Feb. 21: St. Lawrence University's men's squash team will make its first appearance in the College Squash Association Potter Cup championship match on Sunday after a 5-4 win over third-ranked Harvard on Saturday in the semifinals.
The Saints, now 15-1, will take on top-ranked Trinity College, the only team to beat SLU this season, in the 1:30 p.m. championship match at Trinity. Trinity beat Columbia 7-2 in the other Saturday semifinal.
The Saints are making their third appearance in the Potter Cup bracket which features the top eight teams in the nation. They finished sixth as the eighth seed in 2013 and fifth as the fourth seed a year ago.
Four-game matches were the order of the day in the match between the Saints and Harvard.
Amr Khalifa, playing in the one spot in the lineup and in the second set of three-match rounds on Saturday clinched things with a 4-1 win over Madhav Dhingra, 9-11, 11-1, 11-4, 12-10 for the fifth Saint match win of the day.
Saint freshmen
Lockie Munro,
Edgar Zayas and
Ahmed Bayoumy all won their matches against the Crimson. Munro won in five at eight, beating Matt Roberts 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9 while Zayas beat Dylan Murray in four at two, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 and Bayoumy beat Bradley Smith in four at three, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10. Senior
Chris Fernandez won 11-5, 9-11, 11-5, 11-1 at nine.
Harvard earned match wins at four through seven as Devin McLaughlin beat the Saints
Hussien Elrayes 11-8, 5-11, 11-5, 11-9 at six and Bryan Koh was a five-game winner over Saint senior
Anderson Good at five, coming back from 9-11 and 6-11 losses with 11-9, 13-11 and 11-6 wins. David Ryan of Harvard beat Saint senior
Ibrahim Khan in straight games 11-6, 11-5, 11-3, the only match to be decided in three in the four spot. Tyler Olson beat
Duncan Maxwell in five at seven 8-11,9-11,11-8,11-8,11-4.
Sebastian Reidelsheimer won the exhibition match at 10 in five games.