PHILADELPHIA Pa. – The Dickinson men's squash team dropped a pair of matches on Sunday to finish their time in the City of Brotherly Love dropping a 9-0 decision to the defending nation champions and current top-ranked team in the nation the University of Pennsylvania. They then fell in a heartbreaker to the Haverford College Fords 5-4 in the afternoon slate.
MATCH ONE – RED DEVILS 0, UPenn 9
Inside the Match
It was a tall task for the Red Devils, having to play the defending national champions and arguably the greatest college squash team ever assembled. The Quakers handled the young and motivated Red Devils, winning each match in straight sets. It was a great learning experience for the Red and White as they look to improve throughout the season.
Results
1. Nathan Tze Bing Kueh (PENN) def. Owen Buroker (DSON) 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-2)
2. Zane Patel (PENN) def. Noah George (DSON) 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-3)
3. Varun Chitturi (PENN) def. Aidan Ray (DSON) 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-4)
4. Kyle Penman (PENN) def. George Vollmer (DSON) 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-4)
5. Oliver Green (PENN) def. Menghou Du (DSON) 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-2)
6. Shaam Gambhir (PENN) def. Bradley Hennessy (DSON) 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-4)
7. Jat Tse (PENN) def. Adam Warburton (DSON) 3-0 (11-4, 11-1, 11-2)
8. Rustin Wiser (PENN) def. Aidan Donnan (DSON) 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-1)
9. Ben Mathias (PENN) def. Henry Ballou (DSON) 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-3)
MATCH TWO – RED DEVILS 4, Fords 5
Inside the Match
The Red Devils left it all out on the court, but in the end the experienced Fords were just too much to handle. The Fords came out the gates strong, winning 5 out of the first 6 matches, with the lone Red Devil win coming from Graduate Student Samuel Knipp, who played a great match, winning in straight sets. The Red Devils then won all 4 of the last 4 matches (including the exhibition tenth flight match), which is a testament to the never quit attitude of the team. First-Year Will Krizek played the match of the weekend, needing 1 hour and 24 minutes to finally beat Noah Tunis in five games. Two other first years Noah George and Menghou Du picked up the other two wins, with George needing four sets to close out Kai Thomas Schinaman. Du needed only three games to win in the seventh flight, after playing his own match of the weekend.
Results
1. Will Krizek (DSON) def. Noah Tunis (HAVE) 3-2 (10-12, 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7)
2. Aaryaman Jaising (HAVE) def. Owen Buroker (DSON) 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-5)
3. Noah George (DSON) def. Kai Thomas Schinaman (HAVE) 3-1 (11-4, 7-11, 12-10, 11-1)
4. Samuel Knipp (DSON) def. Henry Jiang (HAVE) 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-5)
5. Tarun Sargunar (HAVE) def. Aidan Ray (DSON) 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-3)
6. Qianzhi Zhao (HAVE) def. George Vollmer (DSON) 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 11-5)
7. Menghou Du (DSON) def. Garret Fantini (HAVE) 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-7)
8. Francis Betkowski (HAVE) def. Bradley Hennessy (DSON) 3-2 (12-10, 11-9, 3-11, 11-13, 11-3)
9. Arvin Krishnan (HAVE) def. Adam Warburton (DSON) 3-0 (11-2, 12-10, 11-7)
Up Next
Dickinson (2-6) return to action on Friday, December 6th when they take on the Camels of Connecticut College in Providence, Rhode Island.
