LEWISTON, Maine -- Sophomore
Mahmoud Yousry won again at the No. 1 position but the No. 18 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team fell 5-4 to No. 19 Middlebury Friday night at the Bates College Squash Center.
After a tough first game, Yousry (Cairo, Egypt) rallied to defeat the Panthers' Will Cembalest by a count of 3-1 (2-11,11-7,11-6,13-11) to remain undefeated on the season.
Sophomores Garon Rothenberg (Brooklyn, N.Y) and Benni McComish (Williamstown, Mass.) also won, with Rothenberg defeating Thomas Wolpow 3-1 (8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7) at the No. 7 position and McComish taking down Samuel Giddins 3-1 (11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4) at the No. 8 position. First-year Omar Attia (Cairo, Egypt) battled hard and edged the Panthers' Henry Pearson 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9) at the No. 4 position.
The underclassmen nearly carried the Bobcats (4-1) to victory over the Panthers (3-2), with sophomore Graham Bonnell (Southport, Conn.) giving Jacob Ellen all he could handle at the No. 2 position, before falling 3-1 (11-4, 11-6, 12-14, 11-9), the closest of the Bobcats' five defeats on the evening.
Bates looks to bounce back Saturday when the Bobcats host No. 21 Williams at noon.
No. 19 Middlebury 5, No. 18 Bates 4
Jan. 12, 2018 at Lewiston, Maine.
1. Mahmoud Yousry (B) def. Will Cembalest (M) 2-11, 11-7, 11-6, 13-11
2. Jacob Ellen (M) def. Graham Bonnell (B) 11-4, 11-6, 12-14, 11-9
3. Jacob Kagan (M) def. McLeod Abbott (B) 11-5,11-9,11-5
4. Omar Attia (B) def. Henry Pearson (M) 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9
5. Wiatt Hinton (M) def. Anirudh Nambiar (B) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
6. John Epley (M) def. Coley Cannon (B) 11-7, 11-8, 13-11
7. Garon Rothenberg (B) def. Thomas Wolpow (M) 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7
8. Benni McComish (B) def. Samuel Giddins (M) 11-7, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4
9. Ryan Swope (M) def. Dylan Muldoon (B) 11-3, 13-11, 11-9
