ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - The Bard College men's squash team improved to 8-3 with victories over Siena College and Bryant University on Saturday.
The Raptors swept Siena, 9-0, yielding just one game. Later, Bard swept Bryant, 9-0, giving up just three games.
Against Bryant, Bard No. 1 Rhys Norstrom rallied to defeat Luke Lorenz, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9. And at No. 8,
Hunter Manel was down 2-1 before pulling out a victory over Tim Reale, 11-0, 10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6.
Ayateru Maeda,
Julian Dime,
Vikramaditya Joshi, Theo Web and
Artun Ak were all perfect on the day, winning both of their matches 3-0.
The Raptors, ranked 35th in the latest College Squash Association rankings, don't play again until the Fordham Round Robin in January.
Bard 9, Siena 0
1.
Rhys Nordstrom def. McQuade 11-1, 11-1, 11-0
2. Ayateru Maeda def. Weimer 11-5, 11-8, 11-1
3.
Julian Dime def. Sileo 11-2, 11-4, 11-6
4.
Vikramaditya Joshi 11-3, 11-1, 11-1
5.
Theo Webb def. Villalona 11-5, 11-0, 11-0
6.
Artun Ak def. Allen 11-5, 11-1, 11-0
7.
Marko Jukic def. Santos 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5
8.
Hunter Manel def. LaPointe 11-5, 11-1, 11-1
9.
Simon Nichoson def. Caron 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
Bard 9, Bryant 0
1. Nordstrom def. Luke Lorenz 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
2. Maeda def. Ravi Rao 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
3. Dime def. Yurraj Duggal 11-4, 11-3, 11-8
4. Joshi def. Michael Gough 11-5, 11-1, 11-1
5. Webb def. Ricky Appel 11-5, 11-0, 11-5
6. Ak def. Uthej Tadisetty 11-5, 11-2, 11-2
7. Jukic def. Ullas Tadisetty 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
8. Manel def. Tim Reale 11-0, 10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6
9. Nichoson by default