No. 12 Virginia Sweeps New York University 9-0
Harlem, N.Y.- The No. 12 Virginia men’s squash team (5-4) swept New York University (0-1) on Sunday (Dec. 2) at the SL Green StreetSquash.
Virginia swept its final match of the weekend, recording a 3-0 victory in eight of nine positions against the Violets.
Freshman Patrick McElroy (Brookline, Mass.) and junior Toby Hansford (Darien, Conn.) captured wins at the top of the Cavaliers’ ladder. McElroy defeated Gabriel Bassil at position one, 11-9, 11-9, 14-12, as Hansford won 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5 against Akash Janini in position two.
In position three, senior Grayson Bubrosky (New Canaan, Conn.) defeated Bradford Sunderland 11-5, 11-7, 11-7, while freshman Glenn Yates (Cape Town, South Africa) captured an 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 win in position four against Ashad Hajela and sophomore Andrew Braff (Locust Valley, N.Y.) captured an 11-5, 11-9, 11-7 win in position five against Ginno Geocadin.
Senior Henry Woodworth (Weston, Mass) recorded an 11-4, 11-4 victory in his opening two games, before rounding out his match with an 11-7 third-game win. Sophomore Matthew Katz (Baltimore, Md.) recorded an 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 win in position seven against Shane Fries, while senior James Dudzik (Greenwich, Conn.) defeated Karan Kochhar 11-4, 11-6, 11-1 in position eight and senior Killian Bubrosky (New Canaan, Conn.) defeated Maximillian White 11-8, 11-2, 11-4 in position nine.
The match was the fourth for the Cavaliers in three days as Virginia topped Fordham on Friday before splitting results yesterday with a win over Cornell and a loss to Columbia.
“Today rounded out a fun and successful weekend in New York, and with this morning’s win over NYU we go into the winter break 5-4,” head coach Mark Allen said. “The match yesterday against Cornell was an important result and one we had to fight very hard for. There is so much parity in the men’s collegiate game right now, that on any given day any of the teams from 10 through 20 are capable of beating each other and every victory is well earned. Yesterday was no exception. I’m proud of the guys for staying competitive, yet composed, and pulling out the last two must-win matches in five games (against Cornell). The win should see us hold on to our current number 12 position in the national rankings. We will now enjoy some well-earned rest and then prepare for the second half of the season.”
Virginia will return to action on Jan. 19, facing Williams College in Annapolis, Md.
No. 12 Virginia 9, New York University 0
1 | Patrick McElroy (UVA) def. Gabriel Bassil (NYU) 11-9, 11-9, 14-12
2 | Toby Hansford (UVA) def. Akash Janini (NYU) 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5
3 | Grayson Bubrosky (UVA) def. Bradford Sunderland (NYU) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
4 | Glenn Yates (UVA) def. Ashad Hajela (NYU) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4
5 | Andrew Braff (UVA) def. Ginno Geocadin (NYU) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
6 | Henry Woodworth (UVA) def. Andre Megliola (NYU) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7
7 | Matthew Katz (UVA) def. Shane Fries (NYU) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5
8 | James Dudzik (UVA) def. Karan Kochhar (NYU) 11-4, 11-6, 11-1
9 | Killian Bubrosky (UVA) def. Maximillian White (NYU) 11-8, 11-2, 11-4