CANTON, N.Y.—The Hobart squash team split its matches on the opening day of the 2024 Liberty League Men's Squash Championships held at St. Lawrence today. The Statesmen defeated Bard 9-0 and then were edged by the hosts 5-4 in the semifinals.
 
Hobart is now 7-9 overall on the season and will progress to the third-place match were it will take on Dennison tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.  
 
FOR THE STATESMEN

• Dhirren Rajarathinam and Javier De La Vega were 2-0 on the day. Rajarathinam had two 3-0 sweeps.
•  Hobart earned 12 of their 13 points in 3-0 sweeps in the matches with St. Lawrence and Bard.

 
AGAINST THE RAPTORS

• Hobart, which was the second seed, against seventh-seeded Bard. Hobart did not loose a single game in the match.
• In the No. 1 spot, Hussein Labib beat Artemy Mukhin, 11-3, 11-3, 11-9. It was Labib's sixth win on the year.
• Rajarathinam bested Luca Heidelberg, for his ninth straight win. Rajarathinam lost only four points.
• De La Vega bested Will Egan, 11-1, 11-3, 11-3.
• Roberto Vega cruised past Ali Mounim Rajabi, 11-3, 11-2, 11-2.
• First-year Marwan Hesham Ali rolled to an 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 victory in the fifth spot.
• Matthew Aldana swept Sachin Wijay, 11-1, 11-4, 11-2.
• Angel Ripolles knocked off Jacob Nathan, 11-3, 11-3, 11-2.
• Sayf Elhawary lost only three points as he beat Cody Coon, 11-1, 11-1, 11-1.
• Raji Davenport won 11-3, 11-3 , 11-2 at No. 9.

 
AGAINST THE SAINTS

• Rajarathinam won his team-leading 14th match of the year, besting St. Lawrence's Alexander Scott, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5. Rajarathinam has won 10-straight matches and is 14-1 on the season
• In the No. 3 spot, Omar Kiwan beat Harrison Callaway, 12-10, 11-1, 11-4. Kiwan is 10-5 this season with a 6-1 mark in the No. 3 spot.
• Joseph Raskin Lantos bested Harry Roson, 11-9, 11-7,11-5, at No. 4. It was Raskin Lantos' fourth win of the season.
• In the closest match of the day, De La Vega edged Oliver Bikhazi-Green, 12-10, 8-11, 11-13, 11-8, 11-7. De La Vega is now 8-8 on the year.