WATERVILLE, Maine – The No. 16 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team (9-6) earned a hard-fought 6-3 victory over No. 15 Colby (8-6) Friday evening. After dropping the top two matches, the Diplomats won three-straight to take over the lead. Colby responded with a win in the No. 6 match, but F&M won the bottom three matches, including the exhibition match, en route to its ninth victory of the year.

Aditya Chandani held off his opponent, 3-1, in the No. 5 slot to earn his 10th individual victory of the season. Sam Freed outlasted his opponent in the No. 7 slot, 3-2, to win his eighth match of the year. Tied at 2-2, Freed claimed an 11-7 victory in the fifth game to win the match. Marco DiFilippo swept his opponent, 3-0, in the No. 3 slot for his sixth individual victory this winter.

Noah Katzer pushed past his opponent in a 3-2 victory during the No. 8 match. Down 2-1, Katzer won the final two games 11-1, 11-5 to pick up his fifth win of the season. Akshat Agarwal swept his opponent in the No. 9 slot to earn his fourth individual victory of the year. Juan Hinostroza earned a 3-0 sweep in the exhibition match for his third win in the No. 10 slot this season.

No. 16 Franklin & Marshall looks to add onto the winning streak when it travels to play No. 21 Bowdoin Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
 
No. 16 Franklin & Marshall 6, No. 15 Colby 3

1. Inwoo Lee (Colby) over Kyle Broadhurst (F&M); 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9)
2. Seif Ashraf (Colby) over Sharan Punjabi (F&M); 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-3)
3. Marco DiFilippo (F&M) over Timofey Radionov (Colby); 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-2)
4. Jordan Sprecher (F&M) over Matthew Kang (Colby); 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9)
5. Aditya Chandani (F&M) over Syed Haseeb Kashef (Colby); 3-1 (11-5, 11-5, 10-12, 11-3)
6. Sebastian Campos (Colby) over Alexander Arader (F&M); 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-4)
7. Sam Freed (F&M) over Sebastian Campos (Colby); 3-2 (11-5, 12-14, 11-1, 10-12, 11-7)
8. Noah Katzer (F&M) over Avery Rosenberg (Colby); 3-2 (6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-1, 11-5)
9. Akshat Agarwal (F&M) over Alan Lopez (Colby); 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 11-4)
10. Juan Hinostroza (F&M) over Oliver Riordan (Colby); 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 15-13) (Exhibition)