#16 Amherst triumph over #24 Bates in eighth win of the season, 6-3

1/19/2025 8:20:00 PM

AMHERST, MA — The #16 Amherst College men's squash team secured an excellent win on Sunday afternoon, defeating the #24 Bates College Bobcats on the Davenport Squash Courts with a score of 6-3. The Mammoths downed the Bobcats, who started the match with a 3-3 season record, to earn their eighth win of the season and fourth versus a NESCAC team.

Up next: today, the Mammoths improved their season record to 8-4 and 4-1 versus NESCAC teams. On Wednesday January 29, Amherst will look to build off of their win over Bates as they travel to face their NESCAC and Little Three rivals, the #12 Williams College Ephs. The match is set for 5pm ET in Williamstown, MA in the Simon Squash Center. Williams currently hold a season record of 8-3.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

Three of the matches were decided in five-set matches. Amherst demonstrated impressive stamina to prevail in all three of them through senior Matthew Granovsky, senior Walter Huffman, and junior Jesse Brew at the #6, #7, and #9 spots, respectively.
Sophomore Joseph Toth won most comfortably for the Mammoths in straight sets, dropping just 11 points in his 22-minute victory.
Bates got the upper hand of Amherst at the #1, #2, and #4 spots to win three out of the nine matches.

RESULTS (6-3, W):

Alec Spiro (B) def. Abhimanyu Gupta (A), 3-0 (13-11, 11-5, 11-8)
Dennis Welte (B) def. Zi Tao Yu (A), 3-0 (11-8, 13-11, 11-3)
Joseph Toth (A) def. Labeeb Ali (B), 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-5)
Ashton Monteiro (B) def. Flynn Venmore (A), 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-9)
Fares Khairy (A) def. Harris Ramlee (B), 3-1 (6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5)
Matthew Granovsky (A) def. Ryan Kim (B), 3-2 (11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 10-12, 12-10)
Walter Huffman (A) def. Angad Sethi (B), 3-2 (11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 12-14, 11-8)
Jesse Brew (A) def. Maksymilian Celm (B), 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-3)
William Okurowski (A) def. Max Good (B), 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-6)

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