Men’s squash downs Rochester; will play Navy in Hoehn semis
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Bates College men’s squash team defeated the University of Rochester 8-1 Friday in the opening round of play at the College Squash Association Team Nationals.
The No. 9 seed Bobcats (20-6) set a new Bates squash record for wins in a season, and now advance to the semifinals of the Hoehn (B) Division, where they’ll face No. 12 seed Navy Saturday at 12 p.m. at Choate Rosemary Hall. Navy defeated Brown 8-1 in their quarterfinal matchup; Cornell and Amherst will compete in the other Hoehn Division semifinal.
Bates defeated Navy 5-4 at Yale on Jan. 27 for their third victory in a row over the Midshipmen.
Bates 8, Rochester 1
1 Ricky Weiskopf loses to Jim Bristow, Rochester 9-3 9-1 9-1
2 Sean Wilkinson, Bates, def. Yohay Wakabayashi 9-1 4-9 0-9
3 Kush Mahan, Bates, def. Patrick Harris 9-3 9-7 10-8
4 Gary Kan, Bates, def. Jamal Callender 9-1 9-3 9-1
5 Jordan Greenberg, Bates, def. AlexLee 9-7 9-5 5-9 9-5
6 Chip Russell, Bates, def. Jamie Lynn 9-1 9-0 9-1
7 Deacon Chapin, Bates, def. Ori Goldman 8-10 10-8 9-6 9-6
8 Marc Taggart, Bates, def. Dan Carson 9-7 5-7 9-0 9-0
9 Charlie Johnson, Bates, def. Elie Biel 10-9 9-5 9-2
10 Andrew Jacobs, Bates, def. Alamdar Murtaza 9-5 9-2 9-4