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| Freshman Sanjeefe Jevabalan posted one of the Jumbos' three wins |
AMHERST - The 20th-ranked Amherst College men's squash team edged #24 Tufts University 6-3 on Friday evening.
The Jumbos fall to 3-6 this year while Amherst picks up their fifth consecutive win and improves to 7-4 on the season.
After hard-fought losses by freshman Kunal Valia at #1 (10-12,11-3,11-1,11-6) and senior Raghav Kumar at #2 (10-12,7-11,11-5,11-6,11-7) the Jumbos got their first win in the third position when freshman Sanjeeve Jevabalan defeated Amherst' s Adam Lichtmacher in three sets with a scores of 11-6,11-4,14-12. Freshman Vivaan Jaikishan and sophomore Will Dewire would also pick up wins in in the seventh and ninth positions.
Competitive matches were also won by the Mammoths in the #4,#5, #6 and #8. Sophomore Konrad LaDow pushed Terrace Wang to four sets (11-9,7-11,11-8,11-9) in the fifth slot, while sophomore Dillon O'Shea scored twenty points in his three set loss in the sixth slot.
The Jumbos are excited to return to action tomorrow at 2 pm when they host to Connecticut College in their brand new home facility. Amherst will take a day off before hosting Weselyan and Williams on Sunday.
