THE BASICS:

- Scores:
 No. 19 Amherst - 5, No. 17 MIT - 4

- Records: MIT (5-5); Amherst (5-2)

- Location: Amherst, Mass. (Davenport Squash Courts)

- The Lead: A late rally fell just short as the MIT squash team returned to the courts for the first time in 2023 and dropped a 5-4 decision on the road to Amherst College on Friday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- First-year Bobby Albani (Newton Square, Pa.) took a 3-1 win in the sixth position with a 12-10, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7 victory over Matthew Granovsky.

- First-year Mitav Nayak (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) took a tough five-set match in the eighth slot over William Okurowski. Nayak took the first two sets by 11-6 scores before Okurowski won the next two, 11-8, 11-6 to force a decisive fifth set that Nayak won 11-8.

- MIT won in the top two slots as junior Eli Kramer (Brooklyn, N.Y.) earned a 3-2 win in the number one position and sophomore Tom Hogan (Malvern, Pa.) defeated Adam Lichtmacher 3-0 in the two slot.

UP NEXT:

- MIT remains on the road to take on Bates College on Tuesday, January 17th for a 5:00 p.m. match in Lewiston, Maine.

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