Middle School Wins Sixth Squash National Championship

The Brunswick ‘A’ team won the 2018 U.S. Middle School Team Division I Championship, held at Yale University on Sunday. Collectively, David Beeson, Patrick Keller, Tad Carney, Caleb Boateng, Warren Klein, and Victor Park dropped just a single game over the three-day tournament. The title is the sixth for Brunswick, as the Bruins won in 2017 and four straight from 2009-20012.

 

Brunswick sent a total of three teams to the 41-team championship. The Bruins’ ‘B’ team also competed in the top division, finishing in seventh place. The ‘C’ team for Brunswick took 13^th overall, also in the top division.

 

As the returning champion from 2017, the ‘A’ team, coached by Steve Polikoff, opened the tournament as the top seed. Following an opening round bye on Friday, the Bruins quickly moved through the Saturday quarterfinals and semifinals to reach title match on Sunday. In the quarters, Brunswick defeated BCWV from Pennsylvania, 5-0, and matched the 5-0 result in the semifinals against Bronxville ‘A’ later in the day.

 

Heading into the title match on Sunday, the Bruins had yet to drop a single game, while Haverford ‘A’ worked hard to battle past Greenwich Country Day School in the semifinals to reach the championship. Despite the 4-1 semifinal outcome in favor of Haverford, three of the five matches extended to the full five games.

 

In the championship, the Bruins swept all five matches, winning four individual matches without dropping a game.

 

Tournament Results for Brunswick ‘A’:

 

Championship (Brunswick 5, Haverford 0)

1. (Bru) David Beeson  def. (H) Andrew Glaser, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8

2. (Bru) Patrick Keller  def. (H) Grady Herbert, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8

3. (Bru) Tad Carney     def. (H) Wills Burt, 11-3, 11-2, 11-5

4. (Bru) Caleb Boateng def. (H) Bo Page, 9-3, retired

5. (Bru) Warren Klein   def. (H) Graeme Herbert, 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-5

 

Semifinal (Brunswick 5, Bronxville 0)

1. (Bru) David Beeson  def. (Brx) Molly Stoltz, 11-7, 11-1, 11-7

2. (Bru) Patrick Keller def. (Brx) Charlie Clifford, 11-2, 11-8, 11-4

3. (Bru) Tad Carney     def. (Brx) Ronin Kaplan, 11-8, 11-8, 11-0

4. (Bru) Caleb Boateng def. (Brx) Peter Vorbach, 11-1, 1-0, retired

5. (Bru) Victor Park     def. (Brx) Thomas Sheumack, 11-1, 11-1, 11-2

 

Quarterfinal (Brunswick 5, BCWV 0)

1. (Bru) David Beeson def. (BC) Justin Rosini, 11-5, 11-5, 11-2         

2. (Bru) Patrick Keller  def. (BC) Ethan Benstock, 11-7, 11-2, 11-2

3. (Bru) Tad Carney     def. (BC) John Zhang, 11-1, 11-3, 11-2

4. (Bru) Warren Klein  def. (BC) Andrew Choksi, 11-2,11-2, 11-0

5. (Bru) Victor Park     def. (BC) Holden Daggett, 11-2, 11-1, 11-1

 

For other details and results from the championship, click here.