AMHERST, Mass. - The Dickinson men's squash team kicked off the 2024 half of their schedule with a visit to Amherst College on Friday afternoon and despite wins in three of the first four flights the Red and White came up on the short-end of a 6-3 defeat at the Davenport Squash Courts.

Inside the Match
At the number two slot, Omar Ali had too much for Kedar Nagaraj posting a 3-0 victory thanks to scores of 11-4, 12-10 and 11-8. Joe Smythe in the first spot took the first two games versus Adam Lichtmacher 11-7 and 11-5, before falling in the third 11-9. However, he was able to claim a 13-11 win to seize the match. At four, Kobe Fleming and Abhimanyu Gupta shared the first four games with the Devil grabbing a pair of 11-7 wins, while Gupta collected two victories by 11-8 margins. In the fifth game, it was Fleming who showed the needed strength and fortitude to earn an 11-5 win. Unfortunately for the Devils, no one else was able to win a game as the Mammoths claimed six 3-0 wins to take the match.

Results

1. Joe Smythe (DC) over Adam Lichtmacher (AC): 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 13-11
2. Omar Ali (DC) over Kedar Nagaraj (AC): 11-4, 12-10, 11-8
3. Joseph Toth (AC) over Mark Naguib (DC): 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
4. Kobe Fleming (DC) over Abhimanyu Gupta (AC): 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5
5. Neal Malani (AC) over Sam Knipp (DC): 11-4, 11-3, 11-4
6. Grady Herbert (AC) over Aidan Ray (DC): 11-1, 11-2, 11-5
7. Matthew Granovsky (AC) over Cormac Sullivan (DC): 11-3, 11-3, 11-7
8. Yeshwin Sankuratri (AC) over Jack Corkum (DC): 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
9. Zi Tao Yu (AC) over George Vollmer (DC): 11-3, 11-4, 11-4
10. Jesse Brew (AC) over Bradley Hennessy (DC): 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (Exhibition)

Next on the Court
Dickinson (3-4) will now make the trip up to Vermont for a date with the Middlebury College Panthers tomorrow afternoon at 1pm.