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Senior three-time All-American Ahmed Hatata prevailed 3-0 at the No. 1 position to help Bates defeat Franklin & Marshall for the first time since 2009 on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (File photo by Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

Men's Squash

No. 18 men's squash knocks off No. 13 Franklin & Marshall 5-4

AMHERST, Mass. -- The No. 18 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team defeated No. 13 Franklin & Marshall by a score of 5-4 Saturday morning at the Amherst Round Robin.

It's the first win for the Bobcats (8-2) over the Diplomats (6-7) since 2009. 

Senior captain Spencer Burt (Portland, Ore.) picked up the match-clinching win for the Bobcats with a 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 12-10) victory over Samm Fulton at the No. 5 position. 

Fellow seniors Ahmed Hatata (Alexandria, Egypt) and Carlos Ames (Williamstown, Mass.) picked up big wins as well for Bates on a day where every individual match was magnified by the closeness of the competition. 

Hatata won at the No. 1 position, taking down Cole Osborne 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-7) in a clean sweep. 

Ames battled hard but fell behind 2-1 in his match with King Bassett. Then he rallied in dramatic fashion, taking the fourth game 11-7 and prevailing in five games by a score of 3-2 (6-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5). 

Underclassmen also played a huge role in the Bobcats' win on Saturday.

First-year Mahmoud Yousry (Cairo, Egypt) swept Shams Abbas 3-0 (12-10, 11-2, 11-8) at the No. 3 position and sophomore Coley Cannon (Greenwich, Conn.) came back from one game down to emerge victorious over Gavan Hitchenor by a count of 3-1 (7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3).

The Bobcats are back in action Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. when they take on Amherst to conclude the Amherst Round Robin.

No. 18 Bates 5, No. 13 Franklin & Marshall 4
Jan. 21, 2017 at Amherst, Mass.

1. Ahmed Hatata (B) def. Cole Osborne (FMCM) 12-10, 11-5, 11-7
2. Silvio Soom (FMCM) def. Darrius Campbell (B) 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7
3. Mahmoud Yousry (B) def. Shams Abbas (FMCM) 12-10, 11-2, 11-8
4. Yannis Senkel (FMCM) def. Anirudh Nambiar (B) 11-4, 11-9, 11-3
5. Spencer Burt (B) def. Samm Fulton (FMCM) 11-7, 11-9, 12-10
6. Coley Cannon (B) def. Gavan Hitchenor (FMCM) 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3
7. Jackson McCord (FMCM) def. Graham Bonnell (B) 11-5, 4-11, 11-4, 11-3
8. Carlos Ames (B) def. King Bassett (FMCM) 6-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5
9. Ricardo Machado (FMCM) def. McLeod Abbott (B) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5

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Players Mentioned

McLeod Abbott

McLeod Abbott

Sophomore
Carlos Ames

Carlos Ames

Senior
Spencer Burt

Spencer Burt

Senior
Darrius Campbell

Darrius Campbell

Senior
Coley Cannon

Coley Cannon

Sophomore
Ahmed Hatata

Ahmed Hatata

Senior
Anirudh Nambiar

Anirudh Nambiar

Junior
Graham Bonnell

Graham Bonnell

Senior
Mahmoud Yousry

Mahmoud Yousry

Senior

Players Mentioned

McLeod Abbott

McLeod Abbott

Sophomore
Carlos Ames

Carlos Ames

Senior
Spencer Burt

Spencer Burt

Senior
Darrius Campbell

Darrius Campbell

Senior
Coley Cannon

Coley Cannon

Sophomore
Ahmed Hatata

Ahmed Hatata

Senior
Anirudh Nambiar

Anirudh Nambiar

Junior
Graham Bonnell

Graham Bonnell

Senior
Mahmoud Yousry

Mahmoud Yousry

Senior