AMHERST, Mass. -- In a tightly-contested match Saturday afternoon, the 18th-ranked Amherst College men's squash team fell 6-3 to No. 10 ranked Dartmouth College at the Davenport Squash Courts.
Amherst fell to 5-4 on the season while Dartmouth improved to 3-2. The Mammoths are home again Sunday as they play host to M.I.T. at 2:30 p.m.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:Â
* The Mammoths picked up a win at three when
Joseph Toth swept his opponent 12-10, 11-8, 11-6.
Grady Herbert earned a win at six as e guttted out a 3-1 win after dropping the first game, 11-9. He then one three straight games, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6. At nine, first year Zi Tao Yu fought his wat to an 11-4, 13-11, 7-11, 11-6 victory. Amherst lost three hard-fought 3-2 matches on the day.
RESULTS (L, 6-3)
1.Â
William (Mac) Aube (D) def.
Adam Lichtmacher (A) — 3-0 (11-5, 11-6, 11-5)
2.
Christian Shaw (D) def.Â
Kedar Nagaraj (A) — 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-3)
3.
Joseph Toth (A) def. Ekam Singh (D) — 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-6)
4. David Rubin (D) def. Abhimanyu Gupta (A) -- 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-4)
5.
Quintin Campbell (D) def.
Neal Malani (A)— 3-1 (11-8, 10-12, 19-17, 11-4))
6. Â
Grady Herbert (A)Â def.
Ned Gildea (D) — 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
7.Â
Felix Feldman (D) def.
Matthew Granovsky (A) — 3-2 (8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4)
8.Â
Callan Venkatesan (D)) def.
Yeshwin Sankuratri (A) — 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 13-11, 7-11, 10-12)
9. Zi Tao Yu (A)) def.Â
Rana Thakkar (Dartmouth) — 3-1 (11-4, 13-11, 7-11, 11-8)