Bates (12-4) swept the second through ninth positions to defeat the rival Mules (10-9) more emphatically than their past meeting, a 5-4 Bates win on Jan. 24.

Only two of the nine individual matches were decided in three games, and four others required the maximum five games to decide.

At the No. 1 position, sophomore Mahmoud Yousry (Cairo, Egypt) fell in five games to William McBrian, 10-12, 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5.

Bates won at every other position, including 3-2 victories for senior captain Anirudh Nambiar (Pune, India), sophomore Garon Rothenberg (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and first-year Benni McComish (Williamstown, Mass.) at 6, 7 and 8, respectively.

Winning in a sweep were junior Coley Cannon (Greenwich, Conn.) at No. 4 and sophomore Graham Bonnell (Southport, Conn.) at No. 2. First-year Omar Attia (Cairo, Egypt), junior captain McLeod Abbott (Bronxville, N.Y.) and first-year Dylan Muldoon (Devonshire, Bermuda) all won in four games at positions 3, 5 and 9, respectively.

The Bobcats advanced to meet No. 19 Franklin & Marshall in the bracket semifinals at 5:30 on Saturday. The winner will face the winner between Dickinson and Middlebury on Sunday.

Bates 8, Colby 1
Feb. 23, 2018 at Trinity

1. William McBrian (Colby) def. Mahmoud Yousry (Bates) 10-12, 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5
2. Graham Bonnell (Bates) def. Benjamin Kwass (Colby) 11-6, 12-10, 11-4
3. Omar Attia (Bates) def. Elliot Gross (Colby) 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7
4. Coley Cannon (Bates) def. William Pepi (Colby) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
5. McLeod Abbott (Bates) def. Alexander Kurtin (Colby) 1-16, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6
6. Anirudh Nambiar (Bates) def. Chase Holding (Colby) 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 10-12, 11-9
7. Garon Rothenberg (Bates) def. Jason Brodo (Colby) 5-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-7
8. Benni McComish (Bates) def. Andrew Swapp (Colby) 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 4-11, 11-9
9. Dylan Muldoon (Bates) def. Matthew Epstein (Colby) 5-11, 11-7, 11-4, 12-10