GRANVILLE, Ohio (Nov. 3) – The Denison University men's squash team opened its 2024-25 season with a pair of home matches on Big Red Weekend. Denison dropped an 8-1 decision to Navy on Saturday before earning a 9-0 win over the University of Pittsburgh Club on Sunday.
Juan Felipe Hernandez picked up a hard-fought five-set victory at the top spot against Navy. Hernandez took the opening set by an 11-7 score before dropping the next two sets by scores of 11-7 and 11-4. Hernandez responded with an 11-9 win in the fourth and used that momentum to take the fifth set by an 11-5 margin to take the match.
Denison took all nine matches Sunday in its win over Pitt Club.
Tarun Mammen,
Charlie Fenwick,
Lucas Piller,
Alex DeLuca,
Ross Falcon,
Jackson Bragman,
Rayan Dar,
Gus Nelson and
Owen Mullaly and all won in straight sets.
Denison returns to competition on Nov. 9 with matches versus Hobart and Dickinson.
Results
Naval Academy 8, Denison 1
1S:
Juan Felipe Hernandez def. Matthew Wang (11-7, 7-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-5)
2S: Wenquing Tang def.
Tarun Mammen (11-9, 11-5, 11-8)
3S: Alexander Orr def.
Charlie Fenwick (11-3, 11-6, 12-10)
4S: Matthew Kang def.
Lucas Piller (11-5, 11-9, 11-2)
5S: Lucas Spiro def.
Alex DeLuca (11-8, 12-10, 11-9)
6S: Tighe Mullarkey def.
Ross Falcon (11-4, 11-8, 11-5)
7S: Ramsay Killinger def.
Jackson Bragman (11-4, 11-8, 11-9)
8S: Michael Tierney Jr. def.
Rayan Dar (11-5, 11-5, 11-3)
9S: Hudson Poirier def.
Gus Nelson (11-4, 11-3, 11-3)
10S (Exhbition): Eli Levy def.
Owen Mullaly (11-7, 11-4, 11-1)
Denison 9, Pitt Club 0
1S:
Tarun Mammen def. William Presler (11-3, 11-6, 11-4)
2S:
Charlie Fenwick def. Yifei Sun (11-7, 11-3, 11-6)
3S:
Lucas Piller def. Peter Ford (11-3, 11-8, 11-2)
4S:
Alex DeLuca def. Thomas Thoonkuzhy (11-7, 11-1, 11-8)
5S:
Ross Falcon def. Kieran Ziegenfus (11-2, 11-3, 11-2)
6S:
Jackson Bragman def. Avery Dittmer (11-3, 11-4, 11-2)
7S:
Rayan Dar def. Luke Daniel (11-5, 11-6, 11-7)
8S:
Gus Nelson def. Sahit Sudadi (11-5, 11-3, 11-4)
9S:
Owen Mullaly def. Sasha Reeder (11-0, 11-4, 11-6)
10S (Exhibtion):
Aimaan Zakaria def. Elizabeth Liang Hudak (11-2, 11-4, 11-2)
