LEWISTON, Maine -- The No. 19 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team made No. 14 Franklin & Marshall work for it, but the Diplomats defeated the Bobcats 9-0 Saturday afternoon at the Bates College Squash Center.
The Bobcats (9-5) honored seniors Graham Bonnell (Southport, Conn.), Benni McComish (Williamstown, Mass.), David Quintero (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Garon Rothenberg (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Mahmoud Yousry (Cairo, Egypt) before the match.
The loss snaps Bates' seven-match winning streak.
Rothenberg and first-year Sultan Hashmi (Belvedere, Calif.) both made their opponents go the full five games in 3-2 losses. Rothenberg fell 3-2 (8-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6) to Raunak Advani at the No. 6 position and Hashmi fell 3-2 (11-4, 7-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4) at No. 9 to King Bassett.
Four other matches went four games and the Diplomats (13-4) swept three matches.
The Bobcats head to Bowdoin College for the three-day NESCAC Championships Friday, Feb. 14-16.Â
No. 14 Franklin & Marshall 9, No. 19 Bates 0
Feb. 1, 2020 | Lewiston, Maine
1. Aryan Parekh (FMC) def. Graham Bonnell (B) 9-11, 12-10, 14-12, 11-3
2. Sanjay Jeeva (FMC) def. Jesper Phillips (B) 11-4, 11-9, 11-6
3. Shams Abbas (FMC) def. Mahmoud Yousry (B) 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8
4. Yannis Senkel (FMC) def. Omar Attia (B) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
5. Matthew Dukarm (FMC) def. Jonathan Walker (B) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5Â
6. Raunak Advani (FMC) def. Garon Rothenberg (B) 8-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
7. Flavio Hinostroza (FMC) def. Benni McComish (B) 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5
8. Teddy Eill (FMC) def. Peter Koenigsbauer (B) 11-13, 11-9, 11-4, 11-1
9. King Bassett (FMC) def. Sultan Hashmi (B) 11-4, 7-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4
