THE BASICS:

- Scores: No. 15 MIT - 5, No. 21 Amherst - 4

- Records: MIT (6-6); Amherst (7-4)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center)

- The Lead:  The No. 15 MIT squash team returned to the courts for the first time in over a month and earned a thrilling 5-4 victory over No. 21 Amherst on Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

-  Senior Keith Lamp (Short Hills, N.J.) gave MIT its first win of the match in the ninth position, defeating Matthew Granovsky 11-4, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9.

- The Engineers got victories in the top two positions as senior Aman Sanger (New York, N.Y.) defeated Robinson Armour 11-3, 11-9, 11-9 and graduate student Joe O'Connor (Madison, N.J.) earned an 11-5, 11-9, 11-6 win in the second position.

- Graduate student Bill Wu (Eagleville, Pa.) pulled out a four-set victory in the fourth position with an 11-5, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8 win.

- In the sixth position, sophomore Nikhil Kakarla (Philadelphia, Pa.) took the win with a four-set victory over Charles Sutherby, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8.

- First-year Saechow Yap (Pepper Pike, Ohio) notched a 3-1 victory in the 10^th-position.

UP NEXT:

- MIT is scheduled to return to action on Saturday, January 29 at Middlebury College for a 4 p.m. start.   

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