No. 11 Amherst edges No. 12 Bates men in home squash match, 5-4
LEWISTON, Maine — The No. 11 Amherst College men’s squash team won at the Nos. 6 through 9 positions en route to a 5-4 victory over No. 12 Bates College Tuesday at the Bates Squash Center.
Sophomore All-American Ricky Weisskopf (San Salvador, El Salvador) remained undefeated for the season at the No. 1 position, with a straight-set victory over Amherst (3-1) junior Auloke Mathur (Mumbai, India), but the Bobcats fell to 2-3 with their third straight loss.
Bates returns to action with a pair of matches on Jan. 20 at Yale University, against Denison at 5:15 p.m. and vs. the University of Rochester at 7 p.m.
Amherst 5, Bates 4
1. Bates’ Ricky Weisskopf def. Amherst’s Auloke Mathur 9-6, 9-3, 9-4
2. Amherst’s Drew Blacker def. Bates’ Gary Kan 9-3, 9-1, 9-3
3. Bates’ Sean Wilkinson def. Amherst’s Mark Rapisarda (9-2), 9-2, 9-0, 9-3
4. Bates’ Jamie White def. Amherst’s Nick Haslett (9-2), (9-4), 10-8, 10-9, 9-4
5. Bates’ Pete Goldsborough def. Peter Hatfield 10-9, 9-0, 9-6
6. Amherst’s Stu Landesberg def. Bates’ Chip Russell 10-8, 9-6, (9-6), (9-7), 10-9
7. Amherst’s Craig McCready def. Bates’ Charlie Johnson 9-4, 9-1, 9-5
8. Amherst’s Tyler Mixter def. Bates’ Mark Taggart 9-6, 9-6, (9-2), (9-4), 9-4
9. Amherst’s Jerome Giovinazzo def. Bates’ Guillermo Moronta 9-2, 9-2, 9-3
Exhibition: Amherst’s Gautam Kalani def. Bates’ Deacon Chapin 10-9, 10-8, 9-7