LEWISTON, Maine -- No. 22 Bates opened its home slate with a split on Saturday at the Bates Squash Center, rolling past Brown 7–2 before falling 9–0 to national powerhouse No. 2 Trinity in men's squash action.

Dennis Welte, playing at the top spot for the Bobcats, enjoyed a perfect 3-0 triumph ( 11-8, 11-9, 11-4) in the opener vs. Brown while Ashton Monteiro (11-7, 11-7, 11-7) coasted to a shutout victory at the No. 2 position. Oscar Hecker (11-3, 11-8, 11-8), Rodrigo Chon Him (12-10, 11-7, 11-8), and Tanish Tangri (11-5, 11-4, 11-8) posted perfect 3-0 decisions at positions 3, 4, and 6, respectively.

At No. 5, Tommy Le held on to defeat Brown's Dawson Lin, 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8). Facing an initial 1-0 deficit at No. 7, John Kim rallied to secure the next three games of his match to lock down a 3-1 comeback win (9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6) vs. Jacob Robinson.

In the nightcap, the Bantams blanked the Bobcats, 9-0, winning all nine matches by a score of 3-0. 

1. Benedek Takacs (Trinity) def. Dennis Welte (Bates) 11-4, 11-8, 11-8
2. Segundo Portabales (Trinity) def. Ashton Monteiro (Bates) 11-3, 11-3, 11-1
3. Dmytro Shcherbakov (Trinity) def. Oscar Hecker (Bates) 11-5, 11-3, 11-1
4. Eyad Awad (Trinity) def.Rodrigo Chon Him (Bates) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
5. Javier Emilio Romo Lopez (Trinity) def. Tommy Le (Bates) 11-8, 11-1, 11-5
6. Andrik Lim (Trinity) def. Tanish Tangri (Bates) 11-5, 11-1, 11-6
7. Bo Page (Trinity) def. John Kim (Bates) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
8. Zain Amjad (Trinity) def. Gus Silverman (Bates) 11-6, 11-9, 11-6
9. Oliver Scott (Trinity) def. Gray Veague (Bates) 11-5, 11-7, 11-2

The Bobcats will next see action on Friday, Jan. 9 (6:00 p.m.) when they host No. 29 Connecticut College at home in the Bates Squash Center.