Athletics
Squash
18-0 Overall, 14-0 Conference It’s a perfect 10 for Head Coach Boo Smith ’70’s and Assistant Coach Taylor Tutrone ‘11’s squash team: the squad finishes a tenth consecutive undefeated season with a tenth straight MIAA squash championship, battling McDonogh to a 5-2 victory. Senior Braxton Antill gave Gilman its first victory at the #7 slot with a 3-0 win. Ned Gildea ‘20 (#6) extended that lead with another 3-0 victory. McDonogh got on the board with a 3-0 win against junior Will Dewire (#2), but senior Brad Levin stretched Gilman’s lead to 3-1 with a 3-0 win at the #4 slot. Senior Matt Katz (#5) cemented the match for Gilman with a 3-0 victory. The final two matches were some of the best squash ever played at Meadow Mill at the high school level. McDonogh’s Cullen Little, avenging an earlier loss, outlasted Charlie East ‘19 in an extremely close 3-2 battle. Wiatt Hinton ’17 would win the match of the night, with a hard fought 12-10 victory in the fifth game — a match that featured extensive rallies, amazing digs, and some special shots. The JV squad also won its championship, also defeating a McDonogh team 5-2.
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In the individual tournament, Gilman varsity won five of seven titles. Braxton Antill (#7) won his third individual title with a 3-0 victory over McDonogh’s Samira Chatrathi. Ned Gildea (#6) also won 3-0 over St. Paul’s Will Ford, capping his undefeated freshman season. Matt Katz (#5) also finished an undefeated season, winning his third individual title over McDonogh’s Jeremy Waldman 3-0. Brad Levin (#4) also won his third individual title by beating McDonogh’s Rohan Korn 3-0. Gilman’s #1, Charlie East, defeated McDonogh’s Cullen Little 3-0. The varsity team finished seventh in the National Tournament, competing in Division I against the best teams in the country. Coach Boo Smith ’70 announced he would retire from coaching the squash team, which he had led since the 2006 season. Under his guidance, the squash teams set a Gilman record as the only varsity sport to win ten straight MIAA championships with a perfect MIAA match record of 130-0.