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March 1, 2008

Complete Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Among the four Navy squash players who entered Saturday's action at the 2008 College Squash Association Individual Championship held at the United States Naval Academy, freshman Allan Lutz (McLean, Va.) and senior team captain Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.) remain in the competition which will conclude Sunday. Senior Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) saw his career come to an end, while defending Molloy Cup champion Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.) dropped back-to-back matches Saturday and was eliminated.

Lutz, who dropped his opening match of the tournament on Friday, won two three-game matches on Saturday to remain active in the consolation bracket. The Navy newcomer turned in a 10-8, 9-1, 9-0 victory over Dartmouth's Stephen Preefer in the round of 16 before handling Alex Gross of Turfts, 9-7, 9-7, 9-5. Lutz will represent the Naval Academy on Sunday when he battles Middlebury's John Paul Sardi at 9:30 am in the consolation semifinals held in Bancroft Hall. Should he defeat Sardi, he would meet either Will Gruner of Williams or John Rothie of Southern Cal in the consolation finals slated for 1:00 pm in Halsey Field House.

Sawin won his opening-round match on Friday before suffering a 3-2 setback against Ethan Buchsbaum of Williams to send him to the second consolation bracket. He opened Saturday's competition with a solid victory over Brendan Bascom of Princeton, 9-4, 9-4, 9-5 and used that momentum to get past Dartmouth's Edward Newhouse in the quarterfinals, 9-5, 9-7, 9-5. Sawin will represent the Naval Academy on Sunday when he battles Princeton's Philip Sopher at 9:30 am in the consolation semifinals held in Bancroft Hall. Should he defeat Sopher, he would meet the winner of Asad Khan of Denison vs. Peter Sopher of Princeton in the second consolation finals slated for 1:00 pm in Halsey Field House.

George capped off his collegiate career by turning in a 1-2 record in the Potter Division of the CSA tournament, however, his dream of becoming Navy's first All-American in nearly 15 years was erased with a 3-0 loss to Trinity's Randy Lim Saturday afternoon. He finished his four-year career with a 58-27 record, including a 13-4 mark in his senior campaign.

After winning his opening two matches in the Molloy Division, Mattsson's momentum was quickly harnessed on Saturday in suffering a loss to Rochester's Frederick Reid in the round of 16, cutting short his hopes of repeating as the Molloy Cup winner. The loss dropped Mattsson into the third consolation quarterfinals where he was eliminated following a 9-7, 10-8, 9-3 loss to Kush Mahan of Bates. Mattsson ends the 2007-08 campaign with an 18-9 record and a two-year career mark of 43-16.

NAVY AT THE CSA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Tucker George (Potter Division)
Round of 32 lost to Supreet Singh (Trinity), 1-9, 9-4, 9-7, 9-7
Consolation/ Rd of 16 def. Jake Gross (Tufts), 1-9, 9-3, 6-9, 9-0, 9-5
Consolation/ Quarters lost to Randy Lim (Trinity), 9-3, 9-0, 9-3
Season Concluded

Nils Mattsson (Molloy Division)
Round of 64 def. Alexander Salton (Haverford), 9-4, 9-5, 9-2
Round of 32 def. Peter Sopher (Princeton), 9-0, 9-1, 9-6
Round of 16 lost to Frederick Reid (Rochester), 9-7, 9-2, 9-0
3rd Consolation/ Quarters lost to Kush Mahan (Bates), 9-7, 10-8, 9-3
Season Concluded

Jeff Sawin (Molloy Division)
Round of 64 def. Alexander Lavoie (Harvard), 9-1, 9-0, 9-5
Round of 32 lost to Ethan Buchsbaum (Williams), 5-9, 9-4, 9-3, 3-9, 10-8
2nd Consolation/ Rd of 16 def. Brendan Bascom (Princeton), 9-4, 9-4, 9-5
2nd Consolation/ Quarters def. Edward Newhouse (Dartmouth), 9-5, 9-7, 9-5

Allan Lutz (Molloy Division)
Round of 64 lost to Brendan Bascom (Princeton), 9-5, 9-3, 9-5
Consolation/ Rd 16 def. Stephen Preefer (Dartmouth), 10-8, 9-1, 9-0
Consolation/ Quarters def. Alex Gross (Tufts), 9-7, 9-7, 9-5

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