It was the rematch it the players had waited a year for, but it quickly became a weekend they would rather forget.

After losing to No.1 Trinity in last year's National Championship, the No.2 Harvard men's squash team was looking for a little revenge heading into Hartford.

A weekend that started with such high hopes, however, quickly turned sour for the Crimson (9-1), who lost its first five games on route to a 7-2 thrashing at the Bantams' hands.

"Nothing specifically went wrong this weekend," freshman Dylan Patterson said. "They were simply more experienced than us and eight out of nine of their players are foreigners. They've grown up playing from a really young age and have a really big advantage there. When you compare someone who grew up playing in France with someone from the Bronx, there's a big difference."

The top of the Trinity lineup simply proved too tough for the Crimson, as the Bantam top five swept their matches by a combined score of 15-2.

Harvard No. 1 Tim Wyant had the best match of any of the Crimson front five facing off against the two-time National Champion, senior Marcus Cowie.

After losing the first set by a narrow 15-13 margin, captain Wyant went down 2-0 but stayed alive, taking the third set by a convincing 15-8 score before eventually losing to Cowie, 3-1.

"We were huge underdogs," Patterson said. "I don't know if we expected to win, but we were definitely hoping to pool off an upset. It's obviously a tough loss for us to swallow."