LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 15 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team (8-6) placed fifth at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships with a 7-2 victory over No. 27 Dickinson (3-16) Sunday afternoon.
Dickinson won the top two matches of the day, but F&M took control of the competition after that.
Aditya Chandani swept his opponent in the No. 3 slot to pick up his ninth individual-win of the season.
Sam Freed (No. 5) and
Evann Tan (No. 7) downed their respective opponents to each earn their seventh win of the year. Freed swept his opponent, 3-0, while Tan won his match, 3-1.
Alexander Arader swept his opponent In the No. 4 match to earn his sixth individual-victory this winter.
Noah Katzer notched a 3-0 sweep in the No. 6 slot for his fourth individual-win of the year.
Akshat Agarwal (No. 8) and
Hunar Kohli (No. 9) rounded out the Diplomats in the bottom-two matches for their third individual-wins this season. Agarwal earned a 3-0 sweep, while Kohli outlasted his opponent, 3-2.
No. 15 Franklin & Marshall now heads to Maine, taking on Colby on Friday at 5:00 p.m.
No. 15 Franklin & Marshall 7, No. 27 Dickinson 2
- Joe Smythe (DC) over Sharan Punjabi (F&M); 3-0 (11-3, 11-6, 11-7)
- Omar Ali (DC) over Jordan Sprecher (F&M); 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 10-12, 10-12)
- Aditya Chandani (F&M) over Owen Buroker (DC); 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-3)
- Alexander Arader (F&M) over Samuel Knipp (DC); 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-6)
- Sam Freed (F&M) over Aidan Ray (DC); 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 14-12)
- Noah Katzer (F&M) over James Kiracofe (DC); 3-0 (11-5, 11-0, 11-4)
- Evann Tan (F&M) over Menghou Du (DC); 3-1 (11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3)
- Akshat Agarwal (F&M) over Aidan Donnan (DC); 3-0 (12-10, 11-3, 11-6)
- Hunar Kohli (F&M) over Fabrizio Nunez Ortiz (DC); 3-2 (9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6)
