The No. 4-seeded Saints got wins at the top, middle, and bottom of their lineup as the St. Lawrence University men's squash team defeated No. 5-seeded Middlebury College 5-4 on Friday night in the Quarterfinals of the Summers Cup at the CSA Team Nationals in Hartford, Connecticut.
The Saints evened their record at 9-9 with the win, while Middlebury fell to 9-7.
The top-three for the Scarlet and brown were steady as always securing three sweeps. At number one
Lewis Anderson defeated Nathan Feinstein 11-5, 11-6, 11-9, then at number two,
Inwoo Lee took down Will Lichstein handily 11-2, 11-2, 11-3. Finally, at three,
Alejandro Moncada took on Caleb Boateng and had a back-and-forth opening game with Moncada winning 13-11. He would turn up the heat winning 11-3, 11-4 to secure the match.
At number five,
Vladimir Iglesias came up with a great win taking down Kian Kardstuncer 11-9, 11-9, 11-9.
Dean Brooker provided the fifth win for the Saints at nine where he lost the opening game to Alex Stimpson. Brooker would push back taking the next three games 11-8, 11-4, 11-7 to secure victory.
With the win, the Scarlet and Brown advance in the Summers Cup Semifinals tomorrow where they will take on top-seeded MIT, whom they beat two weeks ago 5-4, at 6:00 p.m.
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