Navy Tops Saints 6-3 in Hoehn Consolations
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Dale WalkerThomas Kraft was one of three Saint winners against Navy on Saturday
St. Lawrence University's men's squash team lost to Navy 6-3 in the Hoehn Cup consolation semifinals and will play Brown in the 15-16 playoff Sunday at 3 p.m. to conclude competition in the College Squash Association team nationals tournament in New Haven.
Six of nine matches against the 13th-ranked Midshipmen went beyond three games in a highly competitive match for the Saints.
Navy's Nils Mattson defeated Scott Phillips at one 3-1, winning games one and two 11-2 and 11-9 before Phillips won 11-6 in game three. Mattson closed out the match with a 11-6 win in game four.
Amay Merchant won for the Saints in match two, beating Allan Lutz 3-2. Merchant won the first game 11-7, but lost games two and three 11-9 and 12-10 before coming back with 11-9 and 11-7 wins to close it out.
Navy took matches at three, four and five with Ben Mantica beating Alex Dodge 3-0 at three, Justin Langin winning 3-1 against Jermaine Xaba at four and Brad Seidel beating Tyler Stout 3-1 at five,.
Nick Pearson won 3-0 at six, beating William Abrams 13-11, 11-8 and 12-10. Navy's Hunter Bouchard beat Mike Badali 3-0 at seven, but the Saints' Thoma Kraft prevailed 3-1 over Daniel Koenig at eight, bouncing back from a 11-7 first game loss to win 11-9, 11-5, 11-8. Navy's John Richey beat Russell Woeltz 3-1 at nine to complete the match.