Junior Men’s Team Opens Pool Play With Clean Sweep of South Africa

 

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The U.S. Junior Men’s Team began their World Junior Team Championship Pool F play with three, three-game victories over South Africa Friday at Enjoy Squash in Bielsko-Biala, Poland.

Spencer Lovejoy, Gabriel Morgan and Andrew Douglas all defeated their South African opponents in under thirty-one minutes to hand the sixth-seeded United States their first victory in pool play.

The U.S. will face both seventh-seeded Malaysia, including world individual champion Eain Yow Ng, and nineteenth-seeded Spain on Saturday to conclude pool play.

The U.S. plays Malaysia play at 11am local time, 5am ET, and Spain at 6pm local time, 1pm ET.

[6] USA 3-0 [17] South Africa
Spencer Lovejoy 3-0 Mackenzie Hall Callan 11-9, 11-3, 11-9 (31m)
Gabriel Morgan 3-0 Adam Shean 11-2, 11-3, 11-9 (23m)
Andrew Douglas 3-0 Richard-John Kuhn 13-11, 11-9, 11-8 (30m)

For more images, visit the World Juniors Gallery. Follow @TeamUSASquash on twitter for updates throughout the tournament.

View draws and follow results here. For live streaming and full tournament coverage visit www.wsfworldjuniors.org.

 

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