MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- The 24th-ranked Colby College men's squash team gave top-ranked Trinity College a tough match in a 7-2 loss to the Bantams at Wesleyan University on Sunday.
The Mules also fell 7-2 to 27th-ranked Dickinson College.
Cal Perkins won 3-1 at the eighth spot and Andrew Beacham took the ninth position match by a 3-2 score. Beacham trailed 2-1 in sets, but won 13-11 in the fourth set and cruised to an 11-3 victory in the fifth.
In the Dickinson match, Elliot Gross won at four in straight sets and Will Pepi did the same at the fifth position.
Trinity 7, Colby 2
1: Rick Penders, T, d. Will McBrian, 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-6)
2: Omar Allaudin, T, d. Patrick McCarthy, 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-1)
3: Andrew Lee, T, d. Benjamin Kwass, 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-6)
4: Mudit Pant, T, d. Elliot Gross, 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-8)
5: Patrick O'Sullivan, T, d. Will Pepi, 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7)
6: Nick Giacco, T, d. Jason Brodo, 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-3)
7: Andrew Dolente, T, d. Sam Hitt, 3-1 (11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 11-6)
8: Cal Perkins, C, d. Hollis McLoughlin, 3-1 (12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6)
9: Andrew Beacham, C, d. Mason Johnson, 3-2 (11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-3)
Dickinson 7, Colby 2
1: Abdelrahman Elsergany, D, d. Will McBrian, 3-2 (7-11,8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8)
2: Hal Holappa, D, d. Patrick McCarthy, 3-1 (11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8)
3: Alexander Wattles, D, d. Benjamin Kwass, 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6)
4: Elliot Gross, C, d. Andrew Sturdwick, 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6)
5: Will Pepi, C, d. Zach Najera, 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-2)
6: Harrison Mayo, D, d. Jason Brodo, 3-1 (11-8, 13-15, 12-10, 11-7)
7: Cory Litman, D, d. Sam Hitt, 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-6)
8: Vincent Warzecha, D, d. Charlie Beauregard, 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-9)
9: Nicholas Struzenski, D, d. Cal Perkins, 3-2 (11-7, 15-13, 4-11, 1-11, 11-9)