Franklin & Marshall downed #24 Hobart 9-0 on Sunday to salvage an otherwise disappointing weekend in Upstate New York. Following Friday night’s 8-1 loss to #3 Rochester, the #11 Diplomats fell 6-3 to #6 Cornell and 5-4 to #16 St. Lawrence.
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Diplomats Dropped in Rochester
Franklin & Marshall started its buzz saw weekend with an 8-1 loss at #3 Rochester Friday evening. The#12 Diplomats (9-6) got a win at the top of the ladder, but fell in three in the subsequent matches with the #3 Yellowjackets (7-2).
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Diplomats Zoom by Fords
Franklin & Marshall swept Haverford 9-0 in men’s squash on Saturday. The Diplomats (9-5) managed 3-0 sweeps in eight of the nine matches, with the Fords’ (2-6) T. Ibbotson Sindelar taking his opponent to five in the ninth flight.
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Men’s Squash Wins Four; Falls to #1 Bantams
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team went 4-1 over the weekend with the only setback coming at the hands of unbeaten #1 Trinity. The #12 Diplomats opened the weekend with a 7-2 win over #18 Amherst, and then knocked off their next three opponents, #21 Colby, #42 Vassar, and #25 Wesleyan, 9-0. Trinity pasted the same score on the Diplomats’ schedule.
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Men’s Squash Goes 2-1 at Yale Round Robin
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team moved to 4-4 with a 2-1 effort at this weekend’s Yale Round Robin. The Diplomats faced three opponents from the NESCAC, defeating Bowdoin, 7-2, and Middlebury, 8-1, on Saturday. F&M fell 6-3 to Bates Sunday morning to wrap-up the weekend.
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Diplomats Dispatch Continentals
Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team opened the second semester of the season with an 8-1 win over Hamilton Thursday afternoon. The Diplomats improved to 2-3 with the win while Hamilton fell to 3-4.
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Men’s Squash Gets First W
After opening the season with three top ten opponents hailing from the Ivy League, #11 Franklin & Marshall’s men’s squash team breathed a sigh of relief with #22 George Washington up on the docket. The 2009-10 Diplomats (1-3) did what every other F&M squash team had done against the Colonials (4-3) in the previous 31 meetings – win. F&M collected its first victory of the season in convincing fashion, with a 9-0 sweep of GW Sunday afternoon.
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Bulldogs Down Diplomats
Despite numerous close games and matches, #11 Franklin & Marshall suffered a 9-0 setback at the hands of #4 Yale in men’s squash Saturday evening. The Diplomats fell to 0-3, while the Elis moved to 3-0.
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Penn Downs Diplomats
Franklin & Marshall freshman Guillherme de Melo moved to 2-0, but his efforts alone were not enough as #7 Penn defeated the eleventh ranked Diplomats 8-1 on Wednesday.
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Franklin & Marshall College named John White Director of Squash and Head Men's and Women's Squash Coach on September 5, 2007. Formerly the top-ranked player in the world, White remains a top-ten player in the Dunlop / Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Rankings. A native of Queensland, Australia and a Scottish national, White has 12 PSA tour titles to his credit since becoming a full-time professional in 1991. He broke into the top 20 in the world rankings in 1998, and climbed his way to the top of the tour, reaching number one in the world in March of 2004.
