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Men's Squash Loses NESCAC Match Against Bates College 8-1

Brett Raskopf landed Tufts' lone victory against Bates

CAMBRIDGE – The Tufts University men's squash team was defeated 8-1 by Bates College in a match between NESCAC teams played at Harvard University on Friday night.

Bates is ranked 20th in the College Squash Association national poll this week and the Jumbos are at #24. The win evened the Bobcats' record at 6-6 while Tufts fell to 4-8.

The Jumbos were competitive in a losing effort. Their lone win came in five games while they also competed to four games in three matches. They scored over 25 points in a trio of three-game losses as well.

Senior co-captained Brett Raskopf outdueled Benni McCommish from Bates in the seventh match. Raskopf went long for a 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9 victory.

Jumbos Marco Rodriguez at #3, Alan Litman at #4 and Aidan Porges at #8 played four games. Litman and Porges both had 1-0 leads before their opponents rallied to win the match.

The #2 match between Tufts' Konrad Ladow and Bates' Mahmoud Yousry was a very challenging three games including a 17-15 score in the middle. Ladow earned 29 points in the loss. Likewise, both Dillon O'Shea at #5 and Salik Awan at #9 played tough in losses for the Jumbos, winning 26 points each.

Bates #1 Graham Bonnell scored an 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 win over Tufts' Raghav Kumar.

The Jumbos will face Hobart on Saturday in a match to be played at Mount Holyoke College. The Bobcats follow the same script with a match against Hobart at Mount Holyoke Saturday morning.

 

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Players Mentioned

Raghav Kumar

Raghav Kumar

Junior
Alan Litman

Alan Litman

Senior
Aidan Porges

Aidan Porges

Senior
Brett Raskopf

Brett Raskopf

Senior
Salik Awan

Salik Awan

Senior
Dillon O

Dillon O'Shea

Junior
Marco Rodriguez

Marco Rodriguez

Junior

Players Mentioned

Raghav Kumar

Raghav Kumar

Junior
Alan Litman

Alan Litman

Senior
Aidan Porges

Aidan Porges

Senior
Brett Raskopf

Brett Raskopf

Senior
Salik Awan

Salik Awan

Senior
Dillon O

Dillon O'Shea

Junior
Marco Rodriguez

Marco Rodriguez

Junior