Navy Sports: Weekend Results (11/2-11/4)

by Chloe Stowe · November 6, 2018

Here’s a look at how the Naval Academy’s teams fared the first weekend in November. Also included are “Notable Performances” from each event.

Congratulations to all the athletes.

Raise the Sail!

Men’s Squash (Ranked 16th)

Opened the 2018-19 season by defeating Stanford and Cal by 9-0 scores Saturday in San Francisco. The wins were the first for first-year head coach, Tyler Osborne.

Notable Performance: Senin Ubina (senior, Greenwich, CT) went 2-0 over the weekend, improving his career record to 64-26. Ubina is now tied for 16th on the list of Navy’s all-time winningest players.

Men’s Tennis

Greg Durham (junior, Melbourne, FL) and Andrew Ton (sophomore, Milpitas, CA) won their first doubles match, 6-0, at the Dick Vitale Clay Course Classic. They fell in the quarterfinals to FSU.

Notable Performance: Andrew Ton beat FSU’s Richard Thongoana in the first round of the 32-player singles draw, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8).

Intercollegiate Sailing

Jessica McJones (junior, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA) finished 10th at the ICSA Women’s Singlehanded National Championship, concluding Navy’s fall season.

Women’s Volleyball (19-8, 11-3 PL)

volleyball Lost to Army on Friday night, 25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 25-19. Defeated Colgate on Saturday, 25-19, 11-25, 25-15, 17-25, 18-16, to earn the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Patriot League Tournament.

Notable Performer: Olivia Rozmus (junior, Chicago, IL) posted 13 kills and five blocks in the win against Colgate.

Offshore Sailing

Sailing Finished second at the Kennedy Cup to close out their fall season.

Rifle (7-2, ranked 8th)

Air rifle target Claimed second overall on Saturday at the President’s Trophy Match with a score of 5,829 points.

Notable Performance: Kestrel Kuhne (junior, Everett, PA) led Navy in both the air rifle and small bore events, posting an 1,176 aggregate score.

Men’s Swimming & Diving (5-1)

swimming Won seven events Friday night against Johns Hopkins, Towson and William & Mary.

Notable Performance: Bradley Buchter (junior, Hickory, NC) won the one (404.93) and three-meter (386.93) events.

Women’s Swimming & Diving (5-1)

swimming Finished first in 13 events Friday night against Johns Hopkins, Towson and William & Mary.

Notable Performance: Lauren Barber (senior, New Wilmington, PA) won the 100 breast (1:03.19), 200 breast (2:18.77) and the 100 IM (57.95) events.

Sprint Football (6-1, 4-0)

American football Defeated Post, 38-7, on Saturday afternoon to finish their regular season.

Notable Performance: Caleb Champion (junior RB, Milton, FL) rushed for 105 yards and one TD against Post.

Men’s Water Polo (13-11, 5-5 MAWPC)

Water polo Beat Wagner 11-10 early on Saturday only to fall 11-8 to Fordham later in the day. Lost to Bucknell 15-7 on Sunday.

Notable Performance: Isaac Salinas (freshman, Spring City, PA) scored five goals versus Wagner, three against Fordham and one against Bucknell.

Rowing

Rowing oars The Men’s Heavyweight, Men’s Lightweight and Women’s Rowing teams participated in the final competition of the fall season, the freshmen only 2018 Rutgers Fall Classic. The lightweights claimed first in the Freshmen Eights. The women took first in the Novice Eights.