MEDFORD, Mass. -- First-year Labeeb Ali and senior captain Peter Koenigsbauer both picked up wins but the No. 25 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team fell 7-2 at No. 18 Tufts Friday night.

Bates (1-4) lost three matches in five games to the Jumbos (4-1) in a tight contest between the two NESCAC foes. Ali (Plano, Texas) won his third match of the year, rallying from down two games to one to prevail 3-2 (3-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9) over Dillon O'Shea at the No. 6 position. Ali has won three of his five matches so far this season. 

Koenigsbauer (Seattle, Wash.) won a tight third game before dominating the fourth game to win his match 3-1 (11-9, 5-11, 13-11, 11-1) over Sanjeev Jeyabalan at the No. 4 position.

First-year Alec Spiro (Portland, Ore.), at No. 2, first-year Harris Ramlee (Malaysia) at No. 3 and junior Jairaj Singh (Jaipur, India) at No. 7 all took their opponents to the maximum five games in narrow defeats. 

The Bobcats return to action Saturday at 6:30pm when they host No. 4 nationally ranked Trinity at the Bates College Squash Center.

No. 18 Tufts 7, No. 25 Bates 2
Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 at Medford, Mass.

1. Harry Charlton (T) def. Jesper Phillips (B) 11-2, 11-6, 12-10
2. Kunal Valia (T) def. Alec Spiro (B) 14-12, 6-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7
3. Kerwin Teh (T) def. Harris Ramlee (B) 11-5, 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9
4. Peter Koenigsbauer (B) def. Sanjeev Jeyabalan (T) 11-9, 5-11, 13-11, 11-1
5. Vivaan Jaikishan (T) def. Sultan Hashmi (B) 11-9, 11-7, 16-14
6. Labeeb Ali (B) def. Dillon O'Shea (T) 3-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9
7. K. Marco Rodriguez (T) def. Jairaj Singh (B) 10-12, 11-2, 11-8, 12-14, 11-7
8. Konrad LaDow (T) def. Matthew Lazor (B) 11-6, 11-2, 11-7
9. Oliver Eielson (T) def. Max Good (B) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5