AMHERST, Mass. — On Friday evening, the #19 Amherst College men's squash team overcame the #17 MIT Engineers (who are now 5-5 for the season) with a score of 5-4 at the Davenport Squash Courts. 

Amherst's second successive win improves its overall season record to 5-2. Next up: Amherst's Friday night win begins a string of home games for the Mammoths. They will host again on the Davenport Squash Courts tomorrow versus the #16 Tufts University Jumbos (whose season record stands at 3-4) at 1 p.m. EST.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

• Three matches were stretched to five sets, with Amherst triumphing in one of them with senior Nathaniel Mosse's win at the #9 spot
• Junior Kedar Nagaraj and first-year William Okurowski's matches at the #1 and #8 spots, respectively, were the last to finish 
• Overall, the game was a close contest between the two teams, and every match lasted over 25 minutes 

1. Eli Kramer (MIT) def. Kedar Nagaraj (AMH), 3-2 (11-9, 11-13, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9)
2. Tom Hogan (MIT) def. Adam Lichtmacher (AMH), 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-8)
3. Neal Malani (AMH) def. Philip Hyun Su Price (MIT), 3-1 (11-2, 6-11, 11-2, 11-8)
4. Robinson Amour (AMH) def. Collin Wen (MIT), 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-4)
5. Abhimanyu Gupta (AMH) def. Nikhil Kakarla (MIT), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-6)
6. Robert Albani (MIT) def. Matthew Granovsky (AMH), 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7)
7. Grady Herbert (AMH) def. Matt McManus (MIT), 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-7)
8. Mitav Nayak (MIT) def. WIliam Okurowski (AMH), 3-2 (11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8)
9. Nathaniel Mosse (AMH) def. Saechow Yap, 3-2 (8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5)