LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates men's squash team earned its first victory over a higher-ranked opponent this season on Tuesday, as the No. 25 Bobcats upended No. 22 Tufts 8-1 at the Bates Squash Center.
The Bobcats rose to 4-4 with their second consecutive win, while the Jumbos dropped to 3-2.
Senior captain Graham Bonnell (Southport, Conn.) defeated Tufts' Kunal Valia 12-10, 11-3, 11-3 at the No. 1 position on the ladder, as Bates claimed points at the top six spots. Sophomore Jesper Phillips (Moss, Norway) and senior Mahmoud Yousry (Cairo, Egypt) also won by 3-0 scores at the second and fourth positions, respectively, as did first-year Sultan Hashmi (Belvedere, Calif.) at No. 9.
Meanwhile Bates picked up three points by 3-2 scores, as junior Omar Attia (Cairo, Egypt), sophomore Garon Rothenberg (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and first-year Jonathan Walker (Kingston, Jamaica) prevailed at 3, 5 and 6, respectively.
The Bobcats host No. 20 Dickinson on Wednesday at 6pm.
Bates 8, Tufts 1
Jan. 14, 2020 | Lewiston, Maine
1. Graham Bonnell (B) def. Kunal Valia (T) 12-10, 11-3, 11-3
2. Jesper Phillips (B) def. Raghav Kumar (T) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
3. Omar Attia (B) def. K. Marco Rodriguez (T) 11-6, 11-8, 3-11, 8-11, 11-6
4. Mahmoud Yousry (B) def. Sanjeev Jeyabalan (T) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9
5. Garon Rothenberg (B) def. Konrad LaDow (T) 11-7, 11-3, 6-11, 10-12, 11-7
6. Jonathan Walker (B) def. Dillon O'Shea (T) 6-11, 9-11, 11-9, 15-13, 11-5
7. Vivaan Jaikishan (T) def. Benni McComish (B) 11-7, 11-5, 5-11, 11-5
8. Peter Koenigsbauer (B) def. Connor Wind (T) 11-2, 11-9, 11-2
9. Sultan Hashmi (B) def. Salik Awan (T) 5-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11
