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Mids Tack on Trio of Squash Wins to Complete Navy Round Robin
Nov. 11, 2007 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy completed its weekend streak with 9-0 victories over Hobart, Haverford and Vanderbilt Saturday to finish the Navy Round Robin with a 5-0 record. The Midshipmen, who lost just one game over the weekend, are now 7-1, winning all five matches by a 9-0 count. "It was a good weekend of squash for our program," said Navy head coach Craig Dawson. "We were able to get five solid matches under our belt and now with a 7-1 record we look ahead to what will be a great match against Dartmouth next weekend." Seven Navy players turned in 3-0 records on Saturday, including sophomore standout Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.) who paced the Mids to a 9-0 victory over Vanderbilt behind his 9-0, 9-1, 9-1 win over senior Max Franklin at the No. 1 position. Rookie Brad Seidel (Toledo, Ohio) improved to 7-1 this season by claiming three wins on the afternoon. After dropping the opening game, 9-3, to Hobart freshman Dan Sills, Seidel came back to take the four-game win, 3-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-2. Senior Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.), Navy's No. 1 player, returned to the courts on Saturday after sitting out Friday's competition. George easily defeated Hobart's Cale Fortgues, 9-2, 9-1, 9-3, and Jason Bazarsky of Haverford, 9-1, 9-0, 9-0. George's younger brother, Teddy, picked up a trio of wins, including a 3-0 victory over Haverford sophomore Jake Ralston whom George held without a point. Sophomore Ben Mantica (Binghamton, N.Y.) gave up just two points in his 3-0 victories over Haverford's Jeff Monhait, 9-1, 9-0, 9-0, and Vandy senior Hamilton Clark, 9-0, 9-1, 9-0. Mantica also picked up a win in his first match of the day, a 9-3, 9-1, 9-1 victory over newcomer Luke Esselen of Hobart.
The Midshipmen return to action next Saturday when they play host to nationally-ranked Dartmouth (10:00 am) and Georgetown (3:00 pm) at the Halsey International Squash Courts. Navy def. Hobart, 9-0 Nov. 10, 2007 Annapolis, Md. 1 Tucker George (N) def. Cale Fortgues (H) 3-0 9-2, 9-1, 9-3 2 Nils Mattsson (N) def. Grant Palermo (H) 3-0 9-1, 9-1, 9-2 3 Allan Lutz (N) def. Craig Chircop (H) 3-0 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 4 Ben Mantica (N) def. Luke Esselen (H) 3-0 9-3, 9-1, 9-1 5 Michael Beautyman Jr (N) def. Ned Lanphier (H) 3-0 9-6, 9-2, 9-2 6 Brad Seidel (N) def. Dan Sills (H) 3-1 3-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-2 7 Christopher Zipf (N) def. Graham Gardiner (H) 3-0 9-5, 9-1, 9-4 8 Allen Hartley (N) def. Kenny O'Connor (H) 3-0 9-1, 9-1, 9-3 9 Teddy George (N) def. Carl Ranieri (H) 3-0 9-2, 9-2, 9-1 |