CAMBRIDGE - The new-look Tufts University men's squash team won one and lost one on Saturday as they opened the 2011-12 season. The Jumbos lost a competitive 7-2 match against Bowdoin, and later had a 9-0 victory over Boston University.
Two new Tufts players won both of their matches. Freshman Gordon Silverman (Phoenix, AZ) defeated Bowdoin's William Winmill in four games, taking the third and final games to close out the #6 match. He then went five games to beat BU's Lu Quan Tan in the #5 match, rallying from down 2-1. Classmate Hugo Meggitt (Princeton, NJ) also ralled from down a game to win in five over Bowdoin's Clint Trenkelbach at #7. He had 11-9 and 11-8 wins in the third and fourth. After losing the first game against BU's David Scott, Meggitt won the next three in #6 play.
Freshman Alex Nalle (Philadelphia, PA) had a strong debut in the #1 position for Coach Doug Eng's squad. He went back-and-forth with Bowdoin's Stephen Danyluk before losing in five. He then posted a three-game win in the BU match. The Jumbos had three four-game losses against Bowdoin, including at #2 where freshman Zach Schweitzer (Huntindon Valley, PA) scored 30 points in his match.
The Jumbos also played through some competitive matches to defeat the Terriers. Among the nine wins was a four-gamer by senior Eli Borek (Washington, DC) at #9.
Tufts has two more matches against Stanford and Vermont at Harvard on Sunday.
Bowdoin match results
Boston University match results
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