LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 10 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team battled, but ultimately fell to No. 11 Dartmouth by a 7-2 score on Thursday evening at the Mayser Center.

The Diplomats dropped to 3-3 on the season, while the Big Green improved to 2-0 with their other win coming in a 5-4 upset of No. 2 Harvard a week ago. 

By the Numbers 

All but one matchup on the day went beyond three games, with four reaching five frames. A pair of games on the evening went past 11 points, with Ricardo Machado (No. 9) falling in an opening-game marathon by a 17-15 score and Silvio Soom (No. 3) being edged out by an 14-12 mark in the decisive fifth. Kareem Nabil Abdel Mawla improved to a team-best 4-1 with his 3-2 win at the No. 7 position. 

Heading into the match, the Diplomats held a two-match winning streak over the Big Green, dating back to the 2011-12 season. 

The Results

1. Carson Spahr (DAR) def. Cole Osborne (F&MM) 11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 11-6

2. P. Veiga de Almeida (F&MM) def. Alvin Heumann (DAR) 11-8, 10-12, 11-5, 6-11, 11-5

3. Samuel Epley (DAR) def. Silvio Soom (F&MM) 9-11, 11-9, 1-11, 11-5, 14-12

4. Matthew Giegerich (DAR) def. Gavan Hitchenor (F&MM) 11-9, 11-4, 11-9

5. Kyle Martino (DAR) def. Sean Kenny (F&MM) 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8

6. Nicholas Harrington (DAR) def. Jackson McCord (F&MM) 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6

7. Kareem Mawla (F&MM) def. Glen Brickman (DAR) 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 8-11, 11-4

8. James Fisch (DAR) def. Samm Fulton (F&MM) 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 11-4

9. Brian Giegerich (DAR) def. Ricardo Machado (F&MM) 17-15, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7

Exh. Andrew Field (DAR) def. Ishan Advani (F&MM) 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 11-9 

Kenny Named POTW 

Freshman Sean Kenny earned the men's Harrow Sports College Squash Player of the Week award for the week ending on 11/22. Kenny garnered the distinction after battling back from a 1-0 deficit against Princeton's Komron Shayegan to take the match by a 3-2 score (0-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5) at the No. 5 spot in F&M's 5-4 win on Nov. 21.

Up Next 

The Diplomats return to action on Saturday, hosting No. 6 Yale for a 10:00 a.m. match.