AMHERST, Mass. -- The No. 18 ranked Bates College men's squash squad has now lost two matches in a row for the first time all season as No. 19 Amherst doubled up the Bobcats, 6-3, in Sunday action.

The setback sends the garnet and white to 9-4 on the year while the host-Mammoths (winners of three-straight) move to 7-3 overall.

Despite the overall result, Alec Spiro (So.-Portland, Ore.) enjoyed a solid showing atop the Bobcats' lineup with an 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 sweep of Kedar Nagaraj at No. 1.

No. 3 Harris Ramlee (Southville City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) needed the entire five-game slate to put away Amherst's Neal Malani, doing so by scores of 11-7, 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5. Sultan Hashmi (Tiburon, Calif.) also went five stanzas to pocket a win for Bates, as the senior (playing at No. 8) outlasted William Okurowski (12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6).

The Bobcats return to the Bates Squash Center on Wednesday to host No. 21 Colby, at 7:00 p.m.

No. 19 Amherst 6, No. 18 Bates College 3
Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023 at Amherst, Mass.

1. Alec Spiro (Bates) def. Kedar Nagaraj (Amherst) 11-9, 11-5, 11-4
2. Adam Lichtmacher (Amherst) def. Jonathan Walker (Bates) 7-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
3. Harris Ramlee (Bates) def. Neal Malani (Amherst) 11-7, 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5
4. Robinson Armour (Amherst) def. Ashton Monteiro (Bates) 12-10, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7
5. Abhimanyu Gupta (Amherst) def. Chris Kenny (Bates) 6-11, 11-2, 4-11, 11-4, 11-7
6. Grady Herbert (Amherst) def. Labeeb Ali (Bates) 11-5, 11-7, 11-4
7. Matthew Granovsky (Amherst) def. Jairaj Singh (Bates) 11-9, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7
8.  Sultan Hashmi (Bates) def. William Okurowski (Amherst) 10-12, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10, 6-11
9. Yeshwin Sankuratri (Amherst) def. Max Good (Bates) 11-5, 11-9,11-2

Amherst (7-3), Bates (9-4)