Annapolis, Md. – (November 10, 2024) – The Fordham squash team spent the weekend in Annapolis, Maryland, at the Navy Round Robin, posting a 2-2 mark and moving to 7-2 on the season.
On Saturday, the Rams started off with a clean sweep of the Bucknell Bison, winning the match, 9-0. All nine matches were won by Fordham in three games.
Nicholas Gilman led the way at first position with an 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 win over Cooper Pearce, followed by Bennett van Liew taking his second slot match from Natty Dunn, 11-4, 11-4, and 11-2.
Jack Stanley came up with a third slot win over Linus Maurer (11-6, 11-5, 11-7), while
Peter Vorbach defeated Will Vincent at fourth position (11-8, 11-7, 11-1).
Adam Sakr (5
th),
Robert Cruikshank (6
th),
Charlie Friedman (7
th),
Nathan Martinez (8
th), and
Joe Walsh (9
th) also earned wins over Bucknell.
In match two, Fordham took down Georgetown by a 7-2 score.
Gilman picked up his second win of day over William Cunnion in four games, 11-3, 12-10, 7-11, and 11-7, as did Vorbach, taking down Teddy Donohue in five games, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-5, and 11-7.
Sakr and Walsh each earned three-game sweep wins at fifth (John Zhang – 11-7, 11-6, 11-6) and ninth (Deep Ghosh – 12-10, 11-5, 11-9) positions respectively with Friedman (Caleb Chong – 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5) and Martinez (Sam Subramanian – 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4) earning four-game wins at the seventh and eighth slots.
Cruikshank recorded the final win over Georgetown, outlasting Shiraz Awan at sixth position in five games, 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 12-10, and 11-4.
In the final match on Saturday, the Rams fell to host Navy, 9-0.
All nine matches were three-game wins for the Midshipmen with the closest match at the fourth slot, as Vorbach fell to Lucas Spiro, 11-5, 11-8, and 11-4.
On Sunday, Fordham was shut out by MIT, 9-0.
Eight of the nine matches were three-game losses with the lone match going four was at fifth position with Skar getting tripped up by Mitav Nayak, 3-11, 11-4, 11-9, and 11-4.
Fordham is back in action on November 23-24 for a home weekend, where the team has four matches scheduled against Penn Club, Cornell Club, Connecticut College, and Wesleyan.
