HARTFORD, Conn. – The NESCAC Men’s Squash Championship opened this evening at the George A. Kellner Squash Center on the campus of Trinity College. No. 6-seed Amherst cruised to a 9-0 victory over No. 11-seed Wesleyan, No. 7-seed Tufts defeated No. 10-seed Connecticut College 8-1, and No. 9-seed Hamilton College edged No. 8-seed Colby College in a 5-4 upset victory.

Tonight’s winners will compete tomorrow at Trinity. The losers of tonight’s round will resume competition in the consolation round tomorrow, which will be played at Wesleyan.

No 4-seed Bowdoin and No. 5-seed Middlebury will square off tomorrow, while Hamilton will face the No. 1-seed Trinity. No. 3-seed Bates will face Amherst, No. 2-seed Williams will take on Tufts. The top three seeds earned first round byes.

Men’s action is scheduled to continue at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow.

Schedule - at Trinity

Friday
Game 1:  No. 9 Hamilton 5, vs. No. 8 Colby 4
Game 2:  No. 6 Amherst 9, vs. No. 11 Wesleyan 0
Game 3:  No. 7 Tufts 8, vs. No. 10 Connecticut College 1

Saturday
Game 4:  No. 4 Bowdoin vs. No. 5 Middlebury - 9:00 a.m.
Game 5:  No. 1 Trinity vs. No. 9 Hamilton - 9:00 a.m.
Game 6:  No. 3 Bates vs. No. 6 Amherst - 10:30 a.m.
Game 7:  No. 2 Williams vs. No. 7 Tufts - 10:30 a.m.
Game 8:  Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5 - 3:00 p.m.
Game 9:  Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7 - 4:30 p.m.

Sunday
Game 10:  Loser Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 9 - 12:00 p.m.
Game 11 - Championship:  Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9 - 1:30 p.m.

Schedule - at Wesleyan
Saturday
Game A:  No. 8 Colby vs. No. 11 Wesleyan - 2:30 p.m.
Game B:  No. 8 Colby vs. No. 10 Connecticut College - 12:15 p.m.
Game C:  No. 10 Connecticut College vs. No. 11 Wesleyan - 10:00 a.m.

Schedule - at Trinity
Game D:  Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5 - 3:00 p.m.
Game E:  Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7 - 4:30 p.m.

Sunday
Game F:  Loser Game D vs. Loser of Game E - 9:00 a.m.
Game G:  Winner Game D vs. Winner Game E - 9:00 a.m.