AMHERST, MA — The Amherst College men's squash team had another successful day on the courts on Saturday. The Mammoths hosted Navy at the Davenport Squash Courts, and edged an extremely close 5-4 victory. Saturday's match was their second match for the 2026 calendar year, and their fourth for the season. With Saturday's victory over Navy the Amherst men's squash team remained undefeated in the 2025-2026 season, and improved their impressive record to 3-0. 

The Mammoths are currently standing as the #19 team in the nation, and Dickinson College is at #14, while Navy is at #15. With this result, the Mammoths should at least maintain their position. 

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:
 

• Grady Herbert had the quickest win on Saturday in his 3-0 victory over Navy's Ramsay Killinger. His match only took 28 minutes. With many extremely close matches, this results was outstandingly dominant
• Roman Parisi and Joseph Toth defeated their opponents at the #2 and #3 singles spots, respectively. They both only lost one set, and came away with 3-1 victories.  

RESULTS (8-1, W):

1. Wenqing Tang (N) def. Devon Osborne (A)  3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-5)
2. Roman Parisi (A) def. Christian Graziano (N)  3-1 (11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7)
3. Joseph Toth (A) def. Alexander Orr (N), 3-1 (11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 12-10)
4. Johan Hodgson (N) def. Graeme Herbert (A) 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 13-11)
5. Matthew Kang (N) def. Zi Tao (Gabe) Yu (A) 3-1 (12-10, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10)
6. Fares Khairy (A) def. Avinash Uppuluri (N), 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-5)
7. Andrew Ko (N) def. Flynn Vennmore (A), 3-2 (9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10)
8. Grady Herbert (A) def. Ramsay Killinger (N), 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
9. Aiden Shap (A) def. Turner Wolf (N), 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-9)

 UP NEXT: 

* Amherst extended their record to 4-0 (2-0 against NESCAC opponents) and will face their next opponent, Franklin and Marshall College on Sunday. The Mammoths will host the Diplomats on January 11th, at 12:00 PM at the Davenport Squash Courts.