Haverford College Squash: Scores/Summaries

Men's Scores/Summaries 2005-2006
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AMHERST, Mass. -- Haverford sophomore Alex Salton was knocked out of the Molloy Division main draw by top-seeded Harvard freshman Verdi DiSesa of nearby Wynnewood, Pa., 9-1, 9-1, 9-2, then eliminated from the consolation bracket by another Philadelphian, Brown senior David Krupnick, 9-5, 9-3, 9-3.

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Fords finished their season sixth in the eight-team Conroy Division and 30th in the nation, edging MIT on victories at the last five positions by Paul Koprowski, Mike Montesano, Evan Stiegel, Rohan Dalal and Mark Rubin, then falling to Hobart despite wins from Koprowski, Stiegel, Dalal and Rubin.

Montesano had a decisive five-game win Saturday versus MIT, winning 6-9, 9-4, 8-10, 9-5, 9-3, while Stiegel took things to the other extreme Sunday against Hobart, winning 9-0, 9-0, 9-0, for the Fords.

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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Sam Morgan, David Poolman and Evan Stiegel all won in three straight games at numbers 2-4-7, respectively, but the Fords were felled by defending Conroy Trophy champion Rochester in Friday's quarterfinals.

Griffin Vanze won his exhibition match at number 10 in three straight as well. Paul Koprowski lost a hotly contested match to Rochester #5 Ori Goldman, 8-10, 9-0, 9-4, 7-9, 9-1.

The Fords were set to meet MIT in Saturday afternoon's consolation semifinals, then face either Hobart or Washington on Sunday.

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HAVERFORD -- Sam Morgan, Jason Bazarsky, David Poolman and Paul Koprowski never trailed in games during their victories at numbers 2-3-4-5, and Evan Stiegel, Mark Rubin, Griffin Vanze and Marc Adelberg blanked their respective opponents in the bottom half of the lineup as host Haverford (8-9) swept Fordham and Columbia Saturday.

Alex Salton split on the day as he rallied to defeat Rams #1 Phil Bednarczyk, 7-9, 0-9, 9-6, 9-1, 9-0, before suffering an afternoon setback against the Lions' Nik Trikha.

Rohan Dalal had the Fords' only other come from behind win on the day as he downed CU #7 John Komfonis, 7-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-2.

Mike Montesano endured a 10-8, 9-3, 7-9, 5-9, 9-5 decision against Fordham #6 Chas Sterken, but fell in equally tough fashion vs. Columbia #5 Hank Sackler, 8-10, 9-7, 9-7, 9-6.

HAVERFORD -- Penn, ranked fifth in this week's SquashTalk national intercollegiate rankings, blitzed host Haverford (6-9) Wednesday afternoon, with Evan Stiegel putting up the biggest struggle for the Fords in a 9-3, 9-4, 9-1 loss to Quakers #5 Parker Justi.

HAVERFORD -- Evan Stiegel and Marc Adelberg were four-game winners at numbers 6 and 9, respectively, while #1 Alex Salton and #4 Sam Morgan suffered four-game losses against the Jumbos.

Jason Bazarsky, David Poolman and Paul Koprowski each took one game before falling to their Hamilton opponents at numbers 2-4-5, and Morgan lost to Continentals #3 John Frazier, 10-9, 4-9, 9-6, 9-10, 9-4. Stiegel had the best match for the Fords Sunday against the Midshipmen, as he fell to Navy #5 Kit Zipf, 10-8, 9-5, 9-2.

1/25/06 Franklin & Marshall 9, Haverford 0

HAVERFORD -- Franklin & Marshall, 9-5 overall and #15 in the intercollegiate rankings, swept host Haverford (6-5) with nine 3-0 victories Wednesday evening.

Evan Stiegel scored the most points among the Fords' players, falling, 9-7, 9-4, 9-3, to Dips #6 Patrick Pasquariello.

1/22/06 Haverford at Yale Round Robin

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Paul Koprowski, Mike Montesano, Egan Stiegel, Griffin Vanze and Mark Adelberg each won one game at number 3-5-6-8-9 versus Northwestern, but the Fords could not muster a point versus the Wildcats.

David Poolman, Montesano, Stiegel, Mark Rubin, Vanze and Adelberg swept positions 4 through 9 against Penn State, with the most closely contested matches won by Poolman, 7-9, 9-2, 10-9, 9-3, and Rubin, 6-9, 9-3, 9-1, 4-9, 9-2. Koprowski dropped a tough, 9-3, 5-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-4 decision to Nittany Lions #3 Pete Ishihara.

HAVERFORD -- Senior captain David Poolman and freshman Evan Stiegel were the only triple-winners for Haverford (5-3) in weekend competition, with Poolman sweeping all three of his opponents at number 5 and Stiegel winning in four, four and three games, respectively, against Vassar #8 Ryan McGinley-Stempel, UVA #7 Nick Flanagan and PSU #7 Doug Harsh.

Other double-winners in Sunday's matches were Alex Salton, Paul Koprowski, Mike Montesano and Mark Rubin at numbers 1-4-6-8, respectively. Jason Bazarsky picked up a three-game win versus Cavaliers #2 Patrick Whelan, while Sam Morgan was an easy winner against Nittany Lions #3 Pete Ishihara. Marc Adelberg, who earned a default point against Virginia, won his ninth-position match against Penn State, 9-4, 9-1, 7-9, 1-9, 9-7.

HAVERFORD -- Senior captain David Poolman earned a pair of five-game victories and led host Haverford to its first two wins of the season Saturday afternoon.

Poolman defeated Scarlet Knights #3 Saad Rathore, 3-9, 9-3, 2-9, 9-8, 9-3, and Lions #4 William Lai, 9-6, 10-8, 6-9, 5-9, 9-6. Freshman Evan Stiegel was also a double-winner for the Fords (2-2), as were junior Mark Rubin and sophomore Marc Adelberg.
Jason Bazarsky, Paul Koprowski and Mike Montesano joined Poolman with their own five-game wins at numbers 2, 3 and 5 against Columbia, while Karan Shah and Adil Khan easily captured their respective ninth-position matches against the Knights and Lions.

HAVERFORD -- More than 100 enthusiastic fans were in attendance as the "Ford" championship of men's college squash was decided Sunday afternoon at the Gardner Center.

The West Coast "Ford"--Stanford--defeated the Eastern Fords, 8-1, in a match that was closer than the final score indicates.

Haverford (1-2) received a point at #9 on a forfeit to Ben Zussman '08, while Alex Salton '08 held a match point in the # 1 spot before bowing, 10-8, in the fifth game.

Evan Stiegel '09 at #6 and Jason Bazarsky '08 at #2 also extended Stanford rivals considerably.

President Tom Tritton threw out the first ball, the Humtones performed the national anthem, and Stanford Coach Mark Talbott won a one-game exhibition match against Haverford alum Tim Saint '02.

ANNAPOLIS -- Haverford College men's squash (1-1) split its opener at the U.S. Naval Academy Saturday, bowing to Connecticut College, 8-1, and then rebounding to win over the University of Washington, 6-3. Mark Rubin '07 was the Fords' double winner, while Jason Bazarsky '08, Mike Montesano '07, Rohan Dalal '08, Evan Stiegel '09 and Karan Shah '09 added victories to Rubin's vs. the Huskies.

Women's Scores/Summaries 2005-2006

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Allyson Scherb, Emma Bartlett, Devon Hercher and Jen Millman swept their respective Northeastern and George Washington opponents at numbers 5 through 8 in three straight games Saturday, clinching Pool 2 and propelling Haverford into the Epps Division championship match.

The Fords were runners-up to Pool 1 winner Virginia Sunday morning in determining 25th-place in the nation, getting victories from Bartlett, in four games, and Millman and number 9 Julie Herskowitz, in three.

Charlotte Koeniger, Elif Sen, Sarah Powell and Betsy Schmidt were all winners at numbers 1 through 4 in the Northeastern blowout, with Sen's come-from-behind, 4-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-3 win the only close match. Sen and Powell both won in four games against the Colonials, who had defeated the Fords twice during the regular season.

With four wins at non-scoring number 10, Sarah Hendry joined Bartlett and Millman as Haverford's only undefeated players in the tournament.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Betsy Schmidt and Emma Bartlett won in four games at numbers 4 and 6, respectively, and Allyson Scherb, Devon Hercher, Jen Millman and Julie Herskowitz won in three straight at numbers 5-7-8-9 as Haverford swept the bottom six positions to defeat Smith Friday evening.

Schmidt's 4-9, 10-9, 10-9, 9-6 win over Becky Spalding and Herskowitz's 9-1, 9-1, 9-6 sweep of Mary Opler reversed earlier losses to those same opponents in the Fords' 5-4 loss to Smith in the Seven Sisters tourney at Haverford on Jan. 21.

Charlotte Koeniger and Sarah Powell extended their respective Smith opponents to four games at numbers 1 and 3, and Elif Sen suffered a tough three-game loss, 10-8, 10-8, 9-1, at number 2. Scottish exchange student Sarah Hendry was a winner in three straight in the non-scoring, number 10 match.

If the Fords defeat Northeastern and George Washington in Pool 2 Saturday, they will face winner of Pool 1 (Colgate, Virginia or Wellesley) Sunday morning for the Epps Division championship and a Top 25 national ranking.

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LANCASTER -- Jenny Millman and Julie Herskowitz were double-winners in the tri-match Saturday at F&M, with #8 Millman winning twice in three straight games and Herskowitz pulling off a 4-9, 1-9, 9-0, 9-4, 9-2 win over F&M #9 Roshni Lodhia.

Elif Sen won in four games against GW's Pilar Pavis, but fell in five to F&M #2 Davina Buckley. Sarah Powell, Emma Bartlett, Jen Hurford and Devon Hercher all earned a victory against the Colonials.

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. -- Fresh off her all-Seven Sisters performance at eighth position, junior Allyson Scherb moved up to #7 and won, 9-1, 9-2, 4-9, 9-2, for the Fords' only point in the opening match versus the Camels.

Scherb lost her first collegiate decision as part of the sweep by the Continentals, but she was one of four Haverford players to earn a point against the Cardinals. Scherb and #6 Emma Bartlett were three-game winners in the final match, with #2 Charlotte Koeniger and #9 Sarah Hendry each rallying from a game-down to win in five.

HAVERFORD -- Junior Allyson Scherb (South Bend, Ind./John Adams HS) became Haverford's first all-tournament selection as the third-place Fords recorded their highest team finish in the six-year history of the Seven Sisters Championships.

Scherb breezed past Wellesley #8 Miranda Brintnell, 9-1, 9-0, 9-0, Sunday morning, then rallied to defeat Kalyani Iyer of team champion Vassar, 6-9, 9-3, 9-4, 9-4, in the afternoon to complete her perfect, 4-0 round-robin record. Entering the championships -- the first hosted by Haverford since the inaugural tournament in 2000 -- the Fords' best finishes had been fourth-place in 2001 and 2003.

Charlotte Koeniger and Sarah Powell won hard-fought, five-game decisions against Wellesley's #2 Ayoko Kubodera and #3 Emily Oldshue, respectively, while Jen Millman and Julie Herskowitz never trailed in their wins at numbers 7 and 9. Devon Hercher won all four of her weekend matches in three straight games to earn top honors among the non-scoring #10 players.

All-tournament selections besides Scherb included Mount Holyoke #1 Pam Anckermann (Fr., Guatemala City, Guatemala / Monte Alto), Vassar numbers 2 through 7 Katie Siegel (Sr., Northampton, Mass. / Northampton HS), Nadia Jihad (So., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / International School), Judy Jarvis (Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. / Germantown Friends), Teddy Weiss (Fr., Millwood, Va. / Holton-Arms School), Blair Komar (Jr., Clinton, N.J. / Choate Rosemary Hall) and Amalia Sax-Bolder (So., New Rochelle, N.Y. / Horace Mann), plus Mount Holyoke #9 Danielle Babcock (So., Lexington, Mass. / Lexington HS).

HAVERFORD -- Emma Bartlett, Jen Millman and Allyson Scherb were double-winners at positions 6-7-8, respectively, as depth nearly proved the difference for the hosts in tough Day One losses at the Seven Sisters Championship in Haverford's new Gardner Center courts.

Bartlett rallied to defeat Smith's Sarah Pritchard in the morning, 2-9, 9-6, 9-6, 8-10, 9-6, then battled back again for a 7-9, 9-7, 10-9, 10-8 win against Holyoke's Holly Gage in the afternoon. Millman and Scherb won both of their matches in three straight games, while Julie Herskowitz rebounded from a five-game loss versus Smith #9 Mary Opler with a 9-7, 4-9, 9-5, 3-9, 9-6 win over MHC's Danielle Babcock.

Jen Hurford won, 9-4, 9-4, 10-9, against Smith #5 Huong Nguyen to capture the only point for the Fords' top five in Saturday's portion of the five-team round-robin. Numbers 1 through 4 Elif Sen, Charlotte Koeniger, Sarah Powell and Betsy Schmidt will give it their best in Sunday's matches versus Wellesley and three-time defending Sisters champion Vassar.

HAVERFORD -- Emma Bartlett, Jenny Millman, Allyson Scherb and Devon Hercher were double-winners for the Fords (3-2), taking matches from their Brewer and Cavalier opponents at numbers 5-7-8-9, respectively.

Julie Herskowitz won, 9-1, 7-9, 9-6, 9-5, against Vassar #6 Lilia Toveska, while Sara Powell won, 5-9, 9-2, 10-9, 10-8, against UVA #3 Nancy Chen to provide decisive points for the hosts. Betsy Schmidt (#2) and Jen Hurford (#4) both lost in five games in Sunday's match against Virginia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Frosh Sarah Powell's 9-7, 4-9, 9-1, 7-9, 9-4 victory over GW #3 Lexi Miller proved to be the difference as the Fords (1-2) stunned the host Colonials on Saturday.

Jenny Millman, Allyson Scherb and Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo won the last three positions in four, three and four games, respectively, and Julie Herskowitz accepted a 9-6, 6-6 (ret.) victory over GW #5 Leah Sherman for Haverford's first point.

The Fords had been beaten by the Colonials, 6-3, in the opening tri-match at the Gardner Center courts on Nov. 12, with wins that day coming from Emma Bartlett, Millman and Scherb at numbers 6-7-8.

HAVERFORD -- Playing at home the women's team inaugurated the Gardner Center courts with a twin bill vs. F&M and George Washington U. The Fords bowed 7-2 to the Diplomats and 6-3 vs. GW yesterday.

Against F&M, the two Haverford points were scored by Allyson Scherb '07 at #8 with a 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 victory and Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo at #9 by 9-5, 9-2, 9-0. Devon Hercher '08 won an exhibition match.

Scherb repeated with a #8 win vs. GW, 10-8, 9-7, 5-9, 10-9. The other HC points came from Emma Bartlett '08 at # 6 (3-9,9-3, 9-3, 9-3) and Jenny Millman '09 at #7 (1-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-1).

#3 Sarah Powell '09,#4 Julie Herskowitz '06 and #9 Wilson-Elizondo extended opponents to four games.

Associate Director of Athletics Penny Hinckley threw out the first ball and an exhibition between pro squash players Dani Davis and Amy Milanek highlighted the opening-day festivities.