Virginia Men’s Squash Hosts Navy Saturday and Sunday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s squash team will play its first two matches of the 2021 season when it hosts Navy on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27-28, at the McArthur Squash Center. Both matches will begin at 1 p.m.

MATCH DETAILS

• Live scoring will be available through Club Locker with links posted on VirginiaSports.com
• Live streaming video will be available on the Virginia Sports TV YouTube page
• Due to health and safety considerations, in addition to the current guidelines for sports venues set by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the University, attendance at the match will be limited to participants of the event

FROM HEAD COACH MARK ALLEN

“We are excited and grateful in equal measure for these contests. Excited to experience the competition, intensity, and sportsmanship that are at the heart of intercollegiate squash. And grateful to all of our colleagues in UVA Athletics and at the Naval Academy who have worked so hard to give us this opportunity to play. We owe a huge thanks to the Sports Medicine Departments at both schools. And I would like to single out our head trainer, Caroline Fitch, for her tireless work in keeping us all healthy and safe this season. Our matches against Navy have historically been some of our hardest-fought and most-honestly contested. I know we are going to enjoy the rivalry, even more, this time around. And it is going to mean a great deal to our seniors to be able to turn in at least one more weekend’s worth of competition on our home courts.”

NOTES ABOUT THE MATCHES

• The weekend’s contests are the first collegiate squash matches played since the 2020 National Individual Collegiate Championships which ended on March 8
• In December, the College Squash Association (CSA) Board of Directors voted to cancel the 2021 CSA national championship events. This cancellation includes the Women’s Team Championships, the Men’s Team Championships, and the Individual Championships for the current season. The championships will return in February of 2022
• Virginia recorded its highest finish in program history last season, placing fifth in the A division of the College Squash Association Team Championships
• The Cavaliers have six regulars from last season’s lineup available to play this weekend including seniors Andrew and William Braff (Locust Valley, N.Y.)
• William Braff has amassed 30 wins in his collegiate career including posting a 14-3 record last season. He won his last seven matches to close out the 2019-20 campaign
• Andrew Braff is 32-9 in his collegiate career, picking up 10 wins last season, including going 8-2 in his last 10 matches
• Senior Matthew Katz (Baltimore, Md.) has 26 career wins as he heads into his fourth season with the team
• Sophomore Cullen Little (Baltimore, Md.) is projected to play at the top of the ladder this weekend. Little played primarily at No. 4 last season, moving up to No. 3 by the end of the year
• Virginia and Navy are 1-1 in the all-time series. Virginia won last season’s meeting 8-1

ON THE HORIZON

• Dates and opponents of future matches are TBD