Men’s squash scores 5-4 win over No. 8 Cornell
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Bates College men’s squash team recorded its second defeat of a top-10 ranked team in a week on Friday night at Yale University, as the No. 12 Bobcats upended No. 8 Cornell University 5-4.
Bates (2-2) won despite the defeat of the often unbeatable Ricky Weisskopf (San Salvador, El Salvador) at the No. 1 position. Senior co-captain Sean Wilkinson (London, England) won in three sets at the No. 2 position. First-year Matt Marchisotto (New York, N.Y.) went 3-1 on the year with a win at No. 5, and Bates won at Nos. 7 through 9 to take the match, thanks to first-year Nick Echeverria’s (Washington, D.C.) five-set victory, junior Chip Russell’s (West Hartford, Conn.) four-set win at 8, and junior Deacon Chapin’s (Cambridge, Mass.) three-set win at No. 9.
Bates (2-2) is slated for a pair of matches at Yale tomorrow, against rival Navy at 4 p.m. and against the host Elis at a time still to be determined.
1 Chris Sachvie, Cornell, def. Ricardo Weisskopf, Bates 9-3, 9-6, 9-5
2 Sean Wilkinson, Bates, def. Steve Peever, Cornell, 9-7, 9-4, 9-3
3 Will Hartigan, Cornell, def. Kush Mahan, Bates, 9-7, 9-4, 10-8
4 McKay Claghorn, Cornell, def. Jordan Greenberg, Bates 7-9, 8-10, 4-0 (retired)
5 Matt Marchisotto, Bates, def. Mike Gelinas, Cornell, 9-7, 9-4, 9-0
6 Amar Gupta, Cornell, def. Will Katz, Bates, 5-9, 5-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-2
7 Nick Echeverria, Bates, Chris Vernick, Cornell, 10-9, 9-3, 8-10, 1-9, 9-5
8 Chip Russell, Bates, def. Omar Mangalji, Cornell, 9-7, 9-5, 3-9, 9-5
9 Deacon Chapin, Bates, def. Andrew McReynolds, Cornell, 9-2, 9-2, 9-4