The men's squash team had a busy schedule over the weekend, competing against four teams in three days, including two NESCAC rivals. The Jumbos dropped the first three contests, two by one match, before salvaging the last meet against Hamilton. Ranked No. 14 in the country by the College Squash Association, the Jumbos squared-off against Bowdoin, the No. 17th team in the nation. The Polar Bears squeaked past the Jumbos with a 5-4 win, in the closest match of the season. The Jumbos recorded victories from junior Jake Gross and sophomore Chris Delaney, playing in the No.1 and No. 2 spots respectively. For the second time in as many matches, Gross won in three straight games, defeating his opponent, sophomore Chris Nehrbas 9-1, 9-5, 9-2. Delaney did not win his match as easily, however. Despite a strong showing in the first and second games against senior Matt Dresher, ranked 84th in the country, Delaney dropped both. He regained his composure for the third game, however and shifted the momentum in his favor, pulling out the next three games and taking the match, 8-10, 5-9, 10-8, 9-5, 9-6. Junior Nelson Schubart also recorded a win for Tufts on Friday, beating his opponent, junior Jake Sack. Schubart won the first two games easily, yielding only four points to Sack, but lost the third. But Schubart took the last game 10-8 and avoided blowing a lead in a match for the second-straight contest. The Jumbos had mixed results against the three freshmen Bowdoin inserted into its Friday lineup. Senior co-captain Dan Karlin, playing in the No. 6 spot, won his match against Peter Cipraino in three-straight games, 9-5, 9-2, 9-3. But sophomores Josh Levinson and John Subranni both dropped matches to their rookie opponents in three games. After their match against Bowdoin, the Jumbos headed to New Haven to begin the Yale Round Robin the following day. Tufts flirted with a winless weekend after losing the first two matches of the tournament to lower-seeded Rochester and Franklin and Marshall; however, it managed to take the last contest against Hamilton by a convincing 7-2 score. See Thursday's Daily for more coverage.
- by Eddie Mishan
