THE BASICS
- Scores:
No. 14 Colby College - 6, No. 17 MIT - 3
No. 4 Trinity College - 9, No. 17 MIT - 0
No. 17 MIT - 6, No. 23 Hobart College - 3 

- Records: MIT (5-4); Colby College (1-0); Trinity College (2-0); Hobart College (0-3)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center)

- The Lead: The No. 17 MIT men's squash team faced another tough weekend test against No. 14 Colby College, No. 4 Trinity College and No. 23 Hobart College, this time at home. The Engineers fell on Friday and Saturday before coming away with the victory over No. 23 Hobart to round out their weekend.

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. No. 14 Colby College:
 
-  Senior Collin Wen (Short Hills, N.J.) started things off from the third position falling 2-11, 9-11, 12-14 to his Colby foe, however his teammate, sophomore Bobby Albani (Newtown Square, Pa.), swept his opponent from the fifth position with a 3-0 sweep, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 to even things up. 
 
- First Year Mero Elmarassy (Santa Clara, Calif.) fell from the first position in four sets, 11-9, 3-11, 4-11, 5-11, followed by an MIT victory by senior Yos Wagenmans (Seattle, Wash.) from the eighth position, 3-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, evened the score at two-all between the two teams. 
 
- First year Andrew Ding (Cambridge, Mass.) dropped a 3-1 match from the ninth position, 5-11, 13-11, 10-12, 8-11, battling until the very end which was then followed by an Engineers victory from the fourth position by First Year John Gunton (Lawrenceville, N.J.) who took down his Colby opponent in five sets, 11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-5. 
 
- But Colby picked up the final three wins on the day as sophomore Hyun Su Price (Philadelphia, Pa.), senior Nikhil Kakarla (Philadelphia, Pa.) and sophomore Mitav Nayak (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) all fell in five sets to their opponents from the second, sixth and seventh positions respectively in the loss. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. No. 4 Trinity College:
 
- The Bantams finished with a clean sweep of the Engineers on Saturday afternoon.
 
- Elmarassy fell from the first position 10-12, 5-11, 3-11 followed by Price from position two, 1-11, 1-11, 2-11. 
 
- Wen dropped the third position 1-11, 10-12, 5-11 while Gunton battled in one of the longest matches of the day falling 8-11, 6-11, 7-11 to his Bantam foe from the fourth position.
 
- Albani dropped the fifth position 7-11, 4-11, 6-11 as Kakarla fell in the sixth position 9-11, 6-11, 7-11 and Nayak fell in the seventh in the other longest set time wise, 6-11, 12-14, 5-11.
 
- Wagenmans fell in the eighth 0-11, 8-11, 6-11 and Ding wrapped up the day with a 5-11, 4-11, 9-11 defeat.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED vs. No. 23 Hobart College:
 
- Elmarassy picked up a hard-fought victory, 13-11, 11-6, 11-6 from the first position, sweeping his Hobart opponent followed by a comeback victory by Price from the second position. Price was down 2-0 before coming back to earn the 8-11, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-7 victory. 

- Wen fell in the third position in a tough 6-11, 7-11, 9-11 battle, followed by a loss from the fourth position from Gunton, who fell 11-1, 11-7, 9-11, 3-11, 8-11. 
 
- Albani dropped a match from the fifth position, falling 12-10, 3-11, 9-11, 5-11 in a hard-fought battle while Kakarla and Nayak swept their opponents from the sixth and seventh positions with scores of 13-11, 11-2, 11-8 and 11-6, 11-8, 11-2. 
 
- Graduate student Matt McManus (Philadelphia, Pa.) came away with a five-set, 3-2 victory 11-5, 4-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8 to solidify the win from the eighth position, followed by a sweep from Wagenmans from the ninth position, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6. 
 
UP NEXT:
- The Engineers return to the Zesiger Center Squash Courts on Tuesday, November 28, looking to bounce back against Brown University at 6 pm.

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