December
3 , 2006
Men's Squash Continues Winning Streak;
Women's Squash Earns First Win of Season
HAVERFORD, PA - The Haverford College
men's squash team has now won its last five matches in a row with
a 6-3 victory over visiting Columbia Sunday afternoon. The Fords
won matches over Penn State (7-2) and Vassar (6-3) on Saturday
afternoon. The women's team also defeated Columbia easily on Sunday,
9-0, earning its first win of the 2006-07 season.
In Saturday's 7-2 win over Penn State, Mike Montesano, Adil Khan,
Alex Buxbaum, Karan Shah and Jeff Monhait were all victorious
in three games at numbers four, six, seven, eight, and nine, respectively.
Evan Stiegel bested Dave DiDonato (9-1, 9-5, 6-9, 7-9, 9-6), and
Paul Koprowski took care of Doug Hirsch (6-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1).
It was much of the same in Saturday's night cap against Vassar
for the men's team, as this time Stiegel, Montesano, Buxbaum,
Monhait and Tom Kinrade each won 3-0 at numbers three, four, six,
eight, and ten (exhibition match), respectively. Shah bested Toby
Fox, 3-1 (9-0, 9-3, 6-9, 10-8) at number seven, and Tom Somerville
also won, 3-1, at number nine (5-9, 9-6, 10-8, 10-9).
The men's squash team took its fifth straight on Sunday, improving
its record to 6-2 overall, as junior Jason Bazarsky, Stiegel,
Koprowski, Khan, Buxbaum and Shah all won easily.
On the women's side, seniors Vanessa Sergeon, co-captain Charlotte
Koeniger, Allyson Scherb, and Margot Elton were all victorious
at numbers one, two, six, and eight, respectively. Juniors Devon
Hercher, Betsy Schmidt, and Emma Bartlett were all winners at
numbers three, four, and seven, while sophomore Jenny Millman
took home a win at number five. Freshman Karen Lavi was credited
with a win by forfeit at number nine to round out the perfect,
9-0, team victory.
The men's squash team will host Rutgers on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.,
while the women's squash team (1-3) will next participate at the
Seven Sisters tournament, hosted by Vassar on January 20th and
21st.
Box score to be posted on the Haverford athletics web site by
Tuesday.
