Sports
Zeke Turner / The Dartmouth Senior Staff
The Dartmouth men's squash team shut out Brown with a resounding 9-0 victory, but the women suffered a hard-fought 5-4 loss on Saturday morning at the Berry Raquet Center.
The Dartmouth men (11-5, 1-3 Ivy) picked up their second consecutive 9-0 victory following a dominating performance against Hamilton College last Sunday.
This weekend's win was perhaps more significant, though, because it is the men's first victory in the Ivy League.
"This win is crucial for our team's confidence, especially after a tough loss to Cornell last weekend," co-captain Andrew Boumford '09 said.
Although Nick Sisodia '12, the men's team's number-two player, was sidelined with a minor injury, the Big Green men still dominated throughout the match.
Boumford and fellow captains Ted Newhouse '09 and Tyler Young '09 each won easily in three games at the number one, two and six spots, respectively.
Michael Lewis '11, Ted Schroeder '11 and Stephen Wetherill '12 all quickly disposed of their opponents as well.
The only matches that went to five games ended with Luke Lee '12 pulling out a 9-4 victory in the fifth game of his match at the number eight spot, and Michael Shrubb '10 clinching a victory at the number five spot with a 9-0 victory in his final game.
Boumford said the Big Green went into the match with confidence, and proved it could overcome some unexpected obstacles.
"Without Nick we had eight players step up to play higher positions," Boumford said, "Everyone came through to secure an expected jack-hammering.
