CANTON, N.Y.—The Hobart squash team finished sixth at the 2026 Liberty League Men's Squash Championship at St. Lawrence's Robbie Squash Center this past weekend.
 
The Statesmen finished the weekend with a 1-2 record. Hobart beat Bard 6-0. The Statesmen nearly picked up a second win in the tournament, but were edged by Vassar.  
 
FOR THE RECORD

• Senior Javier De La Vega picked up his team leading fifth win of the season, winning two matches this afternoon.
• First-years Caio Paiva and Gabriel Garcia are right behind him with four wins each.

 
AGAINST THE SAINTS

• The Statesmen opened the tournament against the hosts, St. Lawrence. The Saints won seven of their nine points in 3-0 sweeps.
• Paiva had the closest match on Saturday. Despite losing 3-1, he battled hard, falling 13-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7 to Miguel Psada Villa.
• Garcia also lost 3-1

 
AGAINST THE RAPTORS

• The Statesmen cruised past Bard, posting six 3-0 sweeps.
• At No. 1, first-year Adam Le won 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, collecting his third win of the year.
• De La Verga bested Jonas Erasmus, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6.
• Peter Vorbach only dropped two points in his match with Leo Wainberg-Wolski. The final score was 11-0, 11-2, 11-0.
• Garcia defeated Kasiem Washington, 11-0, 11-5, 1—15.
• Mason Graham and Miles Mackey lost just five and three points, respectively, in their matches at No. 5 and No. 6.

AGAINST THE BREWERS

• Vassar slipped past the Statesmen 5-4 in the final match of the day.
• The Brewers had three sweeps in the match.
• Jayden Saldana had the closest match of the day, falling to Alexander Thorn, 10-12, 13-11, 11-5, 4-111, 16-14 in the No. 8 spot.
• Three of Hobart's points came in the top three spots of the lineup.
• Le beat, Matthew Okulski, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4. It was Le's second win of the day and third win of the season.
• Paiva knocked off Konstantinos Georgallides, 11-5, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9 at No. 2. It was Pavia's second win over Georgallides this season.
• De La Vega bested Kyle Benson, 11-5, 4-11, 13-11, 11-6.
• Garcia rallied to win a tight battle with Gabriel Lugo, 8-11, 11-5, 11-1, 9-11, 11-7.

 
UP NEXT
Hobart will be back in action next Saturday, Feb. 21, when it returns to the North Country to take on St. Lawrence. The match is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.