BRUNSWICK, Maine -- The No. 19 nationally-ranked Bates College men's squash team finished fourth in the NESCAC Championships hosted by Bowdoin, falling in the third place match to No. 21 Middlebury today 7-2.
The Bobcats, the No. 3 seed in the tournament, are now 10-7 overall. The fifth-seeded Panthers are now 7-10 this season.
Senior Garon Rothenberg (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and senior David Quintero (Santa Barbara, Calif.) earned wins for Bates at Nos. 6 and 9, respectively. Rothenberg topped PK Keller 15-13, 7-11, 12-10, 12-10. Quintero defeated Alex Stimpson 11-2, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8. Sophomore Jesper Phillips (Moss, Norway), junior Omar Attia (Cairo, Egypt), and first-year Sultan Hashmi (Belvedere, Calif.) each battled their Panther opponents to five games, but fell 3-2 at Nos. 2,4 and 8, respectively.
Bates will be back in action Feb. 28-Mar. 1, when the Bobcats compete in the CSA Team Nationals at Harvard.
No. 21 Middlebury 7, No. 19 Bates 2
Feb. 16, 2020 | Brunswick, Maine | NESCAC Championship Third Place Match
1. Nick Bermingham (M) def. Graham Bonnell (B) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7
2. Will Cembalest (M) def. Jesper Phillips (B) 10-12, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-5
3. Jacob Ellen (M) def. Mahmoud Yousry (B) 12-10, 11-5, 11-1
4. Jacob Kagan (M) def. Omar Attia (B) 14-12, 9-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9
5. Nate Moll (M) def. Jonathan Walker (B) 11-1, 11-2, 11-9
6. Garon Rothenberg (B) def. PK Keller (M) 15-13, 7-11, 12-10, 12-10
7. Wiatt Hinton (M) def. Peter Koenigsbauer (B)Â 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6
8. Alexander Merrill (M) def. Â Sultan Hashmi (B) 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4
9. David Quintero (B) def. Alex Stimpson (M) 11-2, 8-11, 11-9, 11-8
