Marchisotto	Echeverria
Burns	Taggart
Johnson	Katz
Russell

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Bates College men's squash team defeated Navy 7-2 on Friday morning in the opening round of play in the Hoehn Cup (B Division) at the College Squash Association Team Nationals at Princeton University.

The Bobcats (15-7), seeded No. 12 in the tournament, showed excellent depth in defeating the 13th-seeded Midshipmen (25-7) in straight games at five positions: sophomore Matt Marchisotto (New York, N.Y.) at No. 4, sophomore Nick Echeverria (Washington, D.C.) at No. 5, first-year Bobby Burns (Greenwich, Conn.) at No. 6, senior Marc Taggart (Skippack, Pa.) at No. 8 and senior Charlie Johnson (Atlanta, Ga.) at No. 9. Also winning for the Bobcats were sophomore Will Katz (Bronxville, N.Y.) at No. 2 and senior Chip Russell (West Hartford, Conn.) at No. 7.

Bates, which is seeking its second consecutive Hoehn Cup, advances to play No. 9 seed University of Western Ontario in the next round of the bracket on Saturday at noon.

Bates 7, Navy 2

1. Kush Mahan def. by Nils Mattson 9-7 9-2 9-4

2. Will Katz def. Allan Lutz 9-4 3-9 9-2 4-9 9-2

3. Jordan Greenberg def. by Ben Mantica 10-8 7-9 9-1 9-5

4. Matt Marchisotto def. Brad Seidel 9-6 9-0 9-4

5. Nick Echevarria def. Allen Hartley 9-4 9-2 9-5

6. Bobby Burns def. Justin Lansen 10-8 9-1 9-4

7. Chip Russell def. Kip Zipf 9-2 1-9 9-5 9-2

8. Marc Taggart def. Tommy McNamara 9-5 9-0 9-1

9. Charlie Johnson def. Clayton Young 9-7 9-2 9-2