ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Bard College men's squash team swept both Lafayette College and Siena College, 9-0, during a round robin, hosted by Bard on Saturday afternoon.
Against Lafayette, the Raptors lost just one game in the match as Charlie Mullaney won the third game, 11-3, over
Ayateru Maeda playing at #2. Maeda, however, took control in easy fashion in the three other games.
Rhys Nordstrom (#1) had some tough rallies against Andrew Winn, but pulled away for the sweep.
Jack Smith (#3) swept Tamerlane Asher in a close match, while
Julian Dime (#4) defeated Clement Hathaway in three straight games.
Abe Etkin (#5),
Asad Hashmi (#6),
Pranjal Ghate (#7), and
Vikramaditya Joshi (#8) all won in straight games for the Raptors.
Against Siena, the Raptors played a strong match to earn a victory. Nordstrom had a tough opponent in Faizan Rahim (playing at #1), but prevailed to earn the sweep. Maeda (#2) won the first two games with ease, before pulling out a hard fought third game against Michael O'Connell.
Smith defeated Jack McQuade in a sweep playing at #3, while Dime (#4) also won. Etkin (#5), Hashmi (#6), Ghate (#7), and Joshi (#8) all earned sweeps of their own.
The Raptors play tomorrow morning against Penn State at 8 a.m. and Swarthmore at noon.
Bard 9, Lafayette 0- Rhys Nordstrom def. Andrew Winn 11-4, 11-3, 11-2
- Ayateru Maeda def. Charlie Mullaney 11-5, 11-2, 3-11, 11-3
- Jack Smith def. Tamerlane Asher 13-11, 11-7, 11-5
- Julian Dime def. Clement Hathaway 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
- Abe Etkin def. Waseh Ahmad 11-0, 11-5, 11-8
- Asad Hashmi def. David Perron 11-1, 11-6, 11-8
- Pranjal Ghate def. Ryan Nadire 11-3, 11-7, 11-3
- Vikramaditya Joshi def. Leo Mackenzie 11-1, 11-3, 11-4
- Satwik Srikrishnan wins by default 11-0, 11-0, 11-0
- Rishabh Badoni wins by default 11-0, 11-0, 11-0
Bard 9, Siena 0 - Rhys Nordstrom def. Faizan Rahim 11-4, 11-5, 11-5
- Ayateru Maeda def. Michael O'Connell 11-1, 11-3, 11-7
- Jack Smith def. Jack McQuade 11-4, 11-4, 11-4
- Julian Dime def. Jimmy Welmer 11-4, 11-3, 11-8
- Abe Etkin def. John Keenan 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
- Asad Hashmi def. Leslie Cotrina 11-6, 11-6, 11-4
- Pranjal Ghate def. Joey Gallagher 11-1, 11-3, 11-3
- Vikramaditya Joshi def. Jim Lavalle 11-3, 11-1, 11-4
- Satwik Srikrishnan wins by default 11-0, 11-0, 11-0
- Rishabh Badoni wins by default 11-0, 11-0, 11-0