NEW HAVEN, Conn. - No. 7 Franklin & Marshall suffered a 6-3 setback to No. 6 Rochester in the consolation bracket of the College Squash Association (CSA) Team Championships on Saturday at Yale. The Diplomats (16-7) will face off against No. 5 Cornell tomorrow, while the Yellow Jackets (10-6) will meet No. 8 St. Lawrence in the consolation finals of the Potter Cup (A Division).
The Diplomats captured victories at spots 7-9 in the lineup as Jack Cutler (No. 7), Brian Henry (No. 8), and Dylan Cunningham (No. 9) each came away with wins in convincing fashion. Cutler and Cunningham registered straight-game wins with Cutler topping Xiaomen Meng 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, and Cunningham taking down Juan Herrera 11-3, 11-4, 12-10. Henry defeated William Mohr 11-1, 11-6, 2-11, 12-10.
No. 5 Antonio De La Torre was edged in a see-saw battle against Oscar Lopez Hidalgo that stretched to five games. De La Torre took the first game 11-6, before Lopez Hidalgo came storming back with 11-8, 12-10 wins in games two and three. De La Torre then stretched the match to five with an 11-9 game four triumph, but Lopez Hidalgo came away with an 11-7 score in the decisive game to snag the win.
No. 1 Guilherme de Melo, No. 2 Mauricio Sedano, and No. 3 Ryan Mullaney each fell in four games.
F&M will wrap up its season tomorrow against No. 5 Cornell at 9:00 a.m.
#6 Rochester 6, #7 Franklin & Marshall 3
1. Andres Duany (ROCH) def. Guilherme de Melo (F&M) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6 |
2. Neil Cordell (ROCH) def. Mauricio Sedano (F&M) 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9 |
3. Faraz Khan (ROCH) def. Ryan Mullaney (F&M) 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 |
4. Adam Perkiomaki (ROCH) def. P. Veiga de Almeida (F&M) 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 |
5. Oscar Lopez Hidalgo (ROCH) def. Antonio De La Torre (F&M) 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7 |
6. Karm Kumar (ROCH) def. Alex Arjoon (F&M) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 |
7. Jack Cutler (F&M) def. Xiaomen Meng (ROCH) 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 |
8. Brian Henry (F&M) def. William Mohr (ROCH) 11-1, 11-6, 2-11, 12-10 |
9. Dylan Cunningham (F&M) def. Juan Herrera (ROCH) 11-3, 11-4, 12-10 |