Ephs Give Powerhouse Harvard a Scare and Sweep Midd and Tufts

The Ephs had a battle against Harvard on Sunday. Williams really displayed its depth, winning all three matches on the bottom court.

Jeremy Herrmann ’11 set the tone, taking his first game decisively. Then It was back and forth until Herrmann took the decisive 5th game 11-9. Next-door on court two #6 Julian Drobetsky ’13 was also in a nail-biter against senior Frank Cohen. Cohen’s experience paid off in the 5th game taking the decisive game 11-7.

The top of the Eph’s fought hard but couldn’t win a game off of the talented Harvard top four. Bernard Yaros ’10 and Harvard’s Jason Michas had similar deliberate and consistent style of play that made for a marathon of a five game match. Jason narrowly took the 5th 12-10.

Freshmen Greaves-Tunnell and Nick Marks took Herrmann’s example and showed the depth of the Williams side. After losing the first game, Greaves-Tunnell never looked back and won the next three outright. Marks was the only Williams player not to drop a game, displaying some very talented shot-making especially in the final points of the third game. Williams was disappointed by the loss but excited by the performance by the back of the ladder, and to be competing with such a perennial powerhouse.

No. 1 Colin West (H) def. William Morris (W) 3-0: 11-8, 11-3, 11-2
No. 2 Richard Hill (H) def. Ethan Buchsbaum (W) 3-0: 11-5, 12-10, 11-7
No. 3 Zeke Scherl (H) def. Will Gruner (W) 3-0: 11-8, 11-3, 11-9
No. 4 J. Reed Endresen (H) def. Christian Henze (W) 3-0: 11-2, 11-9, 11-8
No. 5 Jason Michas (H) def. Bernard Yaros (W) 3-2: 9-11, 11-8, 11-4, 9-11, 12-10
No. 6 Franklin Cohen (H) def. Julian Drobetsky (W) 3-2: 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5
No. 7 Nick Marks (W) def. Alex Lavoie (H) 3-0: 13-11, 12-10, 12-10
No. 8 Alexander Greaves-Tunnell (W) def. Alexander Ma (H) 3-1: 4-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
No. 9 Jeremy Herrmann (W) def. William Ahmed (H) 3-2: 11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-13, 11-9
No. 10 Charles Gertler (H) def. Ryan Eagan (W) 3-1: 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8

Williams defeated Middlebury 9-0. Will Morris had a close five-gamer with talented Middlebury #1 Valentin Quan. Pulling it out 11-9 in the fifth game. In their first matches in the top 9 Freshman Ryan Eagan and Jack Ervasti played mature and competitive squash, both defeating their opponent in 3 games.

1- wllms W. Morris def. Valentin Quan (9), (8), 4, 6, 9

2- wllms E. Buchsbaum def. Jay Dolan 7, 6, 6

3- wllms B. Yaros def. Spencer Hurst 6, 6, 5

4- wllms J. Drobetsky def. Addi DiSesa 4, 3, 4

5- wllms N. Marks def. Simon Keyes 4, 8, 14-12

6- wllms A. Greaves-T def. Eliot Jia 12-10, 4, 3

7- wllms J. Hermann def. Micah Wood 4, 7, 9

8- wllms R. Egan def. Mark Sorrentino 0, 5, 5

9- wllms J. Ervasti def. Reeve Waud 4, 6, 4

Williams beat Tufts 9-0 on Monday. In their debuts in the top nine, Aaron Seong, Eli Bronfman and Mike Pizzi didn’t disappoint. They showed steel nerves and the real depth of the Williams team this year.

1. Will Gruner (W) def. John Subranni (T) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4
2. Christian Henze (W) def. Zach Bradley (T) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9
3. Julian Drobetsky (W) def. Sheldon Taylor (T) 11-4, 13-11, 11-8
4. Nick Marks (W) def. Max Dalury (T) 11-7, 11-4, 11-8
5. Alec Greaves-Tunnell (W) def. Henry Miller (T) 11-13, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5
6. Ryan Eagan (W) def. Scott Leighton (T) 13-11, 11-9, 11-6
7. Aaron Seong (W) def. Will Salisbury (T) 11-3, 11-6, 11-2
8. Eli Bronkeman (W) def. Chris Stoj (T) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
9. Mike Pizzi (W) def. Tyler Krinan (T) 11-2, 11-8, 11-4