Tufts University defeated Hamilton College 5-4 in the 2017 College Squash Association Men's National Team Championships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday.

The Continentals (7-12 overall) play Connecticut College on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 9 a.m. in the consolation round of the Conroy Cup (D Division) at MIT on courts one, two and three. Hamilton is 29th overall in the CSA national team rankings and the Camels are 31st. Connecticut Coll. lost 8-1 against Hobart College on Friday.

Saturday's match will be the Continentals' third one this month against the Camels. Hamilton defeated Connecticut Coll. by 6-3 scores at the 2017 NESCAC Men's Squash Championship in the consolation round on Feb. 4 and again at the Continentals' Little Squash Center on Feb. 11.

Hamilton and Tufts had split their first two matches against each other this season with the Continentals winning at home and the Jumbos prevailing at the NESCAC championship. Three of Hamilton's four winners were extended to five games on Friday.

Tucker Hamlin '17 lost his first two games at the third position but came all the way back for the victory by scores of 12-10, 11-6 and 11-5 in the last three. Hamlin is 6-2 in his last eight matches.

Tristan Chaix '20 started out strong by winning his first two games at the fourth position. Chaix had to hold on down the stretch and finally clinched the match with an 11-7 triumph in the fifth game.

Nicholas Conzelman '20 continued his hot streak with a three-game victory at the seventh position. Conzelman, who has won seven of his last eight matches, finished off his opponent with an emphatic 11-2 decision in the third game.

Jonathan Ruth '18 won the second and fourth games but dropped the first and second at the ninth position. Ruth cruised to an 11-3 decision in the deciding fifth game for his sixth win in his last eight matches.


#28 Tufts 5, #29 Hamilton 4

Feb. 17, 2017 at Cambridge, Mass. (MIT)

1. Alan Litman (T) d. Colin O'Dowd 11-7, 11-5, 11-6.
2. Raghav Kumar (T) d. Callum Sondhi 16-14, 11-5, 11-9.
3. Tucker Hamlin (H) d. Brett Raskopf 9-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 11-5.
4. Tristan Chaix (H) d. Braden Chiulli 11-8, 11-4, 11-13, 11-13, 11-7.
5. Connor Wind (T) d. Mark Sperry 11-9, 11-7, 11-1.
6. Aidan Porges (T) d. Sam Matlick 11-2, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9.
7. Nicholas Conzelman (H) d. Sandeep Rishi 11-8, 11-7, 11-2.
8. Imran Trehan (T) d. Atticus Jones 6-11, 11-3, 11-5, 12-10.
9. Jonathan Ruth (H) d. Amun Sahrawat 6-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-3.

Records: Hamilton 7-12; Tufts 14-8
CSA Men's National Team Championships
First Round - Conroy Cup (D Division)