POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - The Bard College men's squash team matched the program record for wins in a season with a victory over Vermont on Saturday at the Hudson Valley Team Championships, hosted by Vassar College.
The Raptors actually started the day with a heartbreaking loss to Boston University, 5-4. Heartbreaking because four of the matches went five games, and Bard lost three of them.
Later, Bard swept Vermont, 9-0, and will have a chance to break the school record for victories in a season at the Liberty League Championships next weekend. The Raptors will play Rochester, Vassar, St. Lawrence and Hobart.
Double winners for Bard on Saturday were
Julian Dime,
Pranjal Ghate and
Vikramaditya Joshi.
Boston University 5, Bard 41. Marwan Sallem (BU) def.
Rhys Nordstrom 11-2, 11-13, 11-5, 11-9
2. Parker Tomissi (BU) def.
Ayateru Maeda 11-9, 11-9, 13-11
3. Joel Lavoie (BU) def.
Jack Smith 10-12, 14-16, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10
4.
Julian Dime (BC) def. Arthur Hobrowe 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
5.
Pranjal Ghate (BC) def. Paulo Demoura 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-3
6. Allan Chen (BU) def.
Abe Etkin 11-6, 11-13, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4
7. Nick Carlson (BU) def.
Asad Hashmi 7-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8
8.
Vikramaditya Joshi (BC) def. Ankit Sinha 11-3, 11-6, 11-3
9.
Satwik Srikrishnan (BC) by defaultÂ
Bard 9, Vermont 01. Nordstrom def. Will Vincent 11-2, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7
2. Maeda def. Ned Smith 11-7, 12-10, 12-10
3. Smith def. Ty Troped 11-5, 11-3, 11-3
4. Dime def. Max Buchnolz 14-12, 11-3, 11-2
5. Ghate def. Ned Ligett 11-4, 11-2, 11-6
6. Etkin def. Knowles Spofford 11-4, 11-8, 11-5
7. Hashmi def. Emily Vonweise 11-4, 11-3, 11-2
8. Joshi def. Dan Matlack 11-3, 11-3, 11-3
9. Srikrishnan def. Jack Ward 11-1, 11-6, 11-1
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