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Slow Start Dooms Men's Squash In 5-4 Road Loss At Navy
November 24, 2014 | Men's Squash
Princeton dug itself too deep a hole with a 0-3 first shift, but the Tigers battled hard and nearly pulled out the win. Princeton got 3-0 wins from both senior Tyler Osborne (No. 2) and Abhimanyu Shah (No. 8), and Michael LeBlanc rallied from a 2-0 deficit to force a fifth game at No. 5. Unfortunately, Josh Hughes came up with the big points at the end to claim an 11-7 win and move Navy to the brink of victory.
Senior Taylor Tutrone did his part for Princeton, securing a 3-0 win at the No. 4 position. That left two matches on court, and both went into the fifth game. The Tigers needed both, and they got a win at No. 1 from senior All-America Samuel Kang, who topped Andrew McGuinness 11-6 in the fifth game.
The final match would be a thriller, but it would go Navy's way. Sam Ezratty fought through a tough fourth game for a 13-11 win, but Reed Whitney bounced back in the fifth and reversed the score for a 13-11 win in the fifth.
Princeton will be off this week, but will return to the court Dec. 3 for a crucial home showdown against Drexel. The Dragons are currently ranked 12th nationally, though it fell 5-4 to seventh-ranked Franklin & Marshall this past weekend.
Navy 5, Princeton 4
1 – Samuel Kang (P) d. Andrew McGuinness 6,(2),7,(11),6
2 – Tyler Osborne (P) d. Jack Herold 5,8,0
3 – James Kacergis (N) d. David Hoffman 6,8,9
4 – Taylor Tutrone (P) d. Billy Kacergis 8,(1),1,3
5 – Josh Hughes (N) d. Michael LeBlanc 11,11,(11),(7),7
6 – Randy Beck (N) d. Ben Leizman 10,8,5
7 – Reed Whitney (N) d. Sam Ezratty (8),9,5,(11),11
8 – Abhimanyu Shah (P) d. William Walker 3,6,7
9 – Colin Barry (N) d. Komron Shayegan 7,3,7