PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The No. 19 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team (12-10) was defeated in its opening match of the Hoehn Cup at the College Squash Association (CSA) National Championships Friday evening. No. 14 Amherst (12-6) cruised through the bottom half of the individual bouts to take a 6-3 victory over the Diplomats in the match.

F&M found success in the top matches of the evening, winning three of the first four individual contests. Kyle Broadhurst got the Diplomats on the scoreboard with a 3-0 sweep in the No. 1 match to improve to 16 individual victories this season. Sharan Punjabi followed by blanking his opponent, 3-0, in the No. 2 match to earn his 13th win of the year. Toby Clegg-Petri came out on top of the five-game battle in the No. 4 slot to claim his 11th win this winter. Clegg-Petri trailed 2-1 when he won the final two games, 11-3, 11-7, to pull away with the victory.

No. 19 Franklin & Marshall falls to the consolation bracket, where it will face No. 18 Western Ontario on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

#14 Amherst 6, #19 Franklin & Marshall 3

1. Kyle Broadhurst (F&M) over Roman Parisi (Amherst); 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7)
2. Sharan Punjabi (F&M) over Devon Osborne (Amherst); 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-9)
3. Joseph Toth (Amherst) over Aditya Chandani (F&M); 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-4)
4. Toby Clegg-Petri (F&M) over Graeme Herbert (Amherst); 3-2 (9-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-3, 11-7)
5. Zi Tao Yu (Amherst) over Noah Katzer (F&M); 3-1 (11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5)
6. Fares Khairy (Amherst) over Jamie Stait (F&M); 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-6)
7. Flynn Venmore (Amherst) over Akshat Agarwal (F&M); 3-2 (8-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-1)
8. Grady Herbert (Amherst) over Dean Vahlsing (F&M); 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-5)
9. William Okurowski (Amherst) over Teerth Jilka (F&M); 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 14-12)