No. 6 Big Green Suffer Setback Against No. 4 Trinity, 8-1

Saturday, January 19

Hanover, N.H.

2:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Trinity

Photo by: Doug Austin

No. 6 Big Green Suffer Setback Against No. 4 Trinity, 8-1

1/19/2019 6:22:00 PM | Men's Squash

HANOVER, N.H. – The No. 6 Big Green men's squash team took on a tough opponent in No. 4 Trinity Saturday afternoon and fell, 8-1 at home. This puts a stop to Dartmouth's three match winning streak and drops its record to 6-2, while Trinity improves to 8-1.

There were many exciting matches going on throughout the day. Matt Giegerich came away with a victory, defeating his opponent in four games, he took the first two 11-8 and 11-9, fell in the third, but bounced back to take the fourth, 17-15, in a thriller.

The best match of the day would eventually go down as a tough loss for Jack Bell. The freshman forced a fifth game that neither side wanted to give up. Trinity's Will Curtis eventually came out on top by a score of 21-19 to the win match.

Sam Epley, Brandon De Otaduy, Max Finkelstein and James Bell all forced four games, but could not capture a victory.

Dartmouth travels to the University of Rochester next for a 12 p.m. start on Saturday.

MATCH RESULTS
1. TC- Kush Kumar def. Carson Spahr, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
2. DC- Matt Giegerich def. Tom De Mulder, 11-8, 11-9, 3-11, 17-15
3. TC- Thoboki Mohohlo def. Sam Epley, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9
4. TC- Ziad Sakr def. Brandon De Otaduy, 5-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-6
5. TC- Aly Tolba def. Max Finkelstein, 11-7, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6
6. TC- Aryaman Adik def. Tucker Martino, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4
7. TC- Andrew Lee def. James Bell, 11-3, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6
8. TC- Will Curtis def. Jack Bell, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 21-19
9. TC- Nku Patrick def. Sam Supattapone, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8
Trinity 8, Dartmouth 1