UR capsized by Navy

Navy, who is ranked 16th in the nation in squash, defeated the Yellowjackets soundly 9-0. Senior co-captain Pete Avitable managed to take the match against his opponent to five games with scores of 3-2 9-5, 9-1, 2-9, 0-9 and 9-7. After losing the first two games, Avitable claimed the next two 9-2, 9-0, calling for a fifth and deciding game. Avitable narrowly lost the last game 7-9 to concede a defeat of 2-3.Senior co-captain Allen Fitzsimmons lost in four games with scores of 9-5, 3-9, 9-7 and 9-6.The remaining members of the squash team didn’t fair as well though.Senior Dave Easwaran was defeated in three games, 9-2, 9-5 and 9-7.Freshman Kelvin Ko fought hard but narrowly lost each game. The scores of the three games were 9-4, 9-7 and 9-7, respectively.9-4 was the unlucky result for sophomore Jay Acharya. He lost three consecutive games by the score of 9-4.Junior Sunit Chaudhry lost his first two games 9-4 as well. He was shutout in his last game 9-0Sophomore Naveed Mastan was blanked his first two games 9-0 while managing to put three on the scoreboard in a 9-3 loss.The men’s squash team is ranked number 21 according to the Collegiate Squash Association.Tice can be reached at ctice@campustimes.org.