.. so good to start collegiate squash

Nov 20, 2009

Yale Opens Season With 9-0 Victory Over Williams

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale men's squash team opened its regular seasonschedule with a convincing 9-0 victory over Williams College Friday night at the Brady Squash Center. Yale (1-0) only dropped two total games as a team, with 3-0 wins at the No. 1 through No. 8 positions.

Freshman Kenneth Chan began his collegiate career with a dominant performance at the No. 1 position, dropping only five combined points in the first two games. Fellow freshmen Richard Dodd and Hywel Robinson, playing in the No. 4 and 5 positions respectively, also earned their first wins at Yale.

Senior captain Todd Ruth earned a victory over Ethan Buchsbaum in a hard fought match at the No. 2 position. Sophomore Samuel Clayman overcame a 2-1 deficit to earn the victory over Jeremy Herrmann at the No. 9 position, winning the fourth game 11-7 before emerging victorious in a thrilling 15-13 fifth game.

The Bulldogs will next be in action on Dec. 5 when they travel to Philadelphia to take on the Penn Quakers at 11 a.m.

	Yale University	Williams	Score
1S	Chan,Kenneth	Morris,William	11-2,11-3,11-7
2S	Ruth,Todd	Buchsbaum,Ethan	12-10,11-7,11-7
3S	Roberts,John	Gruner,Will	11-4,11-7,15-13
4S	Dodd,Richard	Henze,Christian	11-5,11-3,11-5
5S	Robinson,Hywel	Yaros,Bernard	11-5,11-5,11-5
6S	Berner,Robert	Drobetsky,Julian	11-9,13-11,11-3
7S	Plimpton,Christopher	Marks,Nick	11-8,11-6,11-2
8S	Dowd,Ryan	Greaves-Tunnell,Alexander	11-4,11-2,11-9
9S	Clayman,Samuel	Herrmann,Jeremy	11-9,3-11,10-12,11-7,15-13

.. so good to catch up with friends

it is good to catch up with friends even though it was during a not so joyous occasion. During Jee Kong's wake, we caught up with friends that we did not have time to catch up over the years.

But we also met some friends that we have lost touch with over the years like Connie's primary school classmate who is now the pastor at Lai Ying's church. Or Wah On who is the father of a boy that Lai Ying is tutoring.

Strange - how some unusual events can bring along unexpected outcome.

..(not) so good for Jee Kong

13th November, Friday - My elder brother passed away at 61. He went quickly from hypertensive heart disease (?), probably heart attack. The suddenness shocked all of us, especially his wife who was devastated.

It was sad that his son whom he has not seen in 2 years took his time to return for the funeral. I hope my sons will behave better when my time comes.

On the other side, it was a relatively quick and painless moving on. Also I am glad mum is not aware of it all. He was her favorite. The siblings came together to give him an appropriate send off and it was a bonding experience though we were not close to him.

Finally and most important of all, we did honored mother with appropriate responses.

..so good to see Kenneth back in action again

Yale won the Ivy League scrimmages played over the weekend.

Report from College Squash Association:

"Like the Harvard women, the Yale men benefited from the contributions of first-year players, with Richard Dodd playing at number 5 and Kenneth Chan proving to be a solid number 1. The Bulldogs blanked Brown and Dartmouth on their way to the finals, where they defeated defending Ivy League champion and national runner-up Princeton 6-3. Although most of the squads had some players sit out this weekend, the Bulldogs should be encouraged by their strong start, especially after coming off a disappointing 2008-2009 season."

The season will be tough for Kenneth playing at #1 as the other #1 are very strong. But it will motivate him to train harder which will be good in the long run.