Mids Ranked 10th in College Squash Association Poll

The Mids are set to open the second half of their season on Jan. 12 against No. 9 Penn in Annapolis.

	Sophomore Nils Mattsson owns a flawless 9-0 record this season, including a 7-0 mark at the No. 2 flight.

Jan. 3, 2008

ACTON, Mass. - The 8-3 Navy squash program is ranked 10th nationally according to the College Squash Association Poll presented by Bear Stearns. The poll, released just prior to the holidays, is the first of the year.

The Mids opened the season by winning seven of their first eight matches, claiming all seven wins by 9-0 counts. Their lone loss was a tough 6-3 decision against sixth-ranked Western Ontario in what was the first battle between the two programs since 1999. Navy closed out the fall portion of the season with a pair of losses to seventh-ranked Dartmouth, 5-4, and fifth-ranked Williams, 6-3.

Navy has been on the cusp of upsetting three teams ranked ahead of it so far this season, but will have its chance to strike in '08. The Mids will open up the second half of their season on Jan. 12 when the ninth-ranked Penn Quakers travel to Annapolis to face Navy at 12:00 pm. The Mids also have a Jan. 26 date with fourth-ranked Yale in Annapolis to look forward to.

The top half of Navy's ladder has played outstanding this season. The top two spots on the team have combined for a 22-0 record, while the top three have turned in a 32-1 mark. Senior Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) owns an 8-0 record as the Mids' No. 1 player, while sophomore Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.) has produced a 7-0 mark at No. 2 and an overall mark of 9-0. Senior captain Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.) has turned in a 7-1 record, including a 4-1 mark in matches played at the No. 3 spot. Meanwhile, rookie Allan Lutz (McLean, Va.) is 9-2 overall, including 4-0 at the No. 3 position.

College Squash Association Rankings presented by Bear Stearns - Poll #1
1.   Trinity
2.   Princeton
3.   Harvard
4.   Yale
5.   Williams
6.   Western Ontario
7.   Dartmouth
8.   Cornell
9.   Penn
10.  Navy
11.  Amherst
12.  Bates
13.  Bowdoin
14.  Rochester
15.  Brown
16.  Franklin & Marshall
17.  St. Lawrence
18.  Tufts
19.  Hamilton
20.  George Washington

### Go Navy ###