2008 NESCAC Squash Championships

By WesternMass-Squash • Published on February 4, 2008 • Articles

Hartford, CT — This weekend, Trinity College hosted the annual New England Small College Athletic Conference Squash Championships. The Amherst and Williams squads participated in the event.

Amherst’s women won two matches (Middlebury and Tufts) and lost two matches (Trinity and Hamilton). The men beat Middlbebury and Tufts, but lost to Bowdoin.

Williams’ women made it to the tournament finals by beating Bowdoin and Bates. The Ephs lost to Trinity in the finals. Like the women, the men made it to the finals with victories over Tufts and Bates. In the finals, Williams lost to Trinity.

Link to Amherst Press Release.

Link to Williams Press Release.

Link to NESCAC Women’s Tournament Bracket.

Link to NESCAC Men’s Tournament Bracket.

Below are complete results.

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Amherst (W) vs. Middlebury, 5-4:
1. M - A. Dalgish lost to S. Hatfield 9-6 9-10 9-10 9-6 3-9
2. A - H. Milbourn over V. Shannon 9-7 9-4 9-6
3. A - L. Martin over C. Woodsworth 9-7 9-1 10-9
4. A - C. Demkin over E. Bulchner 9-1 9-7 10-8
5. M - D. Kirkwood lost to B. Beaty 3-9 4-9 2-9
6. A - M. Moulton over B. Farquhar 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-3
7. M - L. LaMontague lost to L. McKenna 9-4 1-9 1-9 0-9
8. A - H. Merves over A. Panichali 4-9 2-9 6-9
9. A - M. Bell over A. Hoeschler 9-6 9-4 9-4

Trinity vs. Amherst (W), 9-0:
1. T- Lauren Polonich over A. Dalglish 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
2. T- JoAnn Jee over H. Milbourn 9-3, 9-5, 9-2
3. T- Nayelly Hernandez over L. Martin 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
4. T- Emery Holton over C. Demkin 9-0, 9-2, 9-0
5. T- Emily Paton over D. Kirkwood 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
6. T- Robyn Williams over M. Moulton 9-3, 9-1, 9-0
7. T- Kim Palterman over L. LaMontagne 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
8. T- Hadley Schroll over H. Merves 9-0, 9-0, 9-5
9. T- Monte Johnson over M. Bell 9-4, 9-2, 5-9, 9-1

Hamilton vs. Amherst (W), 7-2:
1. H – Dalglish lost to Whipple 9-2, 9-2, 9-1
2. A – Milbourn over Rubin 9-5, 9-2, 8-10, 9-6
3. A – Martin over Clifford 9-5, 10-9, 9-0
4. H – Demkin lost to Kollmer 9-5, 7-9, 9-4, 9-2
5. H – Kirkwood lost to Schwerin 9-6, 5-9, 9-2, 9-5
6. H – Moulton lost to Forsyth 9-1, 5-9, 9-2, 9-0
7. H – LaMontagne lost to McDermott 9-1, 9-3, 9-3
8. H – Merves lost to Edelstein 9-2, 9-2, 9-2
9. H – Bell lost to Platt 9-3, 9-3, 9-1

Tufts vs. Amherst (W), 4-5
1. A - Allie Dalglish over Rebecca Rice 9-0, 9-7, 9-2
2. A - Hayley Milbourn over Victoria Barba 9-2, 9-7, 9-2
3. A - Libby Martin over Stef Marx 10-8, 1-9, 4-9, 9-6, 9-4
4. T - Caitlin Demkin lost to Laura Current 9-5, 9-4, 9-7
5. T - Di Kirkwood lost to Valerie Koo 9-0, 9-5, 9-5
6. A - Melissa Moulton over Jessica Herrmann 9-4 9-1 10-8
7. T - Laurel LaMontagne lost to Micela Leis 9-0, 9-6, 9-2
8. T - Hannah Merves lost to Margaret Fisher 9-5, 9-1, 9-6
9. A - Mimi Bell over Simone Grant 9-3, 4-9, 9-1, 9-3

Williams (W) vs. Bowdoin, 9-0:
1. WIL - Toby Eyre def. Lauren Gesswein, 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
2. WIL - Ashley Eyre def. Emilie McKenna, 9-2, 9-2, 9-2
3. WIL - Jennifer Coxe def. Elena Lairo, 3-9, 9-2, 9-4, 9-4
4. WIL - Catie Warners def. Kate Gormley, 9-5, 9-0, 7-9, 9-1
5. WIL - Arianna Kourides def. Alex Franxeschi, 9-3, 9-1, 7-9, 9-3
6. WIL - Caroline Henry def. Jackie Deysher, 9-2, 9-6, 9-6
7. WIL - Claire Hsu def. Biz Gillespie, 10-9, 9-3, 9-6
8. WIL - Allie Rottkamp def. Sarah Podmaniczky, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3
9. WIL - Julia Reiser def. Jennifer Crouch, 9-1, 9-1, 9-1

Williams (W) vs. Bates, 9-0:
1. WIL - Toby Eyre def. Hannah Laverhy, 9-1, 9-1, 9-1
2. WIL - Ashley Eyre def. Jenny Imrich, 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
3. WIL - Jennifer Coxe def. Caroline Lemoine, 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
4. WIL - Catie Warners def. Charlotte Gerrish, 9-7, 9-5, 9-5
5. WIL - Arianna Kourides def. Whitney Roller, 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
6. WIL - Caroline Henry def. Sarah Blomstedt, 9-7, 9-4, 9-4
7. WIL - Claire Hsu def. Margot Webel, 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
8. WIL - Allie Rottkamp def. Stephanie Cabot, 9-6, 9-5, 9-5
9. WIL - Julia Reiser def. Sophie Ronquist, 9-3, 9-3, 9-1

Trinity vs. Williams (W), 9-0:
1. TRI - Lauren Polonich def. Toby Eyre, 3-9, 9-5, 9-7, 2-9, 9-6
2. TRI - Ashley Clackson def. Ashley Eyre, 9-6, 9-3, 9-7
3. TRI - Tehani Guruge def. Jennifer Coxe, 9-2, 9-2, 9-1
4. TRI - Nayelly Hernandez def. Catie warner, 9-2, 9-0, 9-1
5. TRI - Emery Holton def. Anna Kourides, 9-2, 9-3, 9-4
6. TRI - Emily Paton def. Caroline Henry, 10-8, 9-6, 9-4
7. TRI - Robyn Williams def. Claire Hsu, 9-3, 9-1, 9-1
8. TRI - Kim Palterman def. Allison Rottkamp, 9-4, 9-1, 9-7
9. TRI - Julia Rosenthal def. Julie Reiser, 9-2, 9-4, 9-1

Bowdoin vs. Amherst (M), 7-2:
1. A - Palmer Higgins lost to Mark Rapisarda 9-3, 9-5, 10-8
2. B - Jacobo Sack over Drew Blacker 9-6, 10-8, 9-6
3. B - David Funk over Jerome Giovanazano 9-3, 3-9, 9-6, 3-9, 9-5
4. B - Andy Bernard over Andrew Slutsky 5-9, 9-5, 9-2, 9-2
5. B - Peter Cipriano over Tom Rapisarda 1-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-0
6. A - Arun Makhija lost to Kevin Cecara 9-6, 2-9, 5-9, 10-8, 9-3
7. B - Ray Carta over Ben Bishop 9-6, 8-10, 9-6, 9-1
8. B - Robert Lynn over Saahil Sud 9-0, 9-0, 9-1
9. B - Thai Ha Ngoc over Lee Banta 10-8, 9-1, 9-1

Amherst (M) vs. Middlebury, 8-1:
1. A - Mark Rapisarda over JP Sardi 9-5, 7-9, 9-7, 9-5
2. A - Drew Blacker over Brian Cardy 9-3, 9-2, 9-2
3. A - Jerome Giovinazzo over Gordon McMorris 9-0, 9-0, 9-1
4. A - Andrew Slutsky over Eliot Jia 9-6, 4-9, 9-6, 9-0
5. M - Tom Rapisarda lost to Simon Keyes 9-5, 6-9, 9-4, 10-8
6. A - Kevin Cecala over Micah Wood 9-3, 9-5, 9-3
7. A - Ben Bishop over Jesse Davidson 9-3, 9-4, 9-1
8. A - Saahil Sud over Will Piekos 10-9, 8-10, 9-6, 9-4
9. A - Lee Banta over Jack Heighton 7-9, 10-9, 9-5, 9-10, 9-6

Amherst (M) vs. Tufts, 5-4:
1. T - Mark Rapisarda lost to Jake Gross 9-4, 9-0, 9-1
2. A - Drew Blacker over Alex Gross 5-9, 3-9, 9-2, 10-8, 9-1
3. A - Jerome Giovinazzo over John Subranni 10-8, 9-7, 9-4
4. T - Andrew Slutsky lost to Kris Leetavorn 9-6, 6-9, 9-3, 4-9, 9-2
5. A - Tom Rapisarda over Nelson Schubert 9-1, 7-9, 3-9, 9-4, 9-5
6. T - Kevin Cecala lost to Max Dalury 9-6, 1-9, 9-3, 3-9, 9-7
7. A - Ben Bishop over Ben Rind 9-7, 9-4, 9-7
8. A - Saahil Sud over Scott Leigh 6-9, 4-9, 9-4, 9-5, 10-8
9. T - Lee Banta lost to Zach Bradley 9-4, 9-0,9-3

Williams (M) vs Tufts, 7-2:
1. TUF - Jake Gross def. John Barry, 9-6, 9-0, 9-3
2. WIL - Ethan Buschsaum def. Alex Gross, 7-9, 9-2, 5-9, 9-0, 10-8
3. WIL - Tony Maruca def. John Subranni, 9-2, 10-8, 9-2
4. WIL - George Miller def. Kris Leetavorn, 9-7, 9-1, 9-5
5. WIL - Will Gruner def. Nelson Schubart, 9-4, 9-5, 9-2
6. WIL - Morgan Phillips def. Max Dalury, 9-2, 9-3, 6-9, 9-4
7. WIL - Cameron Henry def. Ben Rind, 9-3, 9-2, 9-2
8. WIL - Bernard Yaros def. Scott Leighton, 9-2, 9-3, 9-0
9. TUF - Zach Bradley def. Christian Henze, 7-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-0

Williams (M) vs, Bates, 7-2:
1. BAT - Ricardo Weisskopf def. Jon Barry, 9-2, 9-1, 9-2
2. WIL - Ethan Buchsbaum def. Sean Wilkinson, 9-8, 9-1, 2-9, 4-9, 9-7
3. BAT - Kosh Wahan def. Tony Maruca, 9-4, 9-1, 9-3
4. WIL - George Miller def. Jordan Greenberg, 9-1, 9-5, 9-2
5. WIL - Will Gruner def. Matt Marchisotto, 9-2, 9-2, 3-9, 9-5
6. WIL - Morgan Phillips def. Will Katz, 10-8, 10-8, 8-10, 9-2
7. WIL - Carmenn Henry def. Deacan Chapin, 10-8, 9-6, 10-8
8. WIL - Bernard Yaws def. Nick Echeverria, 9-2, 9-1, 9-3
9. WIL - Christian Henze def. Marc Taggart, 9-1, 10-9, 9-2

Trinity vs. Williams (M), 9-0:
1. TRI - Baset Chaudhry def. Jon Barry, 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
2. TRI - Gustav Detter def. Ethan Buchsbaum, 9-4, 9-1, 9-0
3. TRI - Manek Mathur def. def. Tony Maruca, 9-4, 9-6, 9-1
4. TRI - Andres Vargas def. George Miller, 9-1, 9-1, 10-8
5. TRI - Parth Sharma def. Will Gruner, 9-3, 9-3, 9-6
6. TRI - Supreet Singh def. Morgan Phillips, 9-10, 9-4, 9-0, 9-3
7. TRI - Randy Lim def. Carmenn Henry, 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
8. TRI - Simba Muhwati def. Bernard Yaros, 9-1, 9-0, 10-8
9. TRI - Rushabh Vora def. Christian Henze, 9-5, 9-0, 9-2