PHILADELPHIA -- The No. 21 nationally ranked Bates men's squash team dropped a close one by a count of 6-3 to No. 22 Tufts in the Summers Cup quarterfinals Friday evening.

Bates (5-11) will play Middlebury in the consolation semifinals Saturday at 6:30pm. 

The Jumbos (7-6) won at the top four positions in the lineup but the Bobcats picked up wins at the No. 5 and 6 positions respectively. First-year Labeeb Ali (Plano, Texas) won a back-and-forth battle at No. 5, prevailing 3-2 (11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5) over Tufts' Vivaan Jaikishan. At No. 6, junior Jonathan Walker (Kingston, Jamaica) rallied from a game down to win 3-1 (11-13, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7) over K. Marco Rodriguez.

With Bates down 4-2, the Bobcats got a big comeback victory at No. 9, as sophomore Garrett Wenberg (Rye, N.Y.) rallied from down two games to none and won 3-2 (8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4) over Krish Shah. But Tufts got the clinching win at No.1 in four games. The Jumbos also won a pair of matches at No. 3 and 4 in five games apiece. 

No. 22 Tufts 6, No. 21 Bates 3
Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 at Philadelphia, Pa.

1. Harry Charlton (T) def. Jesper Phillips (B) 11-2, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6
2. Kunal Valia (T) def. Alec Spiro (B) 11-2, 11-0, 11-5
3. Kerwin Teh (T) def. Harris Ramlee (B) 12-10, 8-11, 14-12, 9-11, 11-5
4. Sanjeev Jeyabalan (T) def. Peter Koenigsbauer (B) 9-11, 11-5, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9
5. Labeeb Ali (B) def. Vivaan Jaikishan (T) 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5
6. Jonathan Walker (B) def. K. Marco Rodriguez (T) 11-13, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7
7. Oliver Eielson (T) def. Jairaj Singh (B) 12-10, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8
8. Dillon O'Shea (T) def. Sultan Hashmi (B) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5
9. Garrett Wenberg (B) def. Krish Shah (T) 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4