14th Ranked Men's Squash Falls to 10th Ranked Penn, 5-4

January 19, 2002

Junior Carlo Valdesolo had an impressive win defeating his Penn opponent 9-6, 9-2, 9-6

AMHERST, MA - The 14th ranked Amherst College men's squash team fell to visiting 10th ranked University of Pennsylvania, 5-4, on Saturday, despite a trio of impressive wins by juniors Carlo Valdesolo (Andover, MA) and John Holodnak (Wellesley, MA), and first-year phenom Gifford Sommerkamp (Bethesda, MD).

Amherst senior John Brody (Baltimore, MD) also posted a win over Penn No. 6 Jonathan Katz (Arlington, MA), but the Quakers swept the rest of the draw to even their overall record at 4-4. The Jeffs, on the other hand, fell to 3-3 with their third straight loss, all against Ivy League opponents.

First-year Richard Repetto (Margate, NJ) - ranked 10th in the nation according to the National Intercollegiate Squash Racquets Association (NISRA) - paced Penn with a 3-0 win over Amherst No. 1 Michael Strong (Wayne, PA).

Amherst returns to action Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Brown University.

Saturday, January 19, 2002 @ Amherst College - Davenport Courts (Amherst, MA)
University of Pennsylvania 5 - Amherst College 4

1) Richard Repetto (Penn) def. Michael Strong (9-6, 9-0, 9-0)
2) Carlo Valdesolo (Amh) def. Sam Miller (9-6, 9-2, 9-6)
3) Gifford Sommerkamp (Amh) def. Roberto Kriete (9-4, 7-9, 9-6, 10-9)
4) John Holodnak (Amh) def. Elan Levy (7-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-3)
5) Andrew Crockett (Penn) def. David Bauer (9-1, 9-6, 9-0)
6) John Brody (Amh) def. Jonathan Katz (7-9, 9-5, 10-8, 9-3)
7) Jason Lam (Penn) def. Asad Haque (9-6, 9-5, 5-9, 9-4)
8) Sean Lambert (Penn) def. Brian Lawrence (6-9, 9-7, 9-3, 6-9, 9-4)
9) Christopher Miller (Penn) def. Andrew Merle (9-0, 9-0, 9-0)

EXHIBITION............................................................
10) John Bryant (Penn) def. Chris Kane (9-0, 9-0, 9-3)