AMHERST, Mass. – The No. 16 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team (5-5) fell short in its final match of the weekend as it suffered a 6-3 loss at No. 14 Amherst (5-0) Sunday afternoon. The Diplomats won three individual matches, including a sweep in the No. 1 match. However, the Mammoths won four of the bottom-five matches to hold off the Diplomats.

Sharan Punjabi earned his sixth win of the season and second of the weekend as he tallied a 3-0 sweep in the No. 1 match, 11-4, 11-4, 12-10. Toby Clegg-Petri won a five-game thriller in the No. 4 slot to pick up his fourth victory of the year. Tied 2-2, Clegg-Petri overpowered his opponent, 11-7, in the final game to secure the victory. Akshat Agarwal also tallied his fourth win of the winter as he claimed a 3-1 victory in the No. 7 match. Tied at 1-1, Agarwal took the final two games, 12-10, 11-3, to get F&M its third win of the day.

No. 16 Franklin & Marshall looks to rebound when it travels to play No. 19 Rochester on Friday at 6:00 p.m.

#14 Amherst 6, #16 Franklin & Marshall 3

1. Sharan Punjabi (F&M) over Devon Osborne (Amherst); 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 12-10)
2. Roman Parisi (Amherst) over Kyle Broadhurst (F&M); 3-1 (5-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7)
3. Joseph Toth (Amherst) over Aditya Chandani (F&M); 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-7)
4. Toby Clegg-Petri (F&M) over Graeme Herbert (Amherst); 3-2 (7-11, 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7)
5. Zi Tao Yu (Amherst) over Noah Katzer (F&M); 3-1 (9-11, 11-1, 11-9, 11-5)
6. Fares Khairy (Amherst) over Jamie Stait (F&M); 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 1-11, 11-4)
7. Akshat Agarwal (F&M) over Flynn Venmore (Amherst); 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 12-10, 11-3)
8. Grady Herbert (Amherst) over Dean Vahlsing (F&M); 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-5)
9. Aiden Shap (Amherst) over Eeshan Sawant (F&M); 3-1 (11-5, 8-11, 11-8, 11-1)
10. Robert Avram (Amherst) over Justin Lane (F&M); 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-5) (Exhibition)