Saturday, February 21
Jadwin Squash Courts
12 p.m.
Princeton University
8
vs
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Rochester (Semifinal)
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Men's Squash Tops Rochester, Earns Championship Date With Trinity For Fourth Straight Year
February 21, 2009 | Men's Squash
Seniors Mauricio Sanchez, Kimlee Wong and Hesham El Halaby have played some historic matches on the Jadwin Squash Courts over the last four years. They hope their final one will be the most historic, as the Princeton squash senior captains will lead the Tigers against 10-time national champion Trinity Sunday at 1:30 p.m. in the 2009 national championship match.
This will be the fourth straight CSA Potter Cup national championship final for the No. 2 Princeton men's squash team, which earned a hard-fought 8-1 victory over the sixth-seeded Rochester Yellowjackets in the first semifinal Saturday at Jadwin. Princeton has already set program history this season by winning its fourth straight Ivy League title, and it will look for more Sunday against the team that has left the Tigers disappointed in each of the last three finals.
“We're very excited to be in the national final,” veteran head coach Bob Callahan said afterwards. “Give a lot of credit for Rochester for giving us quite a battle today. It's exactly what we needed heading into tomorrow's final.”
Princeton picked up a couple of quick three-game wins to take a 2-0 edge. Sophomore Peter Sopher dropped only six points in a win at the No. 9 spot, and El Halaby followed with a 9-6, 9-5, 9-4 win at the No. 6 position.
The toughest battle of the first shift came at the No. 3 spot, where Chris Callis had to rally from a 2-1 deficit to pick up a 4-9, 9-7, 1-9, 9-7, 9-5 win over Hameed Ahmed.
Princeton improved the lead to 4-0 with a 3-0 win by Santiago Imberton at the No. 8 spot. Kimlee Wong worked hard to earn a 9-3, 9-7, 9-4 win over Bennie Fischer to clinch the win and a berth in the final. Junior David Canner ended the shift with a five-game win of his own. Like Callis, he fought back from a 2-1 hole to earn an 8-10, 9-1, 5-9, 9-4, 9-3 victory.
The final shift saw Mauricio Sanchez drop only four points in a win at the No. 1 spot, while sophomore David Letourneau won two convincing games after splitting his first two. Freshman Kelly Shannon took Princeton's only defeat of the match, falling in four games at the No. 7 position.
Princeton will now face Trinity at 1:30 on Jadwin Courts 1, 3, 5. Admission is free, and courts 1 and 3 will be shown in different viewing areas in Jadwin. The match will also be streamed live on TigerZone. Trinity comes into the match with a 201- match win streak after its semifinal victory over Harvard; one of its toughest wins came last Saturday, when the Bantams fought off Princeton for a 5-4 win at Jadwin.
1) Mauricio Sanchez (P) d. Jim Bristow 2, 1, 1
2) Kimlee Wong (P) d. Bennie Fischer 3, 7, 4
3) Chris Callis (P) d. Hameed Ahmed (4), 7, (1), 7, 5
4) David Letourneau (P) d. Matt Domenick 10-8, (4), 2, 1
5) David Canner (P) d. Reed Endresen (8-10), 1, (5), 4, 3
6) Hesham El Halaby (P) d. Will Newnham 6, 5, 4
7) Joe Chapman (R ) d. Kelly Shannon 6, (3), 7, 3
8) Santiago Imberton (P) d. Adam Perkiomaki 3, 4, 3
9) Peter Sopher (P) d. Yohay Wakabayashi 4, 1, 1
This will be the fourth straight CSA Potter Cup national championship final for the No. 2 Princeton men's squash team, which earned a hard-fought 8-1 victory over the sixth-seeded Rochester Yellowjackets in the first semifinal Saturday at Jadwin. Princeton has already set program history this season by winning its fourth straight Ivy League title, and it will look for more Sunday against the team that has left the Tigers disappointed in each of the last three finals.
“We're very excited to be in the national final,” veteran head coach Bob Callahan said afterwards. “Give a lot of credit for Rochester for giving us quite a battle today. It's exactly what we needed heading into tomorrow's final.”
Princeton picked up a couple of quick three-game wins to take a 2-0 edge. Sophomore Peter Sopher dropped only six points in a win at the No. 9 spot, and El Halaby followed with a 9-6, 9-5, 9-4 win at the No. 6 position.
The toughest battle of the first shift came at the No. 3 spot, where Chris Callis had to rally from a 2-1 deficit to pick up a 4-9, 9-7, 1-9, 9-7, 9-5 win over Hameed Ahmed.
Princeton improved the lead to 4-0 with a 3-0 win by Santiago Imberton at the No. 8 spot. Kimlee Wong worked hard to earn a 9-3, 9-7, 9-4 win over Bennie Fischer to clinch the win and a berth in the final. Junior David Canner ended the shift with a five-game win of his own. Like Callis, he fought back from a 2-1 hole to earn an 8-10, 9-1, 5-9, 9-4, 9-3 victory.
The final shift saw Mauricio Sanchez drop only four points in a win at the No. 1 spot, while sophomore David Letourneau won two convincing games after splitting his first two. Freshman Kelly Shannon took Princeton's only defeat of the match, falling in four games at the No. 7 position.
Princeton will now face Trinity at 1:30 on Jadwin Courts 1, 3, 5. Admission is free, and courts 1 and 3 will be shown in different viewing areas in Jadwin. The match will also be streamed live on TigerZone. Trinity comes into the match with a 201- match win streak after its semifinal victory over Harvard; one of its toughest wins came last Saturday, when the Bantams fought off Princeton for a 5-4 win at Jadwin.
1) Mauricio Sanchez (P) d. Jim Bristow 2, 1, 1
2) Kimlee Wong (P) d. Bennie Fischer 3, 7, 4
3) Chris Callis (P) d. Hameed Ahmed (4), 7, (1), 7, 5
4) David Letourneau (P) d. Matt Domenick 10-8, (4), 2, 1
5) David Canner (P) d. Reed Endresen (8-10), 1, (5), 4, 3
6) Hesham El Halaby (P) d. Will Newnham 6, 5, 4
7) Joe Chapman (R ) d. Kelly Shannon 6, (3), 7, 3
8) Santiago Imberton (P) d. Adam Perkiomaki 3, 4, 3
9) Peter Sopher (P) d. Yohay Wakabayashi 4, 1, 1
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