March 7, 2005

Tejvir Rathore

GENEVA, N.Y.—Hobart College senior Tejvir Rathore (Daly College/Indore, M.P. India) competed at the College Squash Association Individual Championships hosted by Dartmouth University over the weekend. Rathore captured runner-up honors in the second round consolation bracket in the Malloy Cup.

Seeded seventh in the 32-player field, Rathore opened the weekend with 3-0 (9-4, 10-9, 9-7) victory over Colby’s Trevor McWilliams to advance to the round of 16. Meeting Gavin Morrison of Navy in the second round, Rathore could not get things going, falling 3-0 (2-9. 9-10, 5-9).

The loss put the senior captain in the second round consolation bracket quarterfinals against Jamie White of Bates. Rathore fell behind 2-1, but closed the match with convincing wins in the fourth and fifth games to persevere 3-1 (1-9, 9-3, 5-9, 9-3, 9-4). Pitted against Liberty League opponent Dan McElvaine of St. Lawrence in the semifinals, Rathore avenged his loss to McElvaine earlier in the year with a 3-1 (9-6, 9-10, 9-4, 9-3) victory to advance to the championship match against Cornell’s Rohit Gupta.

Rathore dropped the opening two games and fell to Gupta 3-1 (8-10, 3-9, 9-4, 5-9) to close out the 2004-05 season with a 13-14 record.
The Statesmen’s top player the past four seasons, he finishes his career with a 57-39 record.