LEWISTON, Maine -- The Bates men's squash team used a combination of their top players and some younger talent as well to defeat Williams 6-3 Saturday afternoon at the Bates Squash Center in the Maine Round Robin. The No. 17 Bobcats (4-3) picked up wins at the top three spots for the second consecutive day. Carlos Ames '17 (Williamstown, Mass.) won at the No. 9 spot for the second straight match as well.The difference this time for Bates came in the form of victories for first-year Coley Cannon (Greenwich, Conn.) at the No. 6 spot and Spencer Burt '17 (Portland, Ore.) at the No. 8 spot.All but one of the matches resulted in a sweep for the winning player. The only four-set match came at the No. 3 spot with Darrius Campbell '17 (St. Stephen, S.C.) defeating Galen Squiers 3-1 (11-3, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8).At the top, defending national champion Ahmed Abdel Khalek '16 (Cairo, Egypt) won his 49th match in a row, sweeping Jamie Ruggiero 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-6). Two-time All-American Ahmed Hatata '17 (Alexandria, Egypt) swept John Fitzgerald 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6).Bates will take on No. 3 St. Lawrence University Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. to conclude the Maine Round Robin. Abdel Khalek looks to win his 50th straight match as he'll face off against former national champion Amr Khalifa. Bates 6, Williams 3Jan. 9, 2016 at Lewiston, Maine1. Ahmed Abdel Khalek (B) def. Jamie Ruggiero (W) 11-7, 11-3, 11-62. Ahmed Hatata (B) def. John Fitzgerald (W) 11-4, 11-5, 11-63. Darrius Campbell (B) def. Galen Squiers (W) 11-3, 12-10, 7-11, 11-84. John Shuck (W) def. Anirudh Nambiar (B) 11-3, 11-7, 11-85. Michael Petrick (W) def. Caran Arora (B) 11-9, 11-5, 11-76. Coley Cannon (B) def. Varun Sharma (W) 11-7, 11-9, 11-57. David Pincus (W) def. McLeod Abbott (B) 11-4, 11-5, 11-38. Spencer Burt (B) def. Jamie Havran (W) 15-13, 13-11, 11-89. Carlos Ames (B) def. Mason Elizondo (W) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6The No. 18 Bates women's squash team picked up victories from their top two
