The win marks the 17th consecutive year that Bates men's squash has defeated both Colby and Bowdoin in the regular season. The Bobcats (7-2) have not lost to the Mules (6-6) since 2000.

Nambiar (Pune, India) beat the Mules' Alexander Kurtin by a score of 3-2 (9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7) at the No. 4 position. At the time of his match, the Bobcats trailed 4-2. Nambiar's win cut the deficit to 4-3 and set up sophomores Benni McComish (Williamstown, Mass.) and Mahmoud Yousry (Cairo, Egypt) with a chance to clinch the come-from-behind victory.

Both players stepped up and won with ease, securing the Bobcats' second 5-4 win of the season. McComish took down Jason Brodo 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7) at the No. 7 position and Yousry won 3-0 (13-11, 11-8, 11-6) at the No. 1 position over the Mules' William McBrian.  

First-year Omar Attia (Cairo, Egypt) was the first man up on the glass court Wednesday and he improved his record to 7-1 on the season with a 3-0 (11-2, 11-9, 11-9) win over Elliot Gross at the No. 3 position. Meanwhile junior Coley Cannon (Greenwich, Conn.) won 3-0 (11-5, 13-11, 11-9) at the No. 5 position over William Pepi. 

The Bobcats now gear up for a big weekend. They will play three matches over the course of two days at home, starting with No. 27 Tufts Friday at 6:00 p.m.

No. 20 Bates 5, No. 24 Colby 4
Jan. 24, 2018 at Lewiston, Maine.

1. Mahmoud Yousry (B) def. William McBrian (C) 13-11, 11-8, 11-6
2. Benjamin Kwass (C) def. Graham Bonnell (B) 11-9, 15-13, 7-11, 11-6
3. Omar Attia (B) def. Elliot Gross (C) 11-2, 11-9, 11-9 
4. Anirudh Nambiar (B) def. Alexander Kurtin (C) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7
5. Coley Cannon (B) def. William Pepi (C) 11-5, 13-11, 11-9
6. Chase Holding (C) def. Garon Rothenberg (B) 11-9, 12-10, 11-7
7. Benni McComish (B) def. Jason Brodo (C) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7
8. Andrew Swapp (C) def. Dylan Muldoon (B) 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9
9. Matthew Epstein (C) def. Robby Dewey (B) 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-8