BRUNSWICK, Maine – The Bowdoin College men's squash team rallied for a pair of wins over Colby and Tufts to secure a fifth-place finish at the 2020 NESCAC Championship.
The Polar Bears (10-8) rebounded from a quarterfinal loss to Williams (8-1) to defeat Colby (5-4) on Saturday evening. Bowdoin then knocked off Tufts (5-4) on Sunday to earn the program's best finish at NESCAC's since 2010.
Weekend Highlights
- Bowdoin was eliminated from the championship portion of the tournament with an 8-1 setback to Williams on Saturday morning. Drew Clark accounted for the Polar Bears' lone win, taking a 3-1 victory at number eight.
- In the consolation round on Saturday evening against the Mules, Bowdoin got sweeps from John Milligan, Tyler Shonrock and Adham Sobhy at the number two through four spots.
- In the number one position Deven Kanwal earned a hard-fought 3-2 (10-12,10-12,11-8,11-7,11-7) victory to put Bowdoin on the brink of clinching. Henry Somerby finished off his opponent at number seven, 3-2 (11-6,11-9,8-11,14-16,12-10) to clinch it for the Polar Bears.
- In the fifth-place match Sunday morning against Tufts, Drew Clark (3-0), Carson Claar (3-0) and John Milligan (3-0) gave Bowdoin an early boost.
- Adham Sobhy took a 3-1 win at number four for the Polar Bears and, with the match tied at 4-4, Deven Kanwal came through again for Bowdoin, earning a comeback 3-1 victory (8-11,11-7,11-4,12-10). It is the program's best finish at NESCAC's since taking fourth at the 2010 conference tournament.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears will return to action later this month at the CSA National Tournament which begins on Feb. 28 in Cambridge, Mass.
