No. 5 Virginia Sweeps Navy in Season-Opener
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 5 Virginia men’s squash team (1-0, 1-0 MASC) earned a 9-0 sweep in its season and conference opener against Navy (5-1, 0-1 MASC) on Tuesday night at the McArthur Squash Center.
Junior Drew Barr picked up the first win for the Cavaliers with a dominating 3-0 (11-2, 11-0, 11-2) victory at the nine position on the ladder. Freshman JP Tew made his collegiate debut at the No. 2 position, earning a 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-4) win. Sophomore Evan Hajek, senior Tyler Mackesy and sophomore Charles Braff also recorded 3-0 wins in the first wave to put UVA up 4-0.
Junior Maxwell Velazquez began the second wave with a three-game win at the eight position. CJ Baldini and Teddy Durfee followed with sweeps and Cullen Little closed out the match with a 3-1 win at the top of the ladder.
MATCH NOTES
- UVA’s top four ladder positions did not play in the season-opener.
- The Cavaliers improved to 4-1 all-time against Navy and have won four-straight over the Midshipmen.
UP NEXT
Virginia hosts No. 4 Yale on Saturday, November 12 and No. 9 Columbia on Sunday, November 13.
Virginia 9, Navy 0
1 | Cullen Little (UVA) def. Millen Randell (NAVY) 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9
2 | JP Tew (UVA) def. Matthew Wang (NAVY) 11-9, 12-10, 11-4
3 | CJ Baldini (UVA) def. Henry Sparkman (NAVY) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3
4 | Evan Hajek (UVA) def. Lucas Spiro (NAVY) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
5 | Tyler Mackesy (UVA) def. Thomas Rankin (NAVY) 11-8, 11-5, 11-7
6 | Teddy Durfee (UVA) def. Alexander Orr (NAVY) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3
7 | Charles Braff (UVA) def. Tighe Mullarkey (NAVY) 11-2, 11-7, 11-8
8 | Maxwell Velazquez (UVA) def. Benjamin Balser (NAVY) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
9 | Drew Barr (UVA) def. Shankar Jambunathan (NAVY) 11-2, 11-0, 11-2