ANNAPOLIS, Md. (November 12, 2022) – The No. 30 Denison University men's squash team opened its 2022-23 season with a 6-3 win over Georgetown University on Saturday morning during its first match of the Navy Round Robin. Then in the second match against the hosts and No. 25-ranked Navy later on in the afternoon, the Midshipmen were simply too strong and handed the Big Red a 9-0 defeat.
Denison swept each of the top four seeds (
Juan Felipe Hernandez,
Tarun Mammen,
Huma Bekhiet,
Lucas Piller) against Georgetown while
Joao Victor Barbosa Gomes and
Rayan Dar picked up important 3-2 and 3-1 wins, receptively, in the No. 6 and No. 7 spots in the lineup.
Then the lone Denison player to force a fourth set against Navy was Bekhiet in the No. 3 spot before he fell 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4. In the top spot, however, it did take a tiebreaker in the final set for Millen Randell to defeat Felipe Hernandez by a score of 11-8, 11-7, 13-11.
The Big Red will wrap up the Navy Round Robin against No. 31 Fordham University at 10 a.m. on Sunday, November 13.
Denison 6, Georgetown 3:
1S:
Juan Felipe Hernandez def. Raunak Advani 3-0 (11-4, 11-8, 11-9)
2S:
Tarun Mammen def. Alexander Bernhard 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-4)
3S:
Huma Bekhiet def. Dietrich Jacob 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-4)
4S:
Lucas Piller def. William Burker 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-3)
5S: Heath Otenasek def.
Ross Falcon 3-2 (7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 15-13, 11-5)
6S:
Joao Victor Barbosa Gomes def. Teddy Donohue 3-2 (11-9, 3-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5)
7S:
Rayan Dar def. William Conzelman 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3)
8S: John Zang def.
Gus Nelson 3-2 (14-16, 6-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-9)
9S: Alex Luo def.
James Maher 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-6)
Denison 0, Navy 9:
1S: Millen Randell def.
Juan Felipe Hernandez 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 13-11)
2S: Matthew Wang def.
Tarun Mammen 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-6)
3S: Henry Sparkman def.
Huma Bekhiet 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4)
4S: Lucas Spiro def.
Lucas Piller 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-6)
5S: Thomas Rankin def.
Ross Falcon 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
6S: Alexander Orr def.
Joao Victor Barbosa Gomes 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-2)
7S: Tighe Mullarkey def.
Rayan Dar 3-0 (11-0, 11-6, 11-5)
8S: Benjamin Balser def.
Gus Nelson 3-0 (11-1, 11-2, 11-8)
9S: Shankar Jambunathan def.
James Maher 3-0 (12-10, 11-6, 11-4)
