Feb. 16, 2008

Complete Results

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The ninth-ranked Rochester squash team defeated 13th-ranked Navy, 7-2, in the semifinals of the Hoehn Division at the 2008 College Squash Association Championship Saturday in Cambridge, Mass. The Yellow Jackets swept the top five spots on the ladder, with Navy taking a pair of wins among the bottom four. It marked Navy's second loss to Rochester this season, losing during the regular season, 6-3.

"We had a good effort from the team today, but it just didn't go our way in the end," said eighth-year Navy head coach Craig Dawson.

Junior Christopher Zipf (Gladwyne, Pa.) earned a 3-1 decision over freshman Edwin Goncharuk at No. 6 to give the Mids their first win. Meanwhile, classmate Allen Hartley (Charleston, W.Va.) won the last two games of a five-gamer to earn a 3-2 victory over junior Ori Goldman at No. 9.

Junior Michael Beautyman Jr (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) nearly knocked off second-year standout Yohay Wakabayashi at No. 5. Beautyman Jr won the opening game, 9-2, before Wakabayashi came storming back to take games two and three. Beautyman Jr forced a fifth game when he claimed a 9-7 win in the fourth, but it would be Wakabayashi's day as he earned the win via a 9-5 victory in the fifth.

Meanwhile, sophomore Hameed Ahmed, a Finland native who is ranked seventh nationally, handed Navy senior Tucker George (West Hartford, Conn.) his first loss of the year in a 9-2, 10-9, 9-0 decision at No.1.

The Mids will battle 11th-ranked Cornell Sunday at 9:00 am to determine who will finish 11th in the championship. Cornell missed its shot at the 9/10 match after dropping a 6-3 decision to Bates Saturday afternoon.

Rochester def. Navy, 7-2Feb. 16, 2008 • Cambridge, Mass.1   Hameed Ahmed (R) def. Tucker George (N)              3-0   9-2, 10-9, 9-02   Jim Bristow (R) def. Nils Mattsson (N)               3-0   9-1, 9-1, 9-13   Will Newnham (R) def. Jeff Sawin (N)                 3-0   9-5, 9-0, 9-44   Fred Reid (R) def. Allan Lutz (N)                    3-0   9-6, 9-0, 9-25   Yohay Wakabayashi (R) def. Michael Beautyman Jr (N)  3-2   2-9, 9-2, 9-3, 7-9, 9-56   Christopher Zipf (N) def. Edwin Goncharuk (R)        3-1   9-4, 0-9, 9-2, 9-37   Alex Lee (R) def. Ben Mantica (N)                    3-1   9-3, 9-4, 6-9, 9-58   Robert McDavid (R) def. Brian Hamilton (N)           3-0   9-1, 9-0, 10-89   Allen Hartley (N) def. Ori Goldman (R)               3-2   7-9, 9-4, 8-10, 9-7, 9-7