LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 19 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team (12-9) cruised past No. 22 Hamilton (9-10), 8-1, Sunday at the Mayser Center Squash Courts. The Diplomats won the top-eight matches to race past Hamilton for the team victory. Additionally, the F&M men's squash team honored
Akshat Agarwal,
Kyle Broadhurst, and
Noah Katzer in a pre-match Senior Day Ceremony.
Broadhurst started the day for the Diplomats with a 3-0 sweep in the No. 1 match to claim his 16th individual victory of the season.
Aditya Chandani blanked his opponent in the No. 3 slot, 3-0, to pick up his 15th win this year.
Sharan Punjabi continued his winning streak with a 3-0 sweep in the No. 2 match to earn his 13th victory this winter.
Toby Clegg-Petri (No. 4) and Katzer (No. 5) both tallied victories in their respective matches to improve to 11 wins each on the season. Clegg-Petri notched a 3-0 sweep, while Katzer overpowered his opponent in a five-game thriller.
Jamie Stait (No. 6) and Agarwal (No. 7) followed by both earning wins to each claim their 10th individual victories of the year. Stait downed his opponent, 3-1, while Agarwal cruised past his matchup, 3-0.
Dean Vahlsing overcame a 1-0 deficit to win 3-1 in the No. 8 slot as he picked up his ninth victory this winter.
Hunar Kohli rounded out the Diplomats with a 3-1 victory in the exhibition match. The win was Kohli's fourth of the year and second victory in the No. 10 slot this season.
No. 19 Franklin now prepares for the CSA Team Championships, starting on Friday in Philadelphia, Pa.
No. 19 Franklin & Marshall 8, No. 22 Hamilton 1
- Kyle Broadhurst (F&M) over Jacob Shulman (Hamilton); 3-0 (11-3, 11-3, 11-4)
- Sharan Punjabi (F&M) over Atreyus Bhavsar (Hamilton); 3-0 (11-2, 11-5, 11-1)
- Aditya Chandani (F&M) over Tobey Suratt (Hamilton); 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-5)
- Toby Clegg-Petri (F&M) over Joey Applebaum (Hamilton); 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-5)
- Noah Katzer (F&M) over Jacob Li (Hamilton); 3-2 (7-11, 15-13, 4-11, 12-10, 11-8)
- Jamie Stait (F&M) over Lucas Walden (Hamilton); 3-1 (11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7)
- Akshat Agarwal (F&M) over Cooper Jessop (Hamilton); 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-6)
- Dean Vahlsing (F&M) over Carlo Caffuzzi (Hamilton); 3-1 (10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5)
- William Gianopulos (Hamilton) over Eeshan Sawant (F&M); 3-2 (11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9)
- Hunar Kohli (F&M) over Arjun Ramdas (Hamilton); 3-1 (13-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7) (Exhibition)