Lewiston, Maine - First-year Mudit Pant (Ghaziabad, India) excelled in his collegiate debut with a 11-6, 11-2, 11-8 victory in the No. 8 spot in the lineup to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a 7-2 victory over the Bates College Bobcats in men's squash action this afternoon. Top-ranked Trinity wins its season opener, while Bates drops to 3-2.  Bantam sophomore Rick Penders (Maastricht, Netherlands) took defending national champion Ahmed Abdel Khlalek to four games in a valiant effort at the top spot, but Trinity won the bottom seven positions including the lower six in three games.  The Bantams also blanked Bowdoin, 9-0, in an evening match to improve to 2-0.

MATCH RESULTS
Trinity v. Bates
1. Ahmed Abdel Khalek (B) def. Rick Penders (T) 5-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
2. Ahmed Hatata (B) def. Juan Vargas (T) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
3. Affeeq Ismail (T) def. Darrius Campbell (B) 11-8, 4-11, 11-5, 11-7
4. Tom De Mulder (T) def. Caran Arora (B) 11-5, 11-3, 11-9
5. Omar Allaudin (T) def. Anirudh Nambiar (B) 11-8, 12-10, 11-6
6. James Evans (T) def. Coley Cannon (B) 11-3, 11-6, 11-9
7. Nku Patrick (T) def. McLeod Abbott (B) 6-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9
8. Mudit Pant (T) def. Spencer Burt (B) 11-6, 11-2, 11-8
9. William Douglass (T) def. John Cannon (B) 11-5, 11-7, 12-10 
Trinity (Conn.) 7, Bates 2 

Trinity/Bowdoin results