Yale Opens Season With 9-0 Victory Over Williams
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale men's squash team opened its regular season schedule with a
convincing 9-0 victory over Williams College Friday night at the Brady Squash Center. Yale (1-0) only dropped two
total games as a team, with 3-0 wins at the No. 1 through No. 8 positions.
Freshman Kenneth Chan began his collegiate career with a dominant performance at the No. 1 position, dropping only five combined points in the first two games. Fellow freshmen Richard Dodd and Hywel Robinson, playing in the No. 4 and 5 positions respectively, also earned their first wins at Yale.
Senior captain Todd Ruth earned a victory over Ethan Buchsbaum in a hard fought match at the No. 2 position. Sophomore Samuel Clayman overcame a 2-1 deficit to earn the victory over Jeremy Herrmann at the No. 9 position, winning the fourth game 11-7 before emerging victorious in a thrilling 15-13 fifth game.
The Bulldogs will next be in action on Dec. 5 when they travel to Philadelphia to take on the Penn Quakers at 11 a.m.
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| Yale University | Williams | Score |
| 1S | Chan,Kenneth | Morris,William | 11-2,11-3,11-7 |
| 2S | Ruth,Todd | Buchsbaum,Ethan | 12-10,11-7,11-7 |
| 3S | Roberts,John | Gruner,Will | 11-4,11-7,15-13 |
| 4S | Dodd,Richard | Henze,Christian | 11-5,11-3,11-5 |
| 5S | Robinson,Hywel | Yaros,Bernard | 11-5,11-5,11-5 |
| 6S | Berner,Robert | Drobetsky,Julian | 11-9,13-11,11-3 |
| 7S | Plimpton,Christopher | Marks,Nick | 11-8,11-6,11-2 |
| 8S | Dowd,Ryan | Greaves-Tunnell,Alexander | 11-4,11-2,11-9 |
| 9S | Clayman,Samuel | Herrmann,Jeremy | 11-9,3-11,10-12,11-7,15-13 |
report by Alex Milvae '12, Yale Sports Publicity