Men's squash defeats F&M to claim 11th place at nationals
February 22, 2009

Mahan

Taggart
PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Bates College men's squash team defeated Franklin & Marshall 6-3 on Sunday to claim 11th place in the College Squash Association Team Nationals.

The win avenged a 5-4 defeat to F&M earlier this season and capped an outstanding season-ending weekend for the Bobcats (16-8), who went 2-1 with a 7-2 domination of Navy, followed by a 5-4 loss to Western Ontario, the top seed in the Hoehn Cup (B Division).

Junior Kush Mahan (Gainesville, Fla.) won the clinching match in five games at the No. 1 position for Bates, a day after coming back from two games down to defeat his opponent from Western Ontario. Also playing a starring role for Bates was senior Marc Taggart (Skippack, Pa.), who went 3-0 on the weekend at the No. 8 position.

Bates 6, F&M 3
1. Nadav Tannen def. by Kush Mahan 10-9 5-9 9-10 10-8 9-6
2. Gabriel Melo def. Will Katz 9-3 9-7 9-7
3. Sadiq Madraswala def. Jordan Greenberg 9-6 9-5 9-2
4. Chris Gagnier def. Matt Marchisotto 7-9 7-9 9-5 10-9
5. Shane Slater def. by Nick Echeverria 9-4 9-2 10-8
6. Ry Hawley def. by Bobby Burns 9-6 9-1 8-10 9-1
7. Zarir Aibara def. by Chip Russell 9-5 10-8 4-9 9-7
8. Ben Lurio def. by Marc Taggart 9-5 7-9 9-4 8-10 9-3
9. Patrick Pasqueriello def. by Charlie Johnson 9-5 3-9 9-7 10-8