MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The Hamilton College Continentals edged Wesleyan University 5-4 in a thrilling match with postseason implications on Sunday afternoon.
 
Hamilton posted its third win against a NESCAC opponent this season and increased the likelihood that the Continentals will qualify for the eight-team conference championship. The 2023 NESCAC Men's Squash Championship is at Williams College on Saturday, Feb. 11 and Sunday, Feb. 12.
 
Just two of nine matches ended in the minimum three games and four matches were decided in five games. Waleed Nisar '24 picked a great time for his first win this season against an opponent from a NESCAC school. Nisar rallied to win in five against John Sutherby at the third position as Nisar captured the fourth and fifth games by scores of 12-10 and 11-9, respectively.
 
Tate Burgin '25 also prevailed in five games against Jack Lungstrum at the eighth position. After edging Lungstrum in the first two games, Burgin cruised to an 11-2 victory in the deciding fifth game.
 
Jacob Shulman '26 swept Morgan Shatzman at the seventh position and allowed just seven points. Shulman leads the team with five wins this season.
 
Nicholas Carabatsos '24 defeated Zachary Idinopulos in three close games at the ninth position. Tate Suratt '24 collected his 22^nd career win at Hamilton by knocking off Abhinav Gupta in four games at the second position.


RESULTS

No. 24 Hamilton 5, No. 27 Wesleyan 4
February 5, 2023
Wesleyan's Rosenbaum Squash Center (Middletown, Conn.)

1. Nimai Kini (W) d. Tobey Suratt 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9)
2. Tate Suratt (H) d. Abhinav Gupta 3-1 (11-0, 10-12, 11-4, 11-3)
3. Waleed Nisar (H) d. John Sutherby 3-2 (12-10, 4-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9)
4. Shanay Sanghavi (W) d. William Rice 3-2 (11-6, 11-2, 7-11, 4-11, 11-7)
5. Toby Goldston (W) d. Ashby Howard 3-1 (11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 13-11)
6. Ethan Yan (W) d. Atreyus Bhavsar 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 13-11, 11-5)
7. Jacob Shulman (H) d. Morgan Shatzman 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-0)
8. Tate Burgin (H) d. Jack Lungstrum 3-2 (14-12, 12-10, 6-11, 7-11, 11-2)
9. Nicholas Carabatsos (H) d. Zachary Idinopulos 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-9)
Ex. Blake Davis (H) d. Milo Supasorn 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-4)

Records: Hamilton 4-7; Wesleyan 6-10.