10th-Ranked Navy Squash Sweeps No. 20 George Washington

Navy has won all nine of its matches this year by a 9-0 count.

	Senior Brian Hamilton returned to the squash courts Wednesday after sitting out the fall portion of the schedule with an injury.

Jan. 16, 2008

Complete Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - All nine Navy squash players claimed 3-0 wins, as the 10th-ranked Midshipmen earned a 9-0 victory over No. 20 George Washington Wednesday evening at the Halsey Field House International Squash Courts in Annapolis. As Navy improves to 9-4 on the year, all nine wins for the Midshipmen have been by a 9-0 count.

The Mids were led off by top-seeded player Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) who remained unbeaten after defeating senior Jarryd Commerford, 9-2, 9-3, 9-2. George, who owns an impressive 55-25 career record, is now 10-0 this season as the No. 1 player on Navy's roster.

Meanwhile, senior captain Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.) turned in a true sweep of GW senior Alex Funk at the No. 3 position, as Sawin recorded a 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 victory. Rookie Allan Lutz (McLean, Va.) earned his 10th win of the season by way of a 9-0, 9-0, 9-5 victory over Colonial freshman Nick Gross at No. 4, while the Mids' other Allen, Allen Harley (Charleston, W.Va.), a junior, collected a 9-0, 9-2, 9-0 triumph over GW rookie Mike Bower at the No. 8 spot.

Midshipmen senior Matt Wiggins (Sour Lake, Texas) worked his way back in the top nine of the ladder and improved to 6-0 this season with a 9-1, 9-4, 9-5 victory over newcomer Peter Creech. Playing in just his second match back after an injury held him out of fall competition, senior Brian Hamilton (Lake Forest, Ill.) earned a 9-3, 9-3, 9-6 win over freshman Matt Nelson-Teutsch at the No. 7 position.

The Midshipmen return to action this weekend when they face four foes in a three-day span at the Yale Round Robin in New Haven, Conn. Navy will battle Bowdoin on Friday (5:00 pm), MIT (10:00 am) and Bates (4:00 pm) on Saturday and Colby (9:00 am) on Sunday.

Navy 9, George Washington 0
Jan. 16, 2008 • Annapolis, Md.
1   Tucker George (N) def. Jarryd Commerford (GW)      3-0   9-2, 9-3, 9-1
2   Nils Mattsson (N) def. Matt Grossman (GW)          3-0   9-6, 9-1, 9-2
3   Jeff Sawin (N) def. Alex Funk (GW)                 3-0   9-0, 9-0, 9-0
4   Allan Lutz (N)  def. Nick Gross (GW)               3-0   9-0, 9-0, 9-5
5   Ben Mantica (N) def. Stefan Georg (GW)             3-0   9-3, 9-3, 9-6
6   Christopher Zipf (N) def. Max Collins (GW)         3-0   9-6, 9-1, 9-3
7   Brian Hamilton (N) def. Matt Nelson-Teutsch (GW)   3-0   9-7, 9-1, 9-1
8   Allen Hartley (N) def. Mike Bower (GW)             3-0   9-0, 9-2, 9-0
9   Matt Wiggins (N) def. Peter Creech (GW)            3-0   9-1, 9-4, 9-5
###Go Navy###