Men’s squash ousts Cornell; will play Rochester in Hoehn Cup final
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Bates College men’s squash team downed Cornell University 6-3 Saturday in the semifinals of the Hoehn Cup (B) Division bracket at the College Squash Association Men’s Team Nationals at Harvard University.
The Bobcats (13-4), seeded 10th in the tournament and second in the Hoehn Division, will play for the Hoehn Cup on Sunday against the No. 9 seed University of Rochester, which defeated Navy 6-3 in the other semifinal. The match is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. at Harvard. Rochester edged Bates 5-4 in Lewiston on Jan. 12.
Senior three-time All-American Ricky Weisskopf (San Salvador, El Salvador) backed up his No. 10 national individual ranking by defeating No. 11 Cornell’s 11th-ranked Chris Sachvie 3-0, avenging a 3-0 loss to Sachvie on Jan. 18 at Yale. Joining Weisskopf as victors were fellow senior co-captain Sean Wilkinson (London, England) at No. 2, sophomore Kush Mahan (Gainesville, Fla.) at No. 3, first-year Will Katz (Bronxville, N.Y.) at No. 6, first-year Nick Echeverria (Washington, D.C.) at No. 7 and junior Chip Russell (West Hartford, Conn.) at No. 8.
Bates 6, Cornell 3
Feb. 16, 2008 at Harvard University
1 Chris Sachvie (C) lost to Ricky Weisskopf (B) 9-6 9-1 9-3
2 Steve Peever (C) lost to Sean Wilkinson (B) 9-7 9-2 9-2
3 Will Hartigan (C) lost to Kush Mahan (B) 6-9 9-4 9-5 9-7
4 Mike Gelinas (C) def. Jordan Greenberg (B) 10-8 9-8 9-5
5 Amar Gupta (C) def. Matt Marchisotto (B) 9-0 2-9 9-2 2-9 2-6 def.
6 McKay Claghon (C) lost to Will Katz (B) 2-9 9-5 5-9 9-5 9-0
7 Dillon Aldrich (C) lost to Nick Echeverria (B) 5-9 9-2 9-3 5-9 9-5
8 Omar Mancalji (C) lost to Chip Russell (B) 5-9 9-4 4-9 9-3 9-7
9 Chris Vernick (C) def. Deacon Chapin (B) 10-8 10-8 9-2