Three Saints Advance in Main Draw at Nationals
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Tara FreemanIbrahim Khan earned a 3-2 victory to advance to the round of 16 at nationals.
March 1: Three members of the St. Lawrence University men's squash team advanced in the main draw of individual nationals in Hartford, CT on Friday.
In the Pool Division (A), Amr Khaled Khalifa went 2-0 on the day to advance to tomorrow's quarterfinals. He opened with a 3-0 victory over Johan Detter of Trinity (11-6, 11-7, 11-8) and followed that up with a win over Harvard's Brandon McLaughlin, 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-5). He will faceTyler Osborne of Princeton at 1:30pm tomorrow afternoon.
In the Molloy Division (B), Sebastian Riedelsheimer and Ibrahim Khan both advance to tomorrow's matches in the round of 16. Riedelsheimer swept Middlebury's Parker Hurst in the second round (11-8, 11-2, 11-8) after receiving a bye in the first round. Khan, who also received a first round bye, earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Ibrahim Bakir of Drexel (8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 3-11, 11-9).
Kyle Ogilvy swept Kristian Muldoon of Bates (13-11, 11-6, 11-6) in the round of 64 before falling to Navy's Andrew McGuinness by the scores of 11-8, 17-15, 11-8.
Pool Division (A)
32: Amr Khaled
Khalifa (SLU) def. Johan Detter (Trinity) 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-8)
16: Amr Khaled Khalifa (SLU) def. Brandon
McLaughlin (Harvard) 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-5)
Q: Amr Khaled Khalifa (SLU) vs. Tyler
Osborne (Princeton) 3/2 1:30pm
Molloy Division (B)
64: Kyle Ogilvy (SLU)
def. Kristian Muldoon (Bates) 3-0 (13-11, 11-6, 11-6)
64: Sebastian Riedelsheimer (SLU) vs.
BYE
64: Ibrahim Khan (SLU) vs. BYE
32: Andrew McGuinness (Navy) def. Kyle
Ogilvy (SLU) 3-0 (11-8, 17-15, 11-8)
32: Sebastian Riedelsheimer (SLU) def.
Parker Hurst (Middlebury) 3-0 (11-8, 11-2, 11-8)
32: Ibrahim Khan (SLU) def. Ibrahim
Bakir (Drexel) 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 3-11, 11-9)
16: Ibrahim Khan (SLU) vs. Karm Kumar (Rochester)
3/2 11:30am
16: Sebastian Riedelsheimer (SLU) vs. John
Steele (Wesleyan) 3/2 11:30am
Second Round Consolation:
C1: Kyle Ogilvy (SLU) def. Moustafa
Hamada (Trinity) Default
CQ: Kyle Ogilvy (SLU) vs. C. Garza or I
Bakir