No. 14 Men's Squash Falls at 11th-Ranked Brown, 8-1

January 22, 2002

Sophomore Asad Haque extended Brown first-year Jay Beidler to five games before falling 3-2

AMHERST, MA - Despite a 3-0 shutout win by first-year phenom Gifford Sommerkamp (Bethesda, MD), the 14th ranked Amherst College men's squash team fell at 11th ranked Brown University, 8-1, on Tuesday. The loss was Amherst's fourth straight - all to nationally-ranked Ivy League opponents - while Brown improved to 2-3 after beginning the season with a trio consecutive losses.

Aside from Sommerkamp, junior co-captain John Holodnak (Wellesley, MA) and sophomore Asad Haque (Richmond Hill, Ontario) were the only other Amherst players to extend their Brown opponents past three games. Holodnak fell to fourth-seeded Brown senior Rishal Sawhney (New Delhi, India), 3-1 (9-3, 9-1, 3-9, 9-7), while Haque lost to seventh-seeded first-year Jay Beidler (Chicago, (IL), 3-2 (8-10, 10-8, 6-9, 9-6, 9-7).

Amherst returns to action on Wednesday for a pair of home matches against visiting M.I.T. and Trinity College.

Tuesday, January 22, 2002 @ Brown University (Providence, RI)
Brown University 8 - Amherst College 1

1) Benjamin Oliner (Brown) def. Michael Strong (10-8, 9-0, 9-6)
2) Henry Clark (Brown) def. Carlo Valdesolo (9-4, 10-8, 9-4)
3) Gifford Sommerkamp (Amh) def. Bradley Corona (9-6, 9-6, 9-2)
4) Rishal Sawhney (Brown) def. John Holodnak (9-3, 9-1, 3-9, 9-7)
5) Sean O'Boyle (Brown) def. David Bauer (9-2, 9-5, 9-5)
6) Will O'Boyle (Brown) def. John Brody (9-1, 9-6, 9-4)
7) Jay Beidler (Brown) def. Asad Haque (8-10, 10-8, 6-9, 9-6, 9-7)
8) Robert Park (Brown) def. Brian Lawrence (9-3, 9-4, 9-4)
9) Gavin Watson (Brown) def. Andrew Merle (9-1, 9-7, 9-3)

EXHIBITION............................................................
10) Justin Wong (Brown) def. Chris Kane (9-2, 9-4, 9-1)