George Washington University
<b>NAVY</b>
Men's Squash Falls To Navy, 6-3
1/12/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Squash
Jan. 12, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC - Despite wins from the top two positions on the ladder, the No. 16-ranked GW men's squash team could not hold off No. 15 Navy, falling 6-3 on Wednesday evening in front of a capacity crowd at the Matthew J. Grossman Squash Courts.
The loss was GW's (10-3) third straight after opening the season with 10 consecutive victories. The Colonials have never defeated the Naval Academy, falling to 0-19 all-time against the Midshipmen.
Sophomore Islam El-Fiky, the 27th-ranked player in the College Squash Association (CSA) and the 172nd-ranked men's player in the world, continued his strong debut season at Foggy Bottom by delivering another win from the top ladder spot. El-Fiky defeated Allan Lutz 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-9) for his eighth individual victory of the season.
Sophomore Omar Sobhy, currently the 88th-ranked player in the CSA, recorded an 11-4, 11-2, 11-9 victory over Billy Abrams. Sobhy is tied with sophomore Player Haynes with 10 individual victories so far this season.
Also recording a win for GW was junior Adam Pistel who earned a hard fought victory over Aidan Crofton by scores of 11-8, 12-10, 13-11.
Sophomore Sam Ehrlich was involved in the most exciting match of the evening, falling in a five set marathon against Navy's Tommy McNamara (6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 5-11). The match featured various momentum swings and rallies between the two athletes before McNamara pulled away in the deciding fifth set.
GW returns to action on Sunday when they face No. 11 Williams College in Annapolis, MD at 1:00pm. This will be GW's final dual match before they head to New Haven, CT for the Yale Round Robin (Jan. 22-23) when they will square off against No. 18 Middlebury, No. 20 Stanford, Connecticut College and No. 23 Tufts.
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