr. (N) def Teerth Jilka (F&M) // 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9
9 | Ramsay Killinger (N) def Eeshan Sawant (F&M) // 11-5, 11-7, 12-10
EXH | Eli Levy (N) def Hunar Kohli (F&M) // 14-12, 9-11, 11-4, 14-12

### Go Navy ###