AMHERST, Mass. – The Amherst College squash teams closed out the 2011 portion of their schedules with wins over Northeastern University, while the men's team added a 9-0 victory over MIT Saturday morning.

The 15th-ranked Amherst women and the 22nd-ranked men each improved to 3-1 on the season. The Lord Jeffs did not surrender a single game to the Northeastern women, with three Amherst players winning by default and three others allowing only two points in all. Senior tri-captain Kate Savage was involved in the closest match, defeating Carly Evans at number two by a score of 11-4, 11-5, 11-2.

Six Amherst men's players did not lose a game to Northeastern, but the matches were much more competitive than the final scores indicated. First-year Alex Southmayd dropped his first game at number three but rallied for a 3-1 win, with Max Kardon '15 and Peter Mack '15 also earning 3-1 victories at numbers five and nine, respectively. First-year Jake Albert won a hard-fought first game, 17-15, before comfortably taking the remaining two at number eight.

The Lord Jeff men had similar results against MIT, winning eight of their matches by a 3-0 score despite being tested by the Engineers. Rodrigo Miranda '14 came out on the winning end of a back-and-forth match at number seven, as he took the first, third and fifth games. Mack was particularly impressive in the No. 9 matchup, cruising to a win of 11-0, 11-8, 11-0.

The Lord Jeffs will not return to action until Sunday, Jan. 8, when they host Yale University.

#22 Amherst men def. #34 MIT, 9-0
1. Scott DeSantis (A) def. West Hubbard (M), 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-6)
2. David Kerr (A) def. Austin Anderson (M), 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-7)
3. Alex Southmayd (A) def. Steve Cho (M), 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 11-7)
4. Steve Severson (A) def. Peter Riley (M), 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-2)
5. Max Kardon (A) def. David Brian (M), 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-9)
6. Todd Lavine (A) def. Abhi Mitra (M), 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-4)
7. Rodrigo Miranda (A) def. Sunny Long (M), 3-2 (11-7, 6-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6)
8. Jake Albert (A) def. Connor Kirschbaum (M), 3-0 (11-5, 11-9, 12-10)
9. Peter Mack (A) def. Laura Wacker (M), 3-0 (11-0, 11-8, 11-0)

#22 Amherst men def. #31 Northeastern, 9-0
1. Scott DeSantis (A) def. John Ghublikian (N), 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4)
2. David Kerr (A) def. TJ Dyer (N), 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-5)
3. Alex Southmayd (A) def. Mike Wegman (N), 3-1 (8-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-5)
4. Steve Severson (A) def. Miles Brewer (N), 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 12-10)
5. Max Kardon (A) def. Max Kachom (N), 3-1 (11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3)
6. Todd Lavine (A) def. Greg Berson (N), 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-3)
7. Rodrigo Miranda (A) def. DJ Brinkworth (N), 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-3)
8. Jake Albert (A) def. Ahine Sajjed (N), 3-0 (17-15, 11-5, 11-2)
9. Peter Mack (A) def. Stan Berenstein (N), 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8)

#15 Amherst women def. #35 Northeastern, 9-0
1. Arielle Lehman (A) def. Cami Viola (N), 3-0 (11-3, 11-0, 11-2)
2. Kate Savage (A) def. Carly Evans (N), 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-2)
3. Evelyn Kramer (A) def. Amanda Georgescu (N), 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-2)
4. Anna Scheidt (A) def. Hoai Tran (N), 3-0 (11-0, 11-1, 11-1)
5. Lena Rice (A) def. Trinh Trat (N), 3-0 (11-2, 11-0, 11-0)
6. Mary Katherine McNeill (A) def. Sumita Mukund (N), 3-0 (11-0, 11-0, 11-2)
7. Megan Clower (A) wins by default
8. Rachel Lupien (A) wins by default
9. Martha Reiser (A) wins by default