ANNAPOLIS, Md. – For the fourth time in as many meetings,
Franklin & Marshall's squash team dealt defeat to the Naval
Academy. The #9 Diplomats (11-6) ended the #16 Middies (23-6)
five-match winning streak, picking up just the fourth F&M win
in Annapolis in the series history. Navy still leads the series
31-18. F&M earned wins in all but the fourth and ninth
positions. The Diplomats closed out the regular season with the
win. F&M returns to action in two weeks at the College Squash
Association Team Championships at Harvard.
#8 Franklin & Marshall 7, #16 Navy 2
1. #9 Gabriel de
Melo (F&M) def. #89 Allan Lutz (NAVY) 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
2. #26 Guillherme de Melo (F&M) def. Hunter Bouchard (NAVY)
11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9
3. #28 Mauricio Sedano (F&M) def. Billy Abrams (NAVY) 11-9,
11-4, 11-5
4. #112 Hunter Beck (NAVY) def. #56 Sujat
Barua (F&M) 11-3, 12-10, 11-7
5. #60 Juan
Diego Lopez (F&M) def. John Richey (NAVY) 8-11, 11-6, 11-5,
11-8
6. Justin
Singh (F&M) def. Tommy McNamara (NAVY) 3-11, 11-7, 11-4,
11-4
7. Ryan
Mullaney (F&M) def. David Koenig (NAVY) 11-6, 11-8,
11-7
8. Jack
Cutler (F&M) def. Clayton Young (NAVY) 11-7, 7-11, 11-7,
11-6
9. Aidan Crofton (NAVY) def. I.H. "Wick" Clothier (F&M)
11-6, 12-10, 11-6
Exh. John Tracey (NAVY) def. Fred Struse
(F&M) 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8
Match Notes
Franklin & Marshall 11-6; National ranking #8
Navy 23-6; National ranking #16