PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall's men's squash team, ranked No. 16 in the country, battled No. 9 Drexel on the road Sunday afternoon, but came up short in an 8-1 defeat.

The Diplomats fell to 1-7 on the year while the Dragons improved to 4-6. 

By the Numbers 

Four of the nine contests went past three games, with a pair of matchups going to five frames. Yannis Senkel secured F&M's lone win at the No. 4 spot after fighting back from a two-game deficit to capture the final three frames.

Sanjay Jeeva went ahead 2-0 at the No. 1 spot on the ladder but was upended in three straight, while Frank Murray (No. 9) came back to tie his match at 2-2 with an 11-2 victory in the fourth before dropping the fifth game by an 11-9 tally. 

The Results

1. Atticus Kelly (DRE) def. Sanjay Jeeva (FMCM) 11-9, 11-3, 7-11, 12-14, 11-5
2. Bransten Ming (DRE) def. Shams Abbas (FMCM) 11-2, 11-1, 11-7
3. Nat Fry (DRE) def. Silvio Soom (FMCM) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6
4. Yannis Senkel (FMCM) def. Joshua Hughes (DRE) 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6
5. Noel Solomon (DRE) def. Samm Fulton (FMCM) 11-9, 11-3, 11-2
6. Cillian Dunne (DRE) def. Boden Polikoff (FMCM) 11-9, 13-11, 11-4
7. M. Abouel Makarim (DRE) def. King Bassett (FMCM) 11-9, 11-7, 11-7
8. Royston Raymond (DRE) def. Ricardo Machado (FMCM) 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
9. Will Grady (DRE) def. Frank Murray (FMCM) 4-11, 11-6, 11-4, 2-11, 11-9
Exh. Ryan Leslie (DRE) def. Jackson McCord (FMCM) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 

Up Next 

The Diplomats continue their road stand next weekend with matchups on Saturday against Middlebury (11:00 a.m.) and Cornell (5:00 p.m.), before facing Williams on Sunday (12:00 p.m.).