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Women?s squash finishes 13th at team nationals
Bowdoin finished 13th in the nation at the College Squash Association Women's Team Squash Championships this weekend, a tournament that every team in the country, regardless of college size, attended. The Polar Bears had hoped for a repeat of their regular-season win over Bates when they faced the Bobcats in the first round of the tournament, but the rivals proved too strong this time around. The first four matches were divided evenly between Bowdoin and Bates.
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Squash takes 5th at Hoehn
Men's squash finished the season at No. 13 in the country after a loss to Navy and wins over Amherst and Brown last weekend. The Polar Bears won fifth place in the Hoehn Cup, the second tier of the College Squash Association national team championship tournament.
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Women?s squash upsets Bobcats
From late 2004 until last weekend, the Bates Women's Squash Team held a ninth or 10th place ranking in the polls, while Bowdoin, in the No. 11 spot, strove to overtake the Bobcats. On Sunday night, after four years of disappointing losses to the nearby rival, the Polar Bears claimed victory with a 6-3 win on their home turf in the final regular season match.
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Men and women?s squash take 4th and 5th at NESCAC championship
Bowdoin squash swept through the second-ever NESCAC championship tournament last weekend, with the women finishing in fifth place and the men in their highest finish yet, fourth place. The women improved on their seed ranking by two spots, moving from No. 7 up to fifth over the course of the weekend, while the men held onto their No. 4 seed.
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Squash trumps Brown, falls to Bates
The men's squash team defeated Ivy League Brown last Saturday by a secure score of 6-3. The win bumped Bowdoin up to a No. 12 national Division I ranking in the January 25, 2008 College Squash Association (CSA) Rankings poll.
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Men?s squash upsets Navy at Yale
The Naval Academy Squash Team must have thought it had an easy win coming its way when it faced Bowdoin, resting its No. 1 player for the match. The Polar Bears, who had dropped a tough loss last year to Navy, refused to leave so quietly.
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Squash splits in Boston
Both Bowdoin squash teams took one win and one loss this weekend at Harvard's round robin. The men defeated Tufts 6-3 but fell to a top tier Harvard team in a very close 5-4 scrimmage loss. On the women's side, the Polar Bears lost their season opening match against Tufts by only one match and similarly eked out a win over Northeastern.
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Men?s squash beats Camels and Engineers
The men's squash team set the bar high for this year's season with two decisive victories. Not a single game was lost for the Polar Bears in their first tournament weekend with wins over Connecticut College and MIT on November 17.
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Men?s squash team ends season on a high note
The men's squash team took two upset wins in the College Squash Association's (CSA) National Championships B division tournament, also known as the Hoehn Cup, at Yale this weekend.
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Squash finishes third in Kurtz Cup
The women's squash team took third place in the Kurtz Cup division of the College Squash Association's National Championship Tournament at Yale, one spot behind rival Bates, which toppled Bowdoin 8-1 in the weekend contest.
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Bobcats claw past Bowdoin, barely
The Polar Bears suffered a heartbreaking 6-3 loss to the ninth-ranked Bobcats on Saturday afternoon in front of one of the largest crowds the Lubin Squash Center has ever seen.
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Women?s squash shuts out Colby 9-0
The women's squash team swept the 15th-ranked Colby Mules 9-0 in its last regular-season and home match of the year on Wednesday night. The Polar Bears were strong from the first point of each match, maintaining pressure and energy throughout. The win secures Bowdoin's ranking at No. 11 for Nationals?just one place behind Bates.
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Men?s squash topples favorites Tufts, Brown
The Men's Squash Team played two of its best matches this weekend, upsetting 14th-ranked Tufts 5-4 and 11th-ranked Brown 6-3.
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Bowdoin squash teams dominate Maine Classic in Brunswick
The men's and women's squash teams advanced their records to 9-8 and 14-5, respectively, after three weeks of intense practice and tournaments. The Polar Bears returned to Brunswick for training on January 3. The teams spent more than four hours each day of the first week.
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Women's squash wins big at Wesleyan
The women's squash team claimed four wins in 24 hours at Wesleyan, improving its record to 5-1 and demonstrating its enthusiasm and endurance in the game.
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Squash visits Dartmouth
The men's and women's squash teams had mixed results at their first tournament, held at Dartmouth on November 18 and 19. The men suffered a tough 8-1 loss to Navy on Saturday, with sophomore Robert Lynn at the No. 8 spot gaining the team's sole win.
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Squash takes third place in division
Despite putting up its toughest fight of the season, the Bowdoin Women's Squash Team fell a third time to Bates at the team squash nationals. The Bears took third in the B Division at last weekend's tournament. Although the Polar Bears had hoped to eclipse Bates by the end of the season, the players enjoyed the close matches and friendly rivalry.
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Squash finishes 14th at nationals
The Bowdoin Men's Squash Team solidified its 14th-place ranking during nationals at Princeton.
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Squash leaves for national
The men's and women's squash teams expected to be playing in their third round of NESCAC tournaments at Trinity this past Sunday. Instead, they found themselves snowed in at their Cromwell, Connecticut, hotel, wondering when they would be able to come home.
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Squash falls to Bates in second matchup
The Bowdoin Men's and Women's Squash Teams fell a second time to rival Bates on Tuesday night, with 7-2 defeats for both the men and women.
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Squash swept by Brown and Bates
The men's and women's squash teams suffered tough losses to Bates on Wednesday night. Despite many close individual mathes, the men 5-4, while the women were defeated 8-1.
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Squash defeats Colby
Both the men's and women's squash teams enjoyed 7-2 victories over Colby on Wednesday night, continuing a successful second half of their seasons.
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Women?s squash goes 5-0 at Wesleyan
The Bowdoin Women's Squash Team improved to a record of 7-0 this weekend in a tournament at Wellesley College. The team won all five of its matches.
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Squash teams sweep
Both the men's and women's squash teams improved to 2-0 after defeating Tufts University and Connecticut College last weekend at Harvard.
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Squash starts with Maine Open
The men's and women's squash teams warmed up for their intercollegiate seasons in the Maine Open at Bowdoin's Lubin Squash Center. Players from around the state and beyond, age 19 to over 65, gathered for the United States Squash Racquet Association tournament.