THE BASICS

- Scores:
MIT - 9, BU - 0  
MIT - 9, BC - 0

- Records: MIT (2-0); Boston University (0-1); Boston College (0-1)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center) 

- The Lead: Kicking of the 2023-24 campaign, the MIT squash team walked away with a sweep of both Boston College and Boston University starting things off with a bang with a 9-0 sweep of the Terriers before picking up a 9-0 victory against Boston College on Thursday evening. 

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. Boston University:

- The Engineers did not drop a single game during the event.  

- Sophomore Hyun Su Price (Philadelphia, Pa.) kicked things off with an 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 victory from the first position while First Year John Gunton (Lawrenceville, N.J.) added a near clean sweep with an 11-0, 11-3, 11-1 win from the second position. 

- Sophomore Mitav Nayak (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) came through from the fourth position for MIT with an 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 while sophomore Lars Barkman (Pittsburgh, Pa.) swept his BU counterpart 3-0 with an 11-4, 11-3, 11-2 win. 

- Senior Yos Wagenmans (Seattle, Wash.) picked up another 3-0 victory from the sixth position with an 11-1, 11-6, 11-2 upending while sophomore Stephen Shin (Atlanta, Ga.) added a 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-3) win from the eighth position and First Year JJ Detweiler (St. Thomas, USVI) rounded out the match with an 11-8, 11-2, 11-4 victory from the ninth slot for the clean sweep. 

HOW IT HAPPENED vs. Boston College:

- Yet again, the Engineers did not drop any games during the match, this time to the Eagles. 

- Price led the way from the first position for the second-straight match this time with an 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 victory while senior Nikhil Kakarla (Philadelphia, Pa.) stepped up with an 11-1, 11-1, 11-7 victory from the second position. 

- Sophomore Bobby Albani (Newtown Square, Pa.) filled the third position with an 11-8, 11-2, 11-8 win while Graduate Student Matt McManus (Philadelphia, Pa.) earned a 3-0 win from the fourth position with an 11-4, 11-1, 11-1 victory and Barkman picked up a clean 11-0, 11-2, 11-4 win from the fifth position. 

- Wagenmans remained in the sixth position earning yet another victory this time in the form of an 11-0, 11-1, 11-3 win while Shin stepped up in the seventh position with an 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 win. 

- Finally, First Year Andrew Ding (Cambridge, Mass.) took home a 3-0 sweep from the eighth spot with an 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 W and Detweiler once again rounded things out from the ninth spot with an 11-3, 11-1, 11-1 win.

UP NEXT:

- The Engineers return to the courts on Tuesday, November 7th for a 6:00 p.m. match against Northeastern at the Zesiger Center Squash Courts. 

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