PHILADELPHIA, Pa.- The No. 15 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team (15-6) dispatched No. 19 Middlebury (10-10), 6-3, on Saturday evening in the Hoehn Cup Semifinal at the CSA Team National Championships.
The Diplomats earned four of their wins in three-game sweeps including Kyle Broadhurst (No. 1), Marco DiFilippo (No. 3), Jordan Sprecher (No. 4), Noah Katzer (No. 8). Alexander Arader (No. 6) won his first, third, and fourth games to win his match, while Sharan Punjabi (No. 2) denied a reverse sweep with a win in five games. Punjabi, Sprecher, Arader earned their 14th wins of the season. Broadhurst won his 11th, DiFilipo earned win 13, and Katzer won for the 12th time this season.
Samuel Freed (No. 7) and Evann Tan (No. 9) fell in four games, while Aditya Chandani lost in three games.
F&M will play No. 13 Western Ontario in the Hoehn Cup Championship on Sunday, March 2, at 12:00 p.m.
Final Results
No. 15 Franklin & Marshall 6, No. 19 Middlebury 3
1: Kyle Broadhurst (F&M) def. Nathan Feinstein (Middlebury); 3-0 (11-8, 11-5, 12-10)
2: Sharan Punjabi (F&M) def. Will Lichstein (Middlebury); 3-2 (11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 6-11, 11-9)
3: Marco DiFilippo (F&M) def. Kian Kardestuncer (Middlebury); 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-2)
4: Jordan Sprecher (F&M) def. Gabriel Feinstein (Middlebury); 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 12-10)
5: Caleb Boateng (Middlebury) def. Aditya Chandani (F&M); 3-0 (13-11, 11-5, 11-0)
6: Alexander Arader (F&M) def. Theo Kogan (Middlebury); 3-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8)
7: Charlie Clifford (Middlebury) def. Samuel Freed (F&M); 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-0)
8: Noah Katzer (F&M) def. Aditya Kothari (Middlebury); 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-6)
9: David Zhao (Middlebury) def. Evann Tan (F&M); 3-1 (11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5)