MEDFORD, MA - The Bard College men's squash team split a pair of contests Sunday afternoon, falling to Tufts University, before rebounding to top Boston College in the second contest of the day.
The Raptors lost to Tufts, 9-0, and were unable to win a set along the way.
Match two went much better for Bard however, as the team topped Boston College, 7-2, with
Rhys Nordstrom and
Ayateru Maeda pulling out five-set victories.
Nordstrom jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the No.1 spot, before falling 11-9 in the fourth set. In the fifth and final set, Bard's No.1 locked in and pulled out an 11-4 win to hand the Raptors the win.
Maeda's win was even more impressive, as the No.2 senior fell behind 0-2 in his matchup. He wasn't fazed though, as he rallied to win three straight sets by the score of 11-6 and the contest 3-2.
Julian Dime,
Pranjal Ghate,
Vikramaditya Joshi,
Theo Webb and
Artun Ak were the Raptors' other winners against Boston College, as the quintet all recorded three-set sweeps.Â
Up next for the Raptors is a pair of contests at home on December 2nd, as the team hosts Siena College and Bryant University. The first contest is set to begin at 10 a.m.Â
Tufts 9, Bard 0
1. Raghav Kumar (T) def. Nordstrom 11-3, 11-8, 11-7
2. Alan Litman (T) def. Dime 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
3. Connor Wind (T) def. Ghate 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
4. Salik Awan (T) def. Joshi 11-7, 11-4, 14-12
5. Cameron Ewan (T) def. Webb 11-5, 11-2, 11-4
6. Eun Youb Lee (T) def. Ak 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
7. Daniel Hutt (T) def.
Marko Jukic 11-0. 11-0, 11-1
8. Aryaman Pandya (T) def.
Hunter Manel 11-2, 11-4, 11-1
9. Amun Sahrawat (T) def.
Simon Nichoson 11-2, 11-0, 11-2
Bard 7, Boston College 2
1. Nordstrom (B) def. Ryan Ashmore 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4
2. Maeda (B) def. James Stevenson 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
3. Dime (B) def. Matthew Bell 11-6, 11-9, 11-8
4. Ghate (B) def. Tyler O'Neill 12-10, 11-5, 11-5
5. Joshi (B) def. Murphey Harmon 11-6, 11-3, 11-1
6. Webb (B) def. Harrison Locke 11-8, 11-6, 11-2
7. Ak (B) def. Matthieu Tapolsky 11-6, 11-8, 14-12
8. Michael Haley (BC) def. Jukic 11-5, 11-2, 11-6
9. Daniel Cunningham (BC) def. Manel 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
