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#17 Amherst prevail over #16 Navy in second successive 5-4 win

1/10/2025 8:01:00 PM

ANNAPOLIS, MD — The #17 Amherst College men's squash team continued their successful start to 2025 with their second win in three days. This time, the Mammoths earned a Friday afternoon victory versus the #16 Naval Academy Midshipmen at the Prager Family Squash Facility. Amherst overcame Navy with a score of 5-4, the same scoreline as their hard-fought win over the #24 Bowdoin College Polar Bears on Wednesday. 

Up next: The Mammoths' season record improves to 6-2 (3-0 in NESCAC matches). Today's match marked the first of three away matches for the Mammoths in their Mid-Atlantic Round Robin. Amherst now have less than 24 hours before they play their next match. The Mammoths will next face the #13 Franklin and Marshall College Diplomats on the Mayser Squash Courts in Lancaster, PA. This match will begin at 4pm tomorrow, Saturday January 11. The Diplomats enter the match holding a 5-2 season record. 

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:
  • The Mammoths' five crucial wins came at the #3, #5, #6, #7 and #8 spots. 
  • Brothers Grady and Graeme Herbert both notched thrilling five-set victories at the #7 and #8 spots, respectively, showcasing impressive stamina and composure over their Midshipmen opponents. 
  • First-year Fares Khairy also battled out a five-set win in a match lasting an hour and two minutes. Khairy came from two sets behind to outbattle Lucas Spiro at the #5 spot. 
RESULTS (5-4, W):
  1. Matthew Wang (N) def. Abhimanyu Gupta (A), 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-8)
  2. Wenqing Tang (N) def. Zi Tao Yu (A), 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-5)
  3. Joseph Toth (A) def. Alexander Orr (N), 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-9)
  4. Matthew Kang (N) def. Flynn Venmore (A), 3-2 (9-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 13-11)
  5. Fares Khairy (A) def. Lucas Spiro (N), 3-2 (10-12, 14-16, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5)
  6. Matthew Granovsky (A) def. Tighe Mullarkey (N), 3-1 (9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-7)
  7. Grady Herbert (A) def. Ramsay Killinger (N), 3-2 (11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6)
  8. Graeme Herbert (A) def. Eli Levy (N), 3-2 (4-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7)
  9. Michael Tierney Jr. (N) def. Walter Huffman (A), 3-1 (11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9)
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