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Sophomore Aditya Advani won his first round match at the Individual Championships this weekend
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BRUNSWICK, ME – Sophomore Aditya Advani (New Dehli, India) won his opening round match, but then fell in the round of 16 at the Division III Individual Squash Championships held at Bowdoin College this weekend. Advani was competing with 32 other players in the A draw of the tournament.
Advani beat Caran Arora of Bates in the opening round of play Friday night. He then took on Stephan Danyluk of Bowdoin on Saturday in the round of 16, but was not able to edge Danyluk. Danyluk went on to finish fourth in the bracket.
Junior Zachary Schweitzer (Huntingdon Valley, PA) also played in the A draw of the tournament, but was defeated by Taylor Foehl of Williams in the opening round of 32. Playing in the B draw of the tournament, rookie Josh Lee (Seoul, Korea) fell in the first round of play to Yuga Koda of Colby.
This is the second year the tournament has been scheduled, but the first year it has actually been held. Last year's tournament was cancelled due to a blizzard. Individuals from 14 schools participated in the tournament including: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Conn. College, Denison, Hamilton, Middlebury, MIT, Mount Holyoke, Tufts, Wellesley, Wesleyan and Williams.
Advani, Schweitzer, Lee and the rest of their Jumbo teammates will be back in action on Friday, February 14 when they play in the College Squash Association's Team Championships at Harvard University.
