PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Franklin & Marshall's Sanjay Jeeva came up just short of All-America status with a tough 3-2 loss to Penn's Yash Bhargava in the Molloy Cup – South Championship match at the final day of the College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships.
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In an epic hour and a half match, Jeeva battled back from a 2-0 deficit to claim two-straight wins of 11-9 and 12-10 to force the fifth. In the final frame, Jeeva kept the score close early on, but Bhargava persevered by an 11-6 tally.
Jeeva went 3-1 at the tournament to finish his remarkable season with a 24-6 record. Those 24 victories tied Jeeva for seventh on the team's all-time, single-season list and were the most by a Diplomat since 1998-99.
The winners of the four Molloy (B) Divisions were recognized as Second Team All-Americans. Jeeva placed as his Division's runner-up with his loss on Sunday.