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PRINCETON TOP's YALE 5-4 TO FORCE SHOWDOWN FOR IVY TITLE WITH HARVARD
TRINITY SCORES DOUBLE 5-4 WINS OVER HARVARD AT CAMBRIDGE BEFORE 1000
Gabel Gives Men's Squash Team Big Win Over Yale Tigers top Bulldogs 5-4, will
face Harvard for league title Feb. 3, 2001
Sunday Feb 3, 2001 (From Princeton
Sports Information Department)
Harrison Gabel rallied from a game down to deliver to the tiebreaking point
and lead Princeton to a 5-4 win over Yale in a key Ivy League men's squash
match. The victory sets up a showdown next Sunday in Princeton against Harvard
for the Ivy League title, which Princeton wrestled away from the Crimson after
a 10-year run.
With the score tied 4-4, Gabel, Princeton's No. 9 player, came from behind to defeat Ziad Haider in four games to give the Tigers the victory. Princeton had trailed 3-1 after the first round of matches before taking the match. David Yik, Peter Kelly, Dan Rutherford and Eric Pearson all won for the Tigers.
Princeton (7-0, 4-0) 5, Yale 4 - Men
No. 1 - David Yik (P) d. Anshul Manchanda 3-0
No. 2 - Peter Grote (Y) d. Will Evans 3-1
No. 3 - Peter Kelly (P) d. Chris Olsen 3-0
No. 4 - Dan Rutherford (P) d. Blake Gilpin 3-1
No. 5 - Eric Pearson (P) d. Aftab Mather 3-0
No. 6 - Ryan Burns (Y) d. Marshall Sebring 3-0
No. 7 - A.J. McCreery (Y) d. Randolph McEvoy 3-0
No. 8 - Josh Barenbaum (Y) d. Will Osnato 3-1
No. 9 - Harrison Gabel (P) d. Ziad Haider 3-1
TRINITY WINS 5-4 AGAINST HARVARD IN MEN's
AND WOMEN's. Women's team could claim their first National Championship
(By Ron Beck)
Once again Trinity and Harvard gathered in the cauldron of the Harvard Squash Courts to provide drama, entertainment, heart, guts, and suspense for 1000 or so totally exhuberent Harvard fans.
First on court were the women, with Harvard
ranked first but Trinity having worked all 
year
for this opportunity to engineer the big upset. Trinity's #1, Amina Helal,
scored a surprisingly easy victory over Harvard's Louisa Hall.
The Harvard crowd, packed into the concrete stands and noisily waving crimson flags, fed energy to the Harvard team. Trinity's early confidence builder melted away and the two teams finally stood at 4 matches each with only two competitors on court, Trinity's Clare Austin and Harvard's Virginia Brown.
Austin, the match-tough freshman, from England, silenced the crowd with a gutsy four game victory that gave the Trinity women the upset win. With Penn's win over Princeton on Jan 31st, Trinity is a commanding position to earn the National Championship. Their only possible roadblock is possible spoiler Princeton who Trinity plays on February 24th. The Princeton women have already lost to both Penn and Brown but potentially could give both Trinity and Harvard trouble.
[go to women's match photogallery]
OVERCOMING
A HANDICAP
With energy and emotions high, the Harvard men took the stage hoping to even
the score for the day.
Trinity arrived in Cambridge with a huge handicap - their top player John Smith and their ninth player, Bhappu, were both at home with the flu.
"I didn't think we could do it with that handicap," said Trinity coach Paul Assaiante. "The Harvard crowd was totally stirred up, noisy, with red flags waving everywhere. There was so much energy for the Harvard players to feed on, we would have to be very lucky to come away with the win."
HARVARD ON THE EDGE
With the match standing at two wins apiece, Gray Witchell put Harvard up 3
matches to 2 with three left to play.
Harvard #2, Pete Karlen, had said before the match, " we are gonna pull it off this year... ." Peter did, earning a surprisingly decisive 3-game victory over Lafike Ragonste at the #2 position.
But at that point, Trinity #1 Michael Ferreira put forth a focused and masterful effort, taking home a 3-0 win. Then when Juneja gained a four game win over Dylan Patterson, the final match between and Nick Kyme became anticlimatic.
"This was a really special win for us... really emotional" said Paul Assaiante.
[go to men's match photogallery]
Trinity (Conn.) Men 5 Harvard 4
1. TC- Michael Ferriera d. Deepak Abraham 3-0 15-11, 15-9, 15-11
2. H- Peter Karlen d. Lefike Ragontse 3-0 15-6, 15-7, 16-14
3. H- Shondip Ghosh d. Nickolas Kyme 3-1 17-15, 10-15, 17-16, 15-11
4. TC- Akhil Behl d. James Bullock 3-1 15-6, 6-15, 15-9, 15-10
5. TC- Rohan Juneja d. Dylan Patterson 3-2
6. H- Andrew Merrill d. Gaurav Juneja 3-1 15-7, 15-12, 10-15, 15-7
7. H- Grayson Witcher d. Loua Coetzee 3-2 11-15, 15-8, 15-12, 10-15, 15-7
8. TC- Patrick Malloy d. Thomas Storch 3-0 15-2, 15-5, 15-6
9. TC- Nadeem Osman d. Issac Whitman 3-1 15-4, 17-15, 15-17, 15-5
Trinity (Conn.) Women 5 Harvard 4
1. TC- Amina Helal d. Louisa Hall 3-0 9-2, 9-7, 9-0
2. TC- Janine Thompson d. Margaret Elias 3-0 9-2, 10-8, 9-3
3. H- Carlin Wing d. Pam Saunders 3-2 4-9, 9-1, 9-4, 6-9, 9-3
4. TC- Samantha Lewins d. Colby Hall 3-2
5. TC- Clare Austin d. Virginia Brown 3-1 9-0, 9-5, 1-9, 9-2
6. H- Ella Witcher d. Mollie Anderson 3-2
7. H- Katie Gregory d. Liz Frank 3-0 9-3, 9-6, 9-7
8. TC- Carolynne Minkowski d. Ashley Harmeling 3-1 3-9, 1-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-6
9. H- Kristin Wadhwa d. Amy Brown 3-0 9-6, 9-6, 9-2
