ROCHESTER, N.Y. – 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).

Gabriel de Melo (9-6) picked up his second win in as many matches and moved to 8-2 in his last 10 with a five game victory over Rochester's top man, Jim Bristow. Bristow, a three-time All-American, had knocked off the Diplomats' number one, Nadaav Tannen, in last year's meeting. de Melo dropped the first game, but bounced back with a six-point edge in the second. Facing elimination in the fourth game, de Melo posted an emphatic 11-2 win, then took the win with an 11-9 effort in the fifth. The Diplomats' sophomore is now 22-7 in his career.

de Melo and the Diplomats return to action tomorrow with matches at Cornell. The Diplomats will face #6 Cornell and #16 St. Lawrence on Saturday before wrapping the weekend up at Hobart on Sunday.

#3 Rochester 8, #12 Franklin & Marshall 1
1. Gabriel de Melo (F&M) def. Jim Bristow (UR) 10-12, 11-5, 6-11, 11-2, 11-9
2. Benjamin Fischer (UR) def. Guillherme de Melo (F&M) 11-2, 11-9, 11-4
3. Hameed Ahmed (UR) def. Sadiq Madraswala (F&M) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
4. Andres Duany (UR) def. Juan Diego Lopez (F&M) 11-3, 11-3, 11-1
5. William Newnham (UR) def. Zarir Aibara (F&M) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2
6. Matthew Domenick (UR) def. Pat Cunningham (F&M) 11-6, 11-3, 11-9
7. Joseph Chapman (UR) def. Chris Gagnier (F&M) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5
8. Juan Pablo Gavira (UR) def. Ben Lurio (F&M) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
9. Yohay Wakabayashi (UR) def. Scott Nerhbas (F&M) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1
Exh. Edwin Goncharuk (UR) def. Fred Struse (F&M) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6

Match Notes
Franklin & Marshall 9-6; National ranking #12
Rochester 7-2; National ranking #3