Wednesday, January 16, 2002

TRINITY MEN'S SQUASH BLOWS
OUT THIRD RANKED YALE

New Haven, Conn.- Senior co-captain Lefika Ragontse (Gaborone, Botswana) allowed just four points in his 3-0 victory at the No. 3 position, leading the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 9-0 win over the Yale University Bulldogs in men’s squash action this evening. Trinity, ranked No. 1 in the nation, improves to 2-0 with its 54th consecutive victory. Yale was ranked No. 3 in the nation entering the match. Trinity freshman Bernardo Samper (Bogota, Colombia), the top-ranked player in the nation, swept Yale No. 1 and the nation's No. 16 player Anshul Manchanda (Allahabad, India), 9-0, 9-7, 9-3.

MATCH RESULTS

1. TC- Bernardo Samper d. Anshul Manchanda 3-0 9-0, 9-7, 9-3

2. TC- Michael Ferreira d. Josh Schwartz 3-0 9-1, 9-1, 9-4

3. TC- Lefika Ragontse d. Aftab Mathur 3-0 9-3, 9-0, 9-1

4. TC- Jonathan Smith d. Gavin Cumberbatch 3-0 9-1, 9-2, 9-2

5. TC- Rohan Bhappu d. Ryan Byrnes 3-2 9-6, 7-9, 9-2, 7-9, 9-2

6. TC- Nadeem Osman d. Peter Grote 3-0 9-6, 9-6, 9-2

7. TC- Rohan Juneja d. Chris Olsen 3-0 9-7, 9-3, 9-2

8. TC- Peter Malloy d. Albert McCrery 3-0 9-7, 9-5, 9-6

9. TC- Carl Baglio d. Alex Ende 3-2 5-9, 4-9, 9-6, 9-7, 9-4

Trinity (Conn.) 9 Yale 0