The 17th-ranked Hobart College squash team will begin a four-match road trip Wednesday, Jan. 16, when it heads to Canton, New York, to take on St. Lawrence. The contest is set to start at 4 p.m.
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After the trip to Canton, Hobart will head to Clinton, to take on Wesleyan University on Jan. 19. The next day, the Statesmen will be Poughkeepsie against Vassar. Hobart will conclude the trip at 20th-ranked Middlebury on Sunday.
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Fans unable to make it to the matches can follow all the action with stats through Club Locker and live video on the Hobart schedule page.
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ABOUT HOBART
- Hobart is 3-5 overall and has won two straight matches. The Statesmen are coming off a 7-2 win over Navy on Sunday.
- First-year Dhirren Rajarathinam is the reigning Liberty League Rookie of the Week. He is 7-1 overall this season, including a 6-1 mark at No. 3. Against the Midshipmen, Rajarathinam moved up to No. 2 and posted a 3-0 sweep.
- Senior Hussein Labib has played all eight matches at No. 1. He has two wins.
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ABOUT ST. LAWRENCE
- The Saints are ranked 23rd in the College Squash Association and are 5-5 overall. St. Lawrence beat Brown 6-3 on Sunday.
- Athrva Yadav has a team-leading eight victories on the season. Patrick Walford is second with seven wins.
- Lewis Anderson has played the last two matches at No. 1. He is 2-0.
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ABOUT WESLEYAN
- Friday's match against the Cardinals will be played at Hamilton College.
- Wesleyan is 4-5 overall and will take on 16th-ranked MIT on Tuesday.
- Zack Idinopulos has a team-high six wins. He is 5-3 at No. 8 and has a win at No. 9. Dhairya Shah and Morgan Shatzman have five wins each.
- Nimai Kini has played all nine matches at No. 1. He is 4-5.
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ABOUT VASSAR
- The Brewers are 4-6 overall this season.
- Gabriel Lugo leads the team with seven wins. Kyle Benson is right behind him with six.
- Rithik Jalali is 2-7 at No. 1.
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ABOUT MIDDLEBURY
- The Panthers are 8-1 overall and will take on 11th-ranked Williams College on Saturday.
- Alex Stimpson and Gabe Thin share the team lead with eight wins each. David Zhao is 7-0 and Charlie Clifford is 6-0, playing in the bottom third of the lineup.
- Nathan Feinstein has played seven matches at No. 1. He is 3-4.