LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates men's squash team used a combination of their top players and some younger talent as well to defeat Williams 6-3 Saturday afternoon at the Bates Squash Center in the Maine Round Robin.
The No. 17 Bobcats (4-3) picked up wins at the top three spots for the second consecutive day. Carlos Ames '17 (Williamstown, Mass.) won at the No. 9 spot for the second straight match as well.
The difference this time for Bates came in the form of victories for first-year Coley Cannon (Greenwich, Conn.) at the No. 6 spot and Spencer Burt '17 (Portland, Ore.) at the No. 8 spot.
All but one of the matches resulted in a sweep for the winning player. The only four-set match came at the No. 3 spot with Darrius Campbell '17 (St. Stephen, S.C.) defeating Galen Squiers 3-1 (11-3, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8).
At the top, defending national champion Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16 (Cairo, Egypt) won his 49th match in a row, sweeping Jamie Ruggiero 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-6). Two-time All-American Ahmed Hatata '17 (Alexandria, Egypt) swept John Fitzgerald 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6).
Bates will take on No. 3 St. Lawrence University Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. to conclude the Maine Round Robin. Abdel Khalek looks to win his 50th straight match as he'll face off against former national champion Amr Khalifa.
Bates 6, Williams 3
Jan. 9, 2016 at Lewiston, Maine
1. Ahmed Abdel Khalek (B) def. Jamie Ruggiero (W) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6
2. Ahmed Hatata (B) def. John Fitzgerald (W) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6
3. Darrius Campbell (B) def. Galen Squiers (W) 11-3, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8
4. John Shuck (W) def. Anirudh Nambiar (B) 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
5. Michael Petrick (W) def. Caran Arora (B) 11-9, 11-5, 11-7
6. Coley Cannon (B) def. Varun Sharma (W) 11-7, 11-9, 11-5
7. David Pincus (W) def. McLeod Abbott (B) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
8. Spencer Burt (B) def. Jamie Havran (W) 15-13, 13-11, 11-8
9. Carlos Ames (B) def. Mason Elizondo (W) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
