WALLINGFORD, Conn.--The 15th-ranked Hobart squash team assured itself of the program's highest finish in the College Squash Association Championships with a 5-4 victory over No. 11 Amherst in the semifinals of the Hoehn Trophy. The Statesmen will face ninth-ranked Williams for the Hoehn Trophy, the second division (teams 9-16) of the five division event, at noon, on Feb. 29.
The Statesmen can finish no worse than 10th in the final CSA standings, besting the program's previous high-water mark by one spot.
The victory improved Hobart's record to 15-8, and marked the second time in as many matches that the Statesmen had bumped off a higher seed. Hobart defeated No. 10 Brown in the Hoehn quarterfinals on Friday.
Hobart 5, Amherst 4
1 Tejvir Rathore (H) def. Mike Strong, 3-1 (9-2 9-3 6-9 9-0)
2 Auloke Mathur (A) def. Prateek Patni, 3-0 (9-5 9-1 9-3)
3 Gavin Johnstone-Butcher (H) def. Gifford Sommerkamp, 3-1 (9-5 1-9 9-6 9-5)
4 Henry Clutsam (H) def. Nick Haslett, 3-1 (10-9 9-2 3-9 9-3)
5 Andrew Scott (H) def. Tyler Mixter, 3-1 (8-10 9-1 9-1 9-2)
6 Tucker Crockett (H) def. Asad Haque, 3-0 (9-4 9-6 9-4)
7 Peter Hatfield (A) def. Freddy Cook, 3-0 (9-0 9-2 9-4)
8 Brian Lawrence (A) def. Andy Conrad, 3-0 (9-1 9-1 9-0)
9 Andrew Merle (A) def. Richard Reutter, 3-2 (6-9 5-9 9-6 9-1 9-4)
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