Virginia Squash Falls to Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 5 Virginia men’s squash team (2-2) fell 8-1 at No. 1 Harvard (5-0) on Friday afternoon at the Murr Center.
Virginia’s Taha Dinana picked up a win for the men, topping Harvard’s David Costales in straight games, 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-5) at the three position on the ladder. Dinana improved to 2-1 on the season.
Aly Hussein battled for almost two hours in a five-game match at the one position. Hussein won the first game 11-7 before Harvard’s Marwan Tarek won the second game 11-4. Hussein took a 2-1 lead with an 11-5 win in the third but Tarek won the fourth 11-8 to force a tie-breaker and eventually won 11-4.
Omar El Torkey won his first game in the match with Harvard’s George Crowne at the two position but fell 3-1. CJ Baldini also picked up an opening game win at the seven position but eventually lost 3-1 to Ishant Shah.
MEN’S RESULTS
No. 1 Harvard 8, No. 5 Virginia 1
- | Marwan Tarek (HU) def. Aly Hussein (UVA) 7-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8, 11-4
- | George Crowne (HU) def. Omar El Torkey (UVA) 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-0
- | Taha Dinana (UVA) def. David Costales (HU) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
- | Ido Burstein (HU) def. Cullen Little (UVA) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7
- | Tate Harms (HU) def. JP Tew (UVA) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8
- | Denis Gilevskiy (HU) def. Myles McIntyre (UVA) 11-8, 12-10, 11-3
- | Ishant Shah (HU) def. CJ Baldini (UVA) 10-12, 11-0, 11-4, 11-4
- | Ayush Menon (HU) def. Evan Hajek (UVA) 11-3, 11-6, 13-11
- | Neel Joshi (HU) def. Tyler Mackesy (UVA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5