Vassar College Athletics

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (November 11, 2009) – The Vassar College men’s squash team remained unbeaten with a 9-0 win over Bard College on Wednesday evening at Kenyon Courts.

The Brewers improve to 2-0 and will host Fordham University next Wednesday, November 18 at 6:00 p.m.

At the bottom of the ladder, the Brewers cruised through play, with 3-0 wins at the No. 4-9 spots. Vassar did not have such an easy time at the top spots, however. Senior No. 2 Arjun Agarwa pulled out a marathon five-game 11-8, 10-12, 13-11, 6-11, 11-5 over Bard’s Andrew Staby, and junior Arjun Jain picked up a 3-1 (11-6, 11-1, 11-12, 11-9) win over Raptor Ali Zain at the No. 3. At the top of the ladder, junior Mehdi Naqvi downed Bard’s Dylan Coburn, 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-6).


Vassar 9, Bard 0

1. Mehdi Naqvi (VC) def. Dylan Coburn (BC), 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 11-4, 11-6)
2. Arjun Agarwala (VC) def. Andrew Staby (BC), 3-2 (11-8, 10-12, 13-11, 6-11, 11-5)
3. Henk Isom (VC) def. Ali Zain (BC), 3-1 (11-6, 11-1, 11-12, 11-9)
4. Arjun Jain (VC) def. Maskim Tsikhanovich (BC), 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-5)
5. Kyle Holter (VC) def. Aiko Roudette (BC), 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-7)
6. Andrew Lindsay (VC) def. Andy Hoffman-Pantalona (BC), 3-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-6)
7. Ansser Sadiq (VC) def. Youseung Kim (BC), 3-0 (11-5, 11-0, 11-1)
8. Rob Ruggiero (VC) def. Houston Stebbins (BC), 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-3)
9. Max Middleton (VC) def. Mili Burger (BC), 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 11-0)