The 18th-ranked Middlebury men's squash team eased past #22 Amherst in the squad's home-opening match Tuesday evening by an 8-1 score. The win is the seventh-straight for Middlebury, tying a record for the longest winning streak in the program's history. The Panthers return to the court Wednesday when they host third-ranked St. Lawrence at 4:30 p.m.
In the win over the Purple & White, three-game victories came from David Cromwell at #2, Wyatt French at #3, Andrew Cadienhead at #4, Henry Pearson in the sixth spot and Ben Krant at #7. In the fifth slot, Middlebury's Harrison Croll won the first two games before Darian Ehsani earned the win in the third game. Croll posted a narrow 11-8 game win en route to the four-game triumph.
William Kurth and Amherst's Jeremy Van split the first two games at #8, but Kurth posted 11-7 and 11-8 wins in games three and four in the 3-1 victory. The most exciting back-and-forth match of the evening came at the bottom of the ladder, as Cameron Dewey won the opening two games against Amherst's Thornton Ellis by scores of 11-7 and 11-3. Ellis responded with wins in games three and four by scores of 11-6 and 11-9, but Dewey earned the team point with a convincing 11-3 win in the fifth game.
Middlebury 8, Amherst 1
Jan. 12, 2016 at Middlebury, Vermont
- Noah Browne (Amherst) def. Andrew Jung (Midd) 9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-7
- David Cromwell (Midd) def. Cameron Bahadori (Amherst) 11-2, 12-10, 11-6
- Wyatt French (Midd) def. David Merkel (Amherst) 11-9, 11-2, 11-9
- Andrew Cadienhead (Midd) def. Harith Khawaja (Amherst) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6
- Harrison Croll (Midd) def. Darian Ehsani (Amherst) 11-7, 11-7, 11-13, 11-8
- Henry Pearson (Midd) def. Michael Groot (Amherst) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
- Ben Krant (Midd) def. Lucas Sheiner (Amherst) 11-8, 11-4, 11-3
- Will Kurth (Midd) def. Jeremy Van (Amherst) 11-6, 2-11, 11-8, 11-7
- Cameron Dewey (Midd) def. Thornton Ellis (Amherst) 11-7, 11-3, 6-11, 9-11, 11-3
