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Date: January 19, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Bates squash teams take wins over Colby

WATERVILLE, Maine --- Melissa Lue Yen won at the first position for the Bates College women and Ricky Weisskopf took a victory at the top spot for the Bates men as the Bobcats took squash victories over Colby College on Wednesday night.

The ninth-ranked Bates women (8-2) took an 8-1 win against 17th-ranked Colby (0-3), while the 10th-ranked Bates men (7-2) earned a 6-3 win against the 17th-ranked Mules (6-4).

Both Colby teams got wins from the second position players. Emilie Slack had the lone win for the women and Trevor McWilliams improved to 7-3 this season with a win for the men. The Colby players each took hard-fought victories, with Slack going five games and McWilliams losing the opening game before fighting back for a 3-1 win.

Andy Carr and Nate Stone had the other Colby wins in five games. Carr won game five 9-0 to take his match at the sixth position, while Stone won his first two games and then needed a 9-5 victory in the fifth game to pull out the win.

Women: Bates 8, Colby 1

#1: Melissa Lue Yen, B, d. Stacy Petro, 3-0 (9-2,9-2,9-2); #2: Emilie Slack, C, d. Kelsey Engman, 3-2 (9-7,9-6,4-9,8-10,9-7); #3: Charlotte Gerrish, B, d. Nikki Patel, 3-1 (0-9,9-5,9-2,9-2); #4: Jenny Loring, B, d. Nina Delano, 3-0 (9-3,9-4,9-1); #5: Sarah Persing, B, d. Julia Benedict, 3-0 (9-7,9-3,9-6); #6: Lisa Roberts, B, d. Rachel Luskin, 3-0 (9-0,9-3,9-0); #7: Schuyler Haynes, B, d. Jenny Abramson, 3-0 (9-0,9-0,9-1); #8: Maggie Smith, B, d. Kate Dziedzic, 3-0 (9-1,9-1,9-1); #9: Caroline Lemoine, B, d. Rose Becker, 3-0 (9-0,9-0,9-0)

Men: Bates 6, Colby 3

#1: Ricky Weisskopf, B, d. Ryan Phelan, 3-0 (9-2,9-1,9-4); #2: Trevor McWilliams, C, d. Gary Kan, 3-1 (4-9,9-1,10-9,10-8); #3: Jamie White, B, d. Ryan Maher, 3-1 (9-6,4-9,10-8,9-2); #4: Rob Weller, B, d. Mark Biggar, 3-0 (9-1,9-3,9-0); #5: Sean Wilkinson, B, d. Sam Weeks, 3-0 (9-7,9-1,9-1); #6: Andy Carr, C, d. Peter Goldsborough, 3-2 (6-9,9-0,5-9,9-4,9-0); #7: Alex Wolff, B, d. Brett Willis, 3-0 (9-1,9-0,9-4); #8: Nate Stone, C, d. Brian Greenleaf, 3-2 (9-1,9-6,6-9,8-10,9-5); #9: Ta Bhicharnchitr, B, d. Drew Moreland, 3-0 (9-0,9-4,9-4)