PHILADELPHIA, Penn. -- Seventh-seeded Navy continued its run to the College Squash Association's Summers Cup with a Saturday upset of third-seeded Amherst in the tournament semifinals with a hard-fought 5-4 decision.
The Mammoths (11-9) will play top-seeded St. Lawrence in the third-place match at the Penn Squash Center on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania Sunday at 11:30 a.m. The Midshipmen (14-12) will battle Tufts in the Summers Cup championship match, scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:
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Andrew Leung put Amherst up 1-0 against Navy with an 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 victory over Gus Prager at No. 8.
Pavan Nagaraj made it 21 Mammoths when he closed out Benjamin Balser at No. 9, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7.
* At No. 1,
Robinson Armour gave Amherst its final lead of the match, 3-2, when he dispatched Ryan York, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.
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Kedar Nagaraj won the fourth point for Amherst at No. 4. After falling 15-13 in game two, Kedar rallied to win game three 11-7 and game four 11-5.
* Two hard-fought thrillers went the full five games, and Navy won both, At No. 4,
Abhi Gupta was down 2-1 but won game four by an 11-9 count before ultimately falling in the fifth game, 11-7. At No. 5,
Nate Mossé was down 2-0 before winning game three, 11-6. In the fourth game, he fought off two match points before prevailing over Henry Sparkman, 17-15. He led the winner-take-all fifth game 6-2 but wound up on the wrong end of a 12-10 score.
Amherst vs. Navy (L, 5-4) Semifinals, Summers Cup
#1: Robinson Armour (A) def. Ryan York (N), 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-9)
#2: Millen Randell (N) def.
Adam Lichtmacher (A), 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-9))
#3: Matthew Lang (N) def.
Neal Malani (A) 3-1 (9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7)
#4: Kedar Nagaraj (A), def. Ben Korn (N), 3-1 (11-7, 13-15, 11-7, 11-5)
#5: Henry Sparlman (N) def.
Abhi Gupta (A), 3-2 (11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7)
#6: Lucas Spiro (N) def.
Nate Mossé (A) 3-2 (11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 15-17, 12-10)
#7: Thomas Rankin def.
Matthew Granovsky (A), 3-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-8)
#8: Andrew Leung (A) def. Gus Prager (N), 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
#9: Pavan Nagaraj (A) def. Benjamin Balser (N), 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-1)
