Boys’ Squash

The Tigers took the longest ride of the season for match #1 and ran into a top-heavy Trinity Pawling squad. The tigers were overmatched by the lions at the top of the ladder and could not manage a single game victory among the top five matches. The bottom of the ladder fared much better as the tigers won #s 6 & 7 as well as both exhibition matches at #s 8 & 9. Eric Choi ’27 won a five-game thriller at # 6 as did Ronan Sullivan ’26 at #8. #7 Soren Nelson ’26 and #9 Becket Santopietro ‘28 each cruised to straight game victories.

Had this been a nine-position college match, it would have been a nail-biter, but as a 7 man match the result was never in doubt. The tigers fought hard and will look to improve on he result when they host Pomfret on Saturday.

#1 Austin Rappaport’25 L 0-3 0, 3, 1 - 11

#2 Aidan Ryder ‘26 L 0-3 4, 1, 2 - 11

#3 Alex Suarez ‘26 L 0-3 2, 5, 1 - 11

#4 EJ Lee ‘26 L 0-3 0, 6, 6 - 11

#5 Alan Suarez ‘26 L 0-3 8, 6, 5 - 11

#6 Eric Choi ‘28 W 3-2 11-9, 7-11, 11-7. 7-11, 11-7

#7 Soren Nelson ‘26 W 3-0 11-7, 7, 5

#8 Ronan Sullivan ‘26 W 3-2 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-6

#9 Beckett Santopietro ‘ 28 W 3-0 11-6, 9, 2

First, congratulations to Coach Edwards and the JV team on their 5-2 victory, especially Ronan Sullivan and Becket Santopietro who won at numbers 1 & 2 respectively.

It was a tough day for the tiger varsity as they never got on track. Pomfret was more consistent and Suffield lacked the necessary intensity to respond in kind on this day. Every member of the top seven fell 0-3.

The tigers have two more chances to notch a win before winter vacation, when they host Salisbury and Williston for a tri-match on Wednesday, Dec. 18^th. They will try to right the ship then.

Congratulations to the B JV squash squad and Mr. Edwards for their sweep of KP this afternoon!

The varsity team was not as fortunate. Though they competed very well, led by EJ Lee’s tremendous effort at #2 against daunting odds, the tigers fell to the Wyverns 1-6.

#5 Soren Nelson ’26 earned the lone victory (3-1) among the top 7, thus securing his new ladder position which he had won through two challenge victories earlier in the week. #4 Aidan Ryder ’26 pushed his opponent to four games before falling. Several other games throughout the matches were decided by three points or fewer. Alas, none of them fell the in favor of the black and orange. Eric Choi ’28 won 3-0 at the #8 position, which was counted as the first JV position today. The final results were:

#1 Austin Rappaport ’25 L 0-3 6, 6, 8 -11

#2 EJ Lee ’26 L 0-3 3, 6, 8 - 11

#3 Alex Suarez ’26 L 0-3 8-11, 11-13, 6-11

#4 Aidan Ryder ’26 L 1-3 9-11, 5-11, (9), 8 -11

#5 Soren Nelson ’26 W 3-1 11-7, 8, (7) 7

#6 Alan Suarez ’25 L 0-3 6, 8, 7 - 11

#7 Ronan Sullivan ’26 L 0-3 8, 6, 8 - 11

#8 Eric Choi ’28 W 3-0 11-8, 13-11, 11-7

The team hopes to return to the win column on Wednesday when they travel to Williston.