Division 4 Summer 2004 Championship

August 26 - Championship

Last night, the match at RIO brought the Summer Div 4 season to a fitting close.  The two teams who had looked to be clearly the strongest throughout the Summer met in a hard-fought and extremely close deciding match.  At the #1 position, RIO's Zahid Shaikh, who grew during the season to be a dominating force in Div 4 (and produced some stunning results in Div 3, late in the Summer) faced UMD's unrated, but extremely highly-skilled Anuj Kumar.  Earlier, at UMD (during the regular season), Zahid escaped with a gritty win over an out-of-shape Anuj (10-9, 1-9, 10-9, 10-9), but by now, Anuj had been practicing hard, and was in very good condition.  At #2, RIO's Desi Bernard played UMD's Taimur Khan, whom he had just barely beaten at RIO during regular season play.  At #3, the aging (not to say aged) Malcolm Jensen faced Parth Sanghavi, who had at UMD, come back from a 0-2 deficit to beat Jensen 3-2. 

Despite Zahid having grown to be a strong Div 3 level player,  Anuj dominated the #1 match.

Taimur having clearly won game one, and having been out of game two, earned a lead of 8-2 over Desi in the third game, only to have Desi claw his way back to 8-8.  Taimur called "no set."  Desi won the deciding point, and the match had turned.  Desi controlled the fourth and final game, to take the #2 match.

Malcolm won game one in the #3 match.  Parth won game two.  Malcolm took a substantial lead in the third game only to have Parth come back to 8 all.  With set at two, Parth won 10-8., to go up 2-1.  Again in the fourth game, Malcolm got to 8 only to have Parth tie it up.  With set at 2 again, Malcolm survived game four at 10-8, setting up the decisive fifth game.  Fortunately for the old guy, Parth seemed the more tired of the two.  In a reversal of their earlier match, this time Malcolm came back from behind to tally the victory.  Interestingly, this match took almost as long as the other two combined.

Well, on to the Fall/Winter season, without, I presume Anuj or Zahid, who will, no doubt, acquit themselves well at their well-earned higher level(s).

Rio 2, Unversity of Maryland 1 (at Rio Center)
-#1.Anuj Kumar (UMD) def Zahid Shaikh (RIO) 3-0
-#2.Desi Bernard (RIO) def Taimur Khan (UMD) 3-1. 
-#3.Malcolm Jensen (RIO) def Parth Sanghavi (UMD) 3-2
Referees:  Monty Marshall, Emmanuel Kibet

August 19 - First Round Play-Offs

Unversity of Maryland 2, SC/LA 1 (at Sports Club/LA)
-#1. Anuj Kumar (UMd) def Richard Spikerman (SCLA), 3-0
-#2. Harold Eder (SCLA) def Taimur Khan (UMd), 3-2
-#3. John Jamieson (UMd) def John Eisaman (SCLA), 3-1
Referees: Richard Spikerman, Hunt Richardson, Monty Marshall

Rio 3, Worldgate 0 (at Rio Center)
-#1. Zahid Shaikh (RIO) def Marc Connolly (WG) 3-0
-#2. Desi Bernard (RIO) def Ken Demick (WG) 3-0
-#3. Malcolm Jensen (RIO) won by default
Referees: Malcolm Jensen, Leslie Connolly

 Division 4 Summer 2004 Standings

August 12

Worldgate 3, Arlington Y 0 (at Arlington Y)
-#1. Kube, Marty (WG) def. Usrey, Gary (ARL), 3-0
-#2. Ho, William (WG) def. Zinnner, M.D., John (ARL), 3-2
-#3. Demick, Ken (WG) def. Williams, Tim (ARL), 3-0
referees: Kube

Regency 3, University Club 0 (at University Club)
-#1. Traverso, Luis Victor (REG) def. Maarbjerg, Martin Peder (UNI), 3-1
-#2. Newman, Amy (REG) def. Olson, Tim (UNI), 3-1
-#3. Landrum, Mike (REG) won by default

Bethesda 2, Potomac Squash Club 1 (at Bethesda)
-#1. Copeland, Duncan (PSC) def. Wright, Chris (Chip) (BET), 3-2
-#2. Jinich, Daniel (BET) def. Jaffin, A. J. (PSC), 3-0
-#3. Lazo, Luis Enrique (BET) def. Gunn, Charles (PSC), 3-2

RIO Center 2, Pentagon 1 (at RIO Center)
-#1. Wagshul, Jonathan (PEN) def. Wolf, Vladimir (RIO), 3-2
-#2. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO) won by default
-#3. Van Doren, Peter (RIO) won by default
referees: Jensen

University of Maryland 2, Results 1 (at University of Maryland)
-#1. Kumar, Anuj (UMD) def. Botto, Angel E. (RES), 3-1
-#2. Khan, Taimur (UMD) def. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES), 3-0
-#3. MacAlpine, Robin (RES) def. Rahman, Farrukh (UMD), 3-0

August 5

Sports Club/LA 2, Worldgate 1 (at Sports Club/LA)
-#1. Spikerman, Richard C. (SCL) def. Kube, Marty (WG), 3-2
-#2. Gilmore, Brian (SCL) def. Demick, Ken (WG), 3-0
-#3. Connolly, Marc (WG) def. Chase, Paul (SCL), 3-2
referees: Gilmore, Kube

University Club 3, Arlington Y 0 (at University Club)
-#1. Stewart, Charles (UNI) def. Bruce, Peter (ARL), 3-0
-#2. Maarbjerg, Martin Peder (UNI) won by default
-#3. Olson, Tim (UNI) def. Reid, Paul M. (ARL), 3-2

University of Maryland 3, Bethesda 0 (at Bethesda)
-#1. Kumar, Anuj (UMD) def. Nehru, Vikram Kumar (BET), 3-1
-#2. Khan, Taimur (UMD) def. Davis, Stuart R. (BET), 3-0
-#3. Sanghavi, Parth (UMD) def. Fuller, Ross (BET), 3-2

Results 3, Pentagon 0 (at Pentagon)
-#1. Botto, Angel E. (RES) def. Kessel, Robert (PEN), 3-1
-#2. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES) def. Schwartz, Ira (PEN), 3-0
-#3. Cole, Christopher (RES) def. Huba, Joseph D. (PEN), 3-0
referees:McGonnigal, Kessel, Schroeder

RIO Center 3, Potomac Squash Club 0 (at RIO Center)
-#1. Shaikh, Zahid Aziz (RIO) def. Broner, Frank A. (PSC), 3-0
-#2. Wolf, Vladimir (RIO) def. Pirie, Robert Burns (PSC), 3-0
-#3. Bernard, Milton D. (RIO) def. Cannon, Keary (PSC), 3-0
referees: Jensen, Cannon, Wolf

July 29

Regency 2, Sports Club/LA 1 (at Regency)
-#1. Amad, Osama (REG) def. Spikerman, Richard C. (SCL), 3-0
-#2. Newman, Amy (REG) def. Chase, Paul (SCL), 3-1
-#3. Eisaman, Jr., John E. (SCL) def. Landrum, Mike (REG), 3-1
referees: Osama, Eisaman, Landrum

Worldgate 3, University Club 0 (at Worldgate)
-#1. Kube, Marty (WG) def. Maarbjerg, Martin Peder (UNI), 3-1
-#2. Demick, Ken (WG) def. Olson, Tim (UNI), 3-0
-#3. Coffee, Gordon (WG) def. Speilman, Daniel E. (UNI), 3-0

Bethesda 2, Pentagon 1 (at Bethesda)
-#1. Kessel, Robert (PEN) def. Wright, Chris (Chip) (BET), 3-2
-#2. Davis, Stuart R. (BET) def. Schroeder, Chris (PEN), 3-1
-#3. Jinich, Daniel (BET) def. Huba, Joseph D. (PEN), 3-0

University of Maryland 3, Potomac Squash Club 0 (at Potomac Squash Club)
-#1. Kumar, Anuj (UMD) def. Broner, Frank A. (PSC), 3-0
-#2. Khan, Taimur (UMD) def. Nawaz, Tawhid (PSC), 3-2
-#3. Sanghavi, Parth (UMD) def. Herzstein, Basel (PSC), 3-0
referees: Nawaz, Broner, Sangavi

Results 2, RIO Center 1 (at Results)
-#1. Botto, Angel E. (RES) def. Wolf, Vladimir (RIO), 3-1
-#2. Bernard, Milton D. (RIO) def. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES), 3-0
-#3. MacAlpine, Robin (RES) def. Van Doren, Peter (RIO), 3-1
referees: Jensen, Bernard

July 22

Regency 2, Arlington Y 1 (at Regency)
-#1. Amad, Osama (REG) def. Usrey, Gary (ARL), 3-1
-#2. Bruce, Peter (ARL) def. Monahan, Anne C. (REG), 3-0
-#3. Butcher, Ray J. (REG) def. Ledwon, Matthias (ARL), 3-0
referees: Ledwon, Amad/Butcher, Usrey

Sports Club/LA 2, University Club 1 (at University Club)
-#1. Spikerman, Richard C. (SCL) def. Dupree, Elizabeth Van Orman (UNI), 3-2
-#2. Cropp, Brian E. (UNI) def. Chase, Paul (SCL), 3-2
-#3. Eder, Harold (SCL) def. Falzon, Alexandra (UNI), 3-0

University of Maryland 3, Pentagon 0 (at Pentagon)
-#1. Kumar, Anuj (UMD) def. Wagshul, Jonathan (PEN), 3-1
-#2. Khan, Taimur (UMD) def. Schwartz, Ira (PEN), 3-2
-#3. Jamieson, John (UMD) def. Huba, Joseph D. (PEN), 3-2
referees: Jamieson/Sanghavi, Schroeder, Kumar

Results 3, Potomac Squash Club 0 (at Potomac Squash Club)
-#1. Botto, Angel E. (RES) def. Rind, Erik H. (PSC), 3-1
-#2. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES) def. Broner, Frank A. (PSC), 3-2
-#3. MacAlpine, Robin (RES) def. Nawaz, Tawhid (PSC), 3-1

RIO Center 3, Bethesda 0 (at RIO Center)
-#1. Wolf, Vladimir (RIO) def. Gelfand, Matthew (BET), 3-0
-#2. Bernard, Milton D. (RIO) def. Lazo, Luis Enrique (BET), 3-0
-#3. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO) def. Lazo, Juan Carlos (BET), 3-0
referees: Guruswami, Jensen, Bernard

July 15

Sports Club/LA 2, Arlington Y 1 (at Arlington Y)
-#1. Bruce, Peter (ARL) def. Spikerman, Richard C. (SCL), 3-0
-#2. Gilmore, Brian (SCL) def. Pergl, Gary (ARL), 3-0
-#3. Chase, Paul (SCL) def. Reid, Paul M. (ARL), 3-2
referees: Bruce, Pergl

Regency 2, Worldgate 1 (at Worldgate)
-#1. Amad, Osama (REG) def. Demick, Ken (WG), 3-0
-#2. Newman, Amy (REG) def. Connolly, Leslie G. (WG), 3-0
-#3. Connolly, Marc (WG) def. Wheeler, David A. (REG), 3-1
referees: Newman, L. Connolly, Amad

Potomac Squash Club 2, Pentagon 1 (at Potomac Squash Club)
-#1. Copeland, Duncan (PSC) def. Kessel, Robert (PEN), 3-1
-#2.  Wagshul, Jonathan (PEN) def. Rind, Erik H.(PSC), 3-1
-#3. Nawaz, Tawhid (PSC) def. Schroeder, Chris (PEN), 3-1
referees: Wagshul, Copeland, Jaffin

Results 3, Bethesda 0 (at Results)
-#1. MacAlpine, Robin (RES) def. Wright, Chris (Chip) (BET), 3-1
-#2. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES) def. Gelfand, Matthew (BET), 3-2
-#3. Seggerman, John (RES) def. Lazo, Juan Carlos (BET), 3-0
referees: MacAlpine, McGonnigal, Wright

University of Maryland 2, RIO Center 1 (at University of Maryland)
-#1. Shaikh, Zahid Aziz (RIO) def. Kumar, Anuj (UMD), 3-1
-#2. Jamieson, John (UMD) def. Wolf, Vladimir (RIO), 3-2
-#3. Sanghavi, Parth (UMD) def. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO), 3-2

July 8

Regency 2, University Club 0 (at Regency)
-#1. Monahan, Anne C. (REG) def. Graney, Patrick Clifford (UNI), 3-0
-#2. Butcher, Ray J. (REG) def. Byrnes, Gregory Robert (UNI), 3-0
-#3. Neither team had a player for the 3rd match.

Worldgate 3, Arlington Y 0 (at Worldgate)
-#1. Kube, Marty (WG) def. Pergl, Gary (ARL), 3-0
-#2. Demick, Ken (WG) def. Bruce, Peter (ARL), 3-0
-#3. Coffee, Gordon (WG) def. Zinnner, M.D., John (ARL), 3-0

RIO Center 3, Pentagon 0 (at Pentagon)
-#1. Shaikh, Zahid Aziz (RIO) def. Kessel, Robert (PEN), 3-2
-#2. Bernard, Milton D. (RIO) def. Wagshul, Jonathan (PEN), 3-0
-#3. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO) def. Schwartz, Ira (PEN), 3-2
referees: Schroeder, Jensen, Schroeder

Bethesda 2, Potomac Squash Club 1 (at Potomac Squash Club)
-#1. Copeland, Duncan (PSC) def. Davis, Stuart R. (BET), 3-0
-#2. Jinich, Daniel (BET) def. Stillman, Robert J. (PSC), 3-2
-#3. Sack, Michael (BET) def. Jaffin, A. J. (PSC), 3-0
referees: Jaffin, Davis, Copeland

University of Maryland 2, Results 1 (at Results)
-#1. Kumar, Anuj (UMD) def. Botto, Angel E. (RES), 3-0
-#2. Khan, Taimur (UMD) def. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES), 3-0
-#3. MacAlpine, Robin (RES) def. Rahman, Farrukh (UMD), 3-1
referees: MacAlpine, McGonnigal, Kumar

June 24

Arlington Y 3, University Club 0 (at Arlington Y)
-#1. Taylor, Richard John (ARL) def. Flick, Larry (UNI), 3-0
-#2. Williams, Tim (ARL) def. Heston, Al (UNI), 3-1
-#3. Usrey, Gary (ARL) won by default

Worldgate 2, Sports Club/LA 1 (at Worldgate)
-#1. Kube, Marty (WG) def. Spikerman, Richard C. (SCL), 3-2
-#2. Eder, Harold (SCL) def. Coffee, Gordon (WG), 3-0
-#3. Demick, Ken (WG) def. Eisaman, Jr., John E. (SCL), 3-2
referees:Kube, Coffee, Eder

RIO Center 3, Potomac Squash Club 0 (at Potomac Squash Club)
-#1. Shaikh, Zahid Aziz (RIO) def. Copeland, Duncan (PSC), 3-1
-#2. Bernard, Milton D. (RIO) def. Rind, Erik H. (PSC), 3-1
-#3. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO) def. Stillman, Robert J. (PSC), 3-2
referees: Jaffin, Jaffin, Rind

Results 3, Pentagon 0 (at Results)
-#1. Botto, Angel E. (RES) def. Wagshul, Jonathan (PEN), 3-0
-#2. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES) def. Schwartz, Ira (PEN), 3-2
-#3. MacAlpine, Robin (RES) def. Schroeder, Chris (PEN), 3-1
referees: MacAlpine, Wagshul, Schreoder, Botto

University of Maryland 2, Bethesda 1 (at University of Maryland)
-#1. Nehru, Vikram Kumar (BET) def. Jamieson, John (UMD), 3-2
-#2. Khan, Taimur (UMD) def. Lazo, Juan Carlos (BET), 3-1
-#3. Rahman, Farrukh (UMD) def. Sack, Michael (BET), 3-1

June 17

Sports Club/LA 2, Regency 1 (at Sports Club/LA)
-#1. Amad, Osama (REG) def. Spikerman, Richard C. (SCL), 3-1
-#2. Gilmore, Brian (SCL) def. Traverso, Luis Victor (REG), 3-2
-#3. Chase, Paul (SCL) def. Musinsky, John (REG), 3-0

Worldgate 2, University Club 1 (at University Club)
-#1. Kube, Marty (WG) def. Dupree, Elizabeth Van Orman (UNI), 3-2
-#2. Cropp, Brian E. (UNI) def. Coffee, Gordon (WG), 3-0
-#3. Demick, Ken (WG) def. Curry, Tim (UNI), 3-0

Pentagon 2, Bethesda 1 (at Pentagon)
-#1. Davis, Stuart R. (BET) def. Pickert, Perry L. (PEN), 3-0
-#2. Wagshul, Jonathan (PEN) def. Gelfand, Matthew (BET), 3-0
-#3. Schroeder, Chris (PEN) def. Fuller, Ross (BET), 3-0
referees: Gelfand, Pickert, Mike Duncan

RIO Center 3, Results 0 (at RIO Center)
-#1. Shaikh, Zahid Aziz (RIO) def. Botto, Angel E. (RES), 3-0
-#2. Wolf, Vladimir (RIO) def. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES), 3-0
-#3. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO) def. MacAlpine, Robin (RES), 3-0
referees:Wolf, MacAlpine, McGonnigal

University of Maryland 2, Potomac Squash Club 1 (at University of Maryland)
-#1. Copeland, Duncan (PSC) def. Khan, Taimur (UMD), 3-2
-#2. Phillips, Gordon Martin (UMD) def. Pirie, Robert Burns (PSC), 3-0
-#3. Jamieson, John (UMD) def. Jaffin, A. J. (PSC), 3-0

June 10

Arlington Y 2, Regency 1 (at Arlington Y)
-#1. Taylor, Richard John (ARL) def. Amad, Osama (REG), 3-0
-#2. Pergl, Gary (ARL) def. Wheeler, David A. (REG), 3-1
-#3. Monahan, Anne C. (REG) def. Reid, Paul M. (ARL), 3-1

Sports Club/LA 3, University Club 0 (at Sports Club/LA)
-#1. Gilmore, Brian (SCL) def. Maarbjerg, Martin Peder (UNI), 3-0
-#2. Chase, Paul (SCL) def. Olson, Tim (UNI), 3-0
-#3. Eisaman, Jr., John E. (SCL) def. Curry, Tim (UNI), 3-1
referees: Maarbjerg, Eisaman, Gilmore

RIO Center 3, Bethesda 0 (at Bethesda)
-#1. Shaikh, Zahid Aziz (RIO) def. Nehru, Vikram Kumar (BET), 3-0
-#2. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO) def. Sack, Michael (BET), 3-0
-#3. Guruswami, Srinivasan (RIO) def. Barkey, Henri (BET), 3-1

Results 3, Potomac Squash Club 0 (at Results)
-#1. Botto, Angel E. (RES) def. Stabler, Ted (PSC), 3-0
-#2. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES) def. Levy, Jay (PSC), 3-1
-#3. Cole, Christopher (RES) def. Jaffin, A. J. (PSC), 3-0
referees: Robin MacAlpine, Ted Stabler, AJ Jaffin

Pentagon 2, University of Maryland 1 (at University of Maryland)
-#1. Kessel, Robert (PEN) def. Phillips, Gordon Martin (UMD), 3-0
-#2. Wagshul, Jonathan (PEN) def. Khan, Taimur (UMD), 3-2
-#3. Jamieson, John (UMD) def. Schroeder, Chris (PEN), 3-1

June 3

Regency 2, Worldgate 1 (at Regency)
-#1. Kube, Marty (WG) def. Newman, Amy (REG), 3-1
-#2. Musinsky, John (REG) def. Connolly, Marc (WG), 3-1
-#3. Wheeler, David A. (REG) def. Coffee, Gordon (WG), 3-0

Sports Club/LA 3, Arlington Y 0 (at Sports Club/LA)
-#1. Gilmore, Brian (SCL) def. Bruce, Peter (ARL), 3-0
-#2. Eder, Harold (SCL) def. Pergl, Gary (ARL), 3-0
-#3. Eisaman, Jr., John E. (SCL) won by default

Bethesda 3, Results 0 (at Bethesda)
-#1. Robitaille, Denis (BET) def. Botto, Angel E. (RES), 3-0
-#2. Wright, Chris (Chip) (BET) def. McGonnigal, Paul Ian (RES), 3-2
-#3. Lazo, Juan Carlos (BET) won by default

Pentagon 2, Potomac Squash Club 1 (at Pentagon)
-#1. Kessel, Robert (PEN) def. Stabler, Ted (PSC), 3-1
-#2. Schroeder, Chris (PEN) def. Jaffin, A. J. (PSC), 3-2
-#3. Nawaz, Tawhid (PSC) def. Huba, Joseph D. (PEN), 3-0
referees: Jaffin, Nawaz, Huba, Schroeder

RIO Center 3, University of Maryland 0 (at RIO Center)
-#1. Shaikh, Zahid Aziz (RIO) def. Jamieson, John (UMD), 3-0
-#2. Bernard, Milton D. (RIO) def. Khan, Taimur (UMD), 3-1
-#3. Jensen, Malcolm W., jr. (RIO) def. Marshall, Monty G.  (UMD), 3-1
referees: Bernard, Jameison, Srinivasan Guruswamy

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