The No. 20 nationally-ranked Bates College men's squash team earned wins over No. 24 Tufts and No. 27 Hobart. The Bobcats topped the Jumbos on Friday evening 8-1 at Harvard, and defeated the Statesmen 7-2 today at Mount Holyoke.
The Bobcats improve to 7-6 this season. Against the Jumbos (4-8), Bates clinched wins at Nos. 1-6 and the No. 8 and No. 9 positions. Junior Graham Bonnell (Southport, Conn.) led the way at the top spot with a 3-0 win (11-7, 11-2, 11-6). Junior Mahmoud Yousry (Cairo, Egypt) topped his Tufts opponent 3-0 at No. 2 (11-8, 17-15, 11-6). Sophomore Omar Attia (Cairo, Egypt) won 3-1 at No. 3 (11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9), and first-year Jesper Phillips (Moss, Norway) rallied for a 3-1 win at No. 4 (6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-4). Junior Garon Rothenberg (Brooklyn, N.Y.) won in three games at No. 5 (11-7, 11-9, 12-10), and Coley Cannon defeated his Jumbo opposition 3-0 Â at the No. 6 position (11-7, 11-2, 11-6). Senior McLeod Abbott (Bronxville, N.Y.) dropped his first game 11-5, but won the next three 11-8, 11-7, 11-2 at No. 8. Sophomore Dylan Muldoon (Devonshire, Bermuda) earned a 3-0 victory at the No. 9 position (14-12, 11-5, 11-9).
In the win over the Statesmen, Attia led the way with a 3-0 victory at No. 3 (11-7, 11-3, 13-11). Phillips cruised to a 3-0 win at the No. 4 position (11-1, 11-3, 11-2), and Rothenberg triumphed in four games at No. 5 (11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9). At the No. 6 spot, Cannon picked up a 3-0 victory over his Hobart opposition (11-3, 11-8, 11-6). Junior Benni McComish took down his Statesman opponent 3-0 at No. 7 (11-6, 11-1, 11-8). Abbott rallied for a 3-1 win at No. 8 (9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-2), and Muldoon extended his win streak to five matches with a 3-0 win at the No. 9 position (11-8, 11-5, 11-5).
The Bobcats are back on the court tomorrow, Jan. 27, when they travel to take on No. 23 Amherst at noon.
No. 20 Bates 8, No. 24 Tufts 1
Friday, Jan. 25 at Harvard
1 Graham Bonnell (B) def. Raghav Kumar (T) 11-7,11-2,11-6
2 Mahmoud Yousry (B) def. Konrad Ladlow 11-8,17-15,11-6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
3 Omar Attia (B) def. Marco Rodriguez (T) 11-9,11-8,7-11,11-9
4 Jesper Phillips (B) def. Alan Litman (T) 6-11,11-5,11-9,11-4
5 Garon Rothenberg (B) def. Dillon O'Shea (T) 11-7,11-9,12-10
6 Coley Cannon (B) def. Connor Wind (T) 11-7,11-2,11-6
7 Brett Raskopf (T) def. Benni McComish (B) 10-12,11-7,11-9,6-11,11-9
8 McLeod Abbott (B) def. Aidan Porges (T) 5-11,11-8,11-7,11-2
9 Dylan Muldoon (B) def. Salik Awan (T) 14-12,11-5,11-9
10 Peter Koenigsbauer (B) def. Imran Trehan (T) 11-6,11-2,11-2
No. 20 Bates 7, No. 27 Hobart 2
Saturday, Jan. 26 at Mount Holyoke
1 Mohamed Abdelhafez (H) def. Graham Bonnell (B) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
2 Quinn Udy (H) def. Mahmoud Yousry (B) 11-6, 12-10, 14-16, 8-11, 11-7
3 Omar Attia (B) def. Mike Mulholland (H) 11-7, 11-3, 13-11
4 Jesper Phillips (B) def. Quarn Davis (H) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2
5 Garon Rothenberg (B) def. Cameron Temoyan (H) 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9
6 Coley Cannon (B) def. Eric Molina (H) 11-3, 11-8, 11-6
7 Benni McComish (B) def. Joshua Pugliese (H)Â 11-6, 11-1, 11-8
8 McLeod Abbott (B) def. Cristian Escalona (H) 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-2
9 Dylan Muldoon (B) def. Henry Amory (H) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
