Chris
Smith Reports Team
USA kicked off its quest for the Pan American Team Gold
today with a 2-1 win over El Salvador.
Julian Illingworth,
who played for Individual Gold Monday evening, didn't have
anything left Tuesday morning and lost to Bates College's
(Maine) Rickey Weiskopft. Rickey is one of the most paitent
players in USA College Squash and wore Julian down.
Birthday boy Christopher Gordon took his
match 3-0 in 20 mins over Nelson Coronado to tie the match
at 1-1.
Making
his 2007 Pan American debut, Jamie Crombie beat Byron Garcia
3-0 in 18mins to take the match for USA 2-1.
Up next is Mexico Tuesday night with a rematch of the Gold
Medal Match--Julian will face off against Erick Galvez
for the second time in 24 hours. Christopher Gordon will
play Jorge Baltazar who he lost to in a tight 3-1 match
in the 2nd round of the Individuals. Jamie Crombie will
square off against Marcos Mendez at the 3 spot. Should
USA win, they will become the #1 seed
for the team event and get a bye into the Semi Finals on
Wednesday night and lock in their first ever Pan American
Team Medal.. Should USA lose to Mexico, they will slot
into the quarterfinals and have to play into the Medal
Round.
