THE BASICS
- Score: No. 2 Harvard - 9, No. 16 MIT - 0
 
- Records: MIT (7-7); Harvard (5-0)

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center)

- The Lead: The No. 16 MIT squash team was swept by a 9-0 score on Thursday afternoon against No. 2 Harvard.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
-  The Engineers were unable to take a set from the second-ranked team in the country, but had many competitive sets during the match.

- Senior Nikhil Kakarla (Philadelphia, Pa.) dropped a 3-0 decision in the fifth position to Neel Joshi. Kakarla held his own in the first and third sets, falling 7-11 and Joshi took the second set by a 11-3 margin.  

- After dropping the first set 11-3, sophomore Bobby Albani (Newton Square, Pa.) fell just short in set two by an 13-11 score and dropped the third set 11-9 against Omar Azzam.
 
- First-year John Gunton (Lawrenceville, N.J.) and Tate Harmas concluded the match with Harmas taking an 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 win. 
 
UP NEXT:
- The Engineers remain at home as they will welcome No. 19 Franklin and Marshall to the Zesiger Squash Courts tomorrow, Friday, January 12th at 5:00 p.m.  

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