No. 5 Cavaliers sweep Navy 9-0 to start season

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 5 Virginia men’s squash team earned a 9-0 sweep in its season and conference opener against Navy on Tuesday night at the McArthur Squash Center.

Junior Drew Barr picked up the first win for the Cavaliers (1-0, 1-0 MASC) 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 (5-1, 0-1 MASC).

UP NEXT
Virginia hosts No. 4 Yale on Saturday, and No. 9 Columbia on Sunday.

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