Virginia Squash Teams Face Yale and Columbia in Top-10 Road Match-Ups
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia men’s and women’s squash teams will take on a pair of Ivy League opponents this weekend, playing at Yale on Saturday (Nov. 13) and Columbia on Sunday (Nov. 14).
MATCH DETAILS
- Live scoring will be available through Clublocker. Links are posted on VirginiaSports.com
- Saturday’s matches at Yale will have a live video stream through Stretch Internet. Link is posted on VirginiaSports.com
- Both will be a 3-court system match
VIRGINIA MEN’S SQUASH
- Virginia is ranked No. 7 in the CSA team rankings. Yale is No. 8 and Columbia No. 6
- The Virginia men’s squash team (1-0) opened its season with a MASC victory on Wednesday at Navy, sweeping the Midshipmen 9-0
- Virginia won seven of the positions in three games
- Sophomore Taha Dinana made his delayed collegiate debut, finishing off a four-game win at position three
- Freshman CJ Baldini opened his career with a three-game win at seven
- This will be the season opener for Yale. Columbia will host Western Ontario on Saturday before taking on the Cavaliers on Sunday
- Virginia is 1-2 against Columbia and 1-2 against Yale.
- Virginia topped the Lions 6-3 in their regular-season finale in 2019-20
- Virginia edged Yale 5-4 in the 2019-20 Potter Cup consolation semifinals
- The win against the then No. 6 Bulldogs was the highest-ranked victory for the Cavaliers in program history
ON THE HORIZON
- The men’s and women’s teams continue a stretch of six straight matches against Ivy League opponents with three matches next weekend against Penn, Princeton and Cornell
- Virginia plays its home opener on Friday, December 3, hosting Dartmouth at 6 p.m. at the McArthur Squash Center