PROVIDENCE, R.I. – First-year Alex Southmayd bumped his winning streak to four matches, but the 22nd-ranked Amherst College men's squash team dropped to 3-5 on the season with a 6-3 loss to 13th-ranked Brown University Wednesday afternoon.

Southmayd was involved in a close match at number eight, but he came away with a 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 11-8) victory against Brown's Philip Holberton. The Amherst first-year improved to 5-1 and has won each of his past four matches.

Picking up his fourth win of the season was Amherst senior co-captain Todd Lavine in the number six matchup. After Lavine took the first two games by scores of 11-2 and 11-8, Brown's John Overbeck rallied to win the third, 11-3. The Lord Jeff captain would close out his victory in the fourth frame, holding on for an 11-9 win.

Accounting for Amherst's third point was Charles Loesch-Quintin '13, who needed only three games to get past Tucker Bryan at number five. The Amherst junior won his games by scores of 11-6, 11-5 and 11-8, marking his second consecutive victory of the year.  

Amherst will try to snap its four-game losing skid when it serves as a host site for this weekend's Pioneer Valley Invitational. The Lord Jeffs will first take on Hamilton College on Friday, Jan. 20 at 5 p.m.

#13 Brown def. #22 Amherst, 6-3
1. Brad Thompson (B) def. David Kerr (A), 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-5)
2. Blake Reinson (B) def. Steve Severson (A), 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-3)
3. Chris Holter (B) def. Scott DeSantis (A), 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-5)
4. Eamon O'Connor (B) def. Max Kardon (A), 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-7)
5. Charles Loesch-Quintin (A) def. Tucker Bryan (B), 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
6. Todd Lavine (A) def. John Overbeck (B), 3-1 (11-2, 11-8, 3-11, 11-9)
7. Alex Hsu (B) def. Rodrigo Miranda (A), 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-8)
8. Alex Southmayd (A) def. Philip Holberton (B), 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 11-8)
9. Charles Lebovitz (B) def. Jake Albert (A), 3-1 (5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-7)