by Joe DiBlasi
The Gilman squash team defeated St. Paul’s 5-2 at the Meadowmill Athletic Club, Thursday, to capture the first ever MIAA Squash Championship. The Greyhounds, under coach Boo Smith, finished the regular season 7-0. They defeated Boys Latin in the semi-final’s earlier this week by a score of 7-0 to advance to the finals against the Crusaders.
The Greyhounds were led by freshman Taylor Tetrone, who defeated St. Paul’s senior Jock Tracy, 3-0.
“Jock has really improved since we played each other earlier in the year,”said Tetrone. “He caught me off guard a few times today.”
Tetrone went undefeated in the regular season, and stayed that way through the playoffs.
Galen Carroll got the first Gilman win of the day, dispatching Ian Driskill 3-0.
“He ran me hard. I managed to hit some drop shots that kept me ahead,” said Caroll. “Ian has greatly improved.”
After Gilman’s Brendan Simmons won over Jeff Clements, the Greyhounds were up 3-0 and needed only to win one more match to clinch the crown.
Tyler Springs of St. Paul’s got his team on the bord with a 3-1 win over Ramsey Sotir, delaying Gilman’s celebration, but moments later Conor McGee bested Griffin Snyder, 3-0, and Gilman gained the championship.
St. Paul’s Slater Ottenmiller beat Gilman’s #2 David Hoffman, 3-1, and Gilman’s Tyler Ebeling defeated Eric Milbourne, 3-0, to close out the day. The final tally was 5-2.
Tetrone summed things up by saying, “We had a well balanced team and that’s why we were so successful.”
“Everyone played well,” said Smith. “Conor, Brendan and Taylor all stepped up.”
BOX SCORE
Tetrone G, def Tracy 3-0
Ottenmiller, SP, def Hoffman 3-1
McGee, G def Snyder 3-0
Springs, SP def Sotir 3-1
Ebeling G, def Milbpourne 3-0
Carroll, G, def Driskill 3-1
Simmons G, def Clements 3-0
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