LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 23 Franklin & Marshall women's squash team (6-12) came up just short against No. 22 Hamilton (8-9), 5-4, in Sunday morning's match at the Mayser Center Squash Courts. The Diplomats won the top-three matches, but Hamilton claimed victories in five of the bottom-six to take the team victory. Additionally, the Franklin & Marshall women's squash team honored its lone senior Destiny Ponce in a pre-match Senior Day ceremony.

Mia Todd swept her opponent in the No. 3 match as she won by a final tally of 11-0, 12-10, 11-4 for her ninth individual victory this season. Elisabeth Stout earned her seventh win of the year and second victory in a row as she took down her opponent in the No. 7 slot. Tied at 1-1, Stout won the final two games, 11-9, 13-11, to pull away with the match victory. Ashanti Amastal overpowered her opponent in the No. 1 match. Amastal trailed 1-0, but responded by winning three-straight games, 11-8, 16-4, 11-3, to win her fourth match of the winter. Rory Dasher also notched her fourth win of the year as she swept her opponent, 3-0, in the No. 2 match.

No. 22 Franklin & Marshall now gets set for the CSA Team Championships, starting on Friday.

#22 Hamilton 5, #23 Franklin & Marshall 4

1. Ashanti Amastal (F&M) over Karis Sun (Hamilton); 3-1 (7-11, 11-8, 16-14, 11-3)
2. Rory Dasher (F&M) over Poppy Huffman (Hamilton); 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-8)
3. Mia Todd (F&M) over Diya Dhillon (Hamilton); 3-0 (11-0, 12-10, 11-4)
4. Lily Spencer (Hamilton) over Noelle Bardorf (F&M); 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6)
5. Sydney Hellinger (Hamilton) over Joey Ho (F&M); 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9)
6. Chiara Nadel (Hamilton) over Lavanya Seshasayee (F&M); 3-2 (7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6)
7. Elisabeth Stout (F&M) over Mila Karimov (Hamilton); 3-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-9, 13-11)
8. Gardner Huston (Hamilton) over Destiny Ponce (F&M); 3-0 (11-3, 11-7, 11-3)
9. Natalie McCollum (Hamilton) over Nathalie Hernandez (F&M); 3-0 (11-2, 11-1, 11-3)