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Men's Squash Edges Bowdoin 5-4 in Saturday NESCAC Match

Freshman Kunal Valia won the #1 match for the Jumbos today.

CAMBRIDGE – The Tufts University men's squash team posted an exciting 5-4 victory over Bowdoin College in a NESCAC match played at Harvard University Saturday afternoon.

The match-clinching victory came at #4 where freshman Sanjeev Jeyabalan won 11-3, 9-11 11-7, 11-2 against Carson Claar. 

The Jumbos, ranked 22nd nationally, evened their record at 2-2 in their final match of the fall semester. The loss was the first of the season for Bowdoin (4-1), the #24 ranked team.

Tufts took the top two matches as freshman Kunal Valia defeated Bowdoin's Deven Kanwal in four sets at #1 (11-2, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8), and Jumbo senior co-captain Raghav Kumar was also a four-set winner against John Milligan in the second match. He came back from down a set to win 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-7.

Four of Tufts' five wins were in four or five sets. The longest match of the day was at #6 where Tufts freshman Vivaan Jaikishan won in five after losing two of the first three (9-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7) against Henry Somerby.

The Jumbos' lone three-set win was at #9 where sophomore Will Dewire posted an 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 triumph against Edwardo Perez from Bowdoin.

Three of the Jumbos' four losses came in four sets. Of the four, sophomore Dillon O'Shea scored the most points in his #7 setback against Gannon Leech 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10.

Head coach Joe Raho's Jumbos are off until they travel to play at Stanford on January 8. Bowdoin had a match at Northeastern after their contest against Tufts today.

 

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Players Mentioned

Raghav Kumar

Raghav Kumar

Senior
Will Dewire

Will Dewire

Junior
Vivaan Jaikishan

Vivaan Jaikishan

Sophomore
Sanjeev Jeyabalan

Sanjeev Jeyabalan

Sophomore
Dillon O

Dillon O'Shea

Junior
Kunal Valia

Kunal Valia

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Raghav Kumar

Raghav Kumar

Senior
Will Dewire

Will Dewire

Junior
Vivaan Jaikishan

Vivaan Jaikishan

Sophomore
Sanjeev Jeyabalan

Sanjeev Jeyabalan

Sophomore
Dillon O

Dillon O'Shea

Junior
Kunal Valia

Kunal Valia

Sophomore