Collegiate Squash

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>Navy squash to be tested this week</p>

<p>For Immediate Release
Tuesday, Jan 9, 2007
Squash Contact: Stacie Michaud (410) 293-8773</p>

<p>Navy Squash to Face a Pair of Nationally-Ranked Foes</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. - After taking the month of December off, the 10th-ranked Navy squash team returns to action this week against a pair of nationally-ranked opponents. The 10-2 Midshipmen will travel to fourth-ranked Penn on Wednesday in a 5:00 pm showdown before returning to Annapolis to play host to No. 8 Williams on Sunday at 11:00 am at Halsey Field House.</p>

<p>Penn, who like Navy has been off since early December, enters Wednesday's matchup boasting a 3-0 record, turning in wins over No. 9 Cornell (9-0), No. 5 Yale (6-3) and No. 12 Brown (9-0). Five of the Quakers' nine players are ranked among the top 50, including senior All-American Gilly Lane, who owns a 3-0 record as the No. 1 player on the ladder and who is ranked No. 5 in the College Squash Association rankings. Lane was a teammate of Navy junior captain Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) at the 2006 World University Squash Championship held in August in Hungary. Junior Lee Rosen is ranked No. 16 by the CSA with the No. 2 player also owning a 3-0 record.</p>

<p>Williams owns a 2-3 record this season, defeating No. 15 Tufts (9-0) and No. 14 Bowdoin (9-0). All three of the Ephs' losses have been to the top-three teams in the country - Trinity (9-0), Princeton (8-1) and Harvard (9-0). Williams will play a difficult schedule leading into its contest in Annapolis on Sunday, as the Ephs play host to fifth-ranked Yale on Friday at 5:00 pm, before traveling to Philadelphia to battle No. 4 Penn on Saturday. The Ephs' top-two players are senior William Walter and junior Jon Barry who are each ranked among the top 50 players in the country.</p>

<p>Navy is off to one of its best starts in recent memory, winning eight-consecutive matches before stumbling against No. 7 Dartmouth (6-3) and two matches later, it fell to top-ranked Trinity (9-0). The Mids closed out the first half of their schedule by claiming a 5-4 win over then 10th-ranked Amherst on the road, Navy's first win over the Lord Jeffs since its 7-2 victory on Dec. 4, 1991. Over the weekend, the Mids earned a pair of exhibition wins over The Lawrenceville School (6-3) and the Cynwyd Club (8-1).</p>

<p>Four of Navy's players are ranked among the top 100, including George, who owns a 7-1 record as the Mids' No. 1 player on the ladder. Also ranked among the top 100 are junior No. 4 player Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.), who is 8-1 and ranked 75th, freshman No. 2 player Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.), who is 8-3 and ranked 78th and sophomore No. 3 player Alastair Smith (Hillsborough, N.J.), who is off to an 8-3 start and is ranked No. 97.</p>

<p>CSA Top 10 Team Rankings
Rk. School Previous Rk.
1. Trinity 1
2. Princeton 2
3. Harvard 3
4. Penn 6
5. Yale 4
6. Western Ontario 5
7. Dartmouth 7
8. Williams 8
9. Cornell 9
10. Naval Academy 13</p>

<p>Navy's Ranked Individuals
38 Tucker George
75 Jeff Sawin
78 Nils Mattsson
97 Alastair Smith
156 Ben Mantica
185 Kit Zipf
191 Michael John Beautyman Jr
224 Brian Hamilton
265 Dan Hellier
288 Will Pappas
298 Allen Hartley
339 Teddy George</p>

<p>Penn/Williams Ranked Individuals (top 100)
5 Gilly Lane Penn
16 Lee Rosen Penn
23 Mark Froot Penn
25 Benjamin Ende Penn
36 Spencer Kurn Penn
54 Graham Bassett Penn
62 Andrew Zimmerman Penn
74 Parker Justi Penn
80 Ryan Rayfield Penn
85 Chris Thompson Penn
86 Will Simonton Penn</p>

<p>34 William Walter Williams
40 Jon Barry Williams
58 Tony Maruca Williams
70 Tyler Kyle Williams
81 George Miller Williams
92 Ethan Buschsbaum Williams
100 Jeff Wessler Williams</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007</p>

<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The fourth-ranked Penn squash team shut out No. 10 Navy, 9-0, Wednesday evening at Ringe Courts in Philadelphia. It marks just the third loss for the Midshipmen this season and only the fourth shutout by a Navy opponent in the last 40 matches.</p>

<p>"We got thumped pretty good tonight and we found out why Penn is the fourth-ranked team in the country," said Navy head coach Craig Dawson. "We played well in spots, but we never could get ahead in any one individual match to get the momentum going on our side."</p>

<p>Junior Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.) was the lone Navy player to push his foe to a fourth game. Ranked No. 75 in the country, Sawin blanked 25th-ranked Ben Ende in the third game of the No. 4 flight, but Ende ended the match with a 9-3 triumph in the fourth game. </p>

<p>Sophomores Alastair Smith (Hillsborough, N.J.) and Christopher Zipf (Gladwyne, Pa.) both put up solid scores, pushing their opponents, but were never able to steal a game. Smith dropped a 9-5, 9-5, 9-6 decision to 23rd-ranked Mark Froot at No. 3, while Chris Thompson handed Zipf a 9-7, 9-4, 9-5 setback at the No. 7 spot. </p>

<p>Gilly Lane, the fifth-ranked player in the country, got the best of Navy's Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.), ranked #38 at the No. 1 flight. The two were teammates last fall when the duo helped represent the United States and the World University Squash Championship in Hungary. Lane defeated George, 9-1, 9-2, 9-6.</p>

<p>The Mids return to action Sunday when they play host to Williams College at Halsey Field House beginning at 11:00 am.</p>

<h1>4 Penn def. #10 Navy</h1>

<p>Jan. 10, 2007 ? Philadelphia, Pa.
1 #5 Gilly Lane (P) def. #38 Tucker George (N) 3-0 9-1, 9-2, 9-6
2 #16 Lee Rosen (P) def. #78 Nils Mattsson (N) 3-0 9-5, 9-6, 9-3
3 #23 Mark Froot (P) def. #97 Alastair Smith (N) 3-0 9-5, 9-5, 9-6
4 #25 Ben Ende (P) def. #75 Jeff Sawin (N) 3-1 9-0, 9-1, 0-9, 9-3
5 #74 Parker Justi (P) def. #191 Michael Beautyman Jr (N) 3-0 9-7, 9-1, 9-0
6 #54 Graham Bassett (P) def. #156 Ben Mantica (N) 3-0 9-2, 9-0, 9-3
7 #85 Chris Thompson (P) def. #185 Christopher Zipf (N) 3-0 9-7, 9-4, 9-5
8 #86 Will Simonton (P) def. #265 Dan Hellier (N) 3-0 9-4, 9-2, 9-0
9 #128 Joey Raho (P) def. #224 Brian Hamilton (N) 3-0 9-0, 9-5, 9-1</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007</p>

<p>ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The No. 10 Navy squash team won three of the top-four spots on the ladder, but it wasn't enough as eighth-ranked Williams claimed victories in the final five matches to win the match, 6-3, Sunday afternoon at the Halsey Field House Squash Courts in Annapolis. Navy is now 10-4 on the year after dropping a pair of matches this week to top-10 ranked teams Penn and Williams.</p>

<p>Navy team captain Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.), who is ranked 38th in the country, earned his eighth win of the season, easily getting past junior No. 1 player Jon Barry, ranked 40th, 10-8, 9-5, 9-6. Newcomer Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.) improved to 9-4 on the year with a 9-7, 4-9, 9-3, 10-8 triumph over Tony Maruca, the 58th-ranked player in the nation, at the No. 2 flight. Junior Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.) crushed Williams rookie Ethan Buchsbaum at the No. 4 spot, as Sawin earned a 9-4, 9-0, 9-4 victory.</p>

<p>Freshman Ben Mantica (Binghamton, N.Y.) took a 2-0 lead over Thomas Marshall at No. 6, but couldn't hang on, losing a heartbreaker in five, 7-9, 0-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-5. Meanwhile, senior Dan Hellier (Modesto, Calif.) played a solid match for the Mids at No. 8, but dropped a 3-1 decision to second-year Williams standout Cameron Henry.</p>

<p>The Mids return to action Wednesday when they travel to Washington D.C. to battle George Washington. Action is set to begin at 5:00 pm.</p>

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<p>For Immediate Release
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007
Squash Contact: Stacie Michaud (410) 293-8773</p>

<p>WASHINGTON D.C - The 10th-ranked Navy squash team got back to its winning ways Wednesday night, defeating No. 31 George Washington, 9-0 in Washington, D.C. The Mids improve to 11-4 this season and push their series advantage over the Colonials to 15-0.</p>

<p>"We got some good work in tonight against George Washington," said Navy head coach Craig Dawson. "It's good to get a win on the board after dropping a couple of tough matches against some very talented teams. We are continuing to improve each match we play."</p>

<p>Two Navy players won their matches without giving up a point, while all nine matches were won in three games. Senior Dan Hellier (Modesto, Calif.) turned in a 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 victory over GW rookie David Litner at the No. 8 position, while junior Brian Hamilton (Lake Forest, Ill.) improved to 5-4 at the No. 9 spot by posting a 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 win over Matt Plevelich.</p>

<p>Sophomore Christopher Zipf (Gladwyne, Pa.) turned in his team-best 11th win by produced a 9-2, 9-1, 9-5 victory over Colonials sophomore Lee Snodgrass. Meanwhile, freshmen Nils Mattsson (Spring House, Pa.) and Ben Mantica (Binghamton, N.Y.), along with junior Jeff Sawin (Haverford, Pa.) all reached the 10-win mark for the season with their individual victories.</p>

<p>The Midshipmen will have the weekend off before returning to the courts on Friday, Jan. 26, when Navy travels to New Haven, Conn. to face MIT at 5:00 pm.</p>

<p>Navy def. George Washington, 9-0 </p>