No. 6 Virginia Falls 7-2 at No. 3 Princeton
PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 6 Virginia men’s squash team (10-5) dropped its first match since December 2 with the 7-2 loss at No. 3 Princeton (7-2) on Saturday afternoon in Princeton, N.J.
UVA’s two wins in the match came at the one and five positions. Aly Hussein won 3-0 at No. 1 and Cullen Little won 3-1 at five. Little won the first two games before dropping the third but came back clinch the win 11-6 in the fourth.
Omar El Torkey won his second game to tie his match 1-1 but Princeton’s Karim Elbarbary won the next two as El Torkey fell 3-1 at No. 2. Taha Dinana won his first game to take the early lead but Princeton’s Thomas Rosini won three straight to win at three. JP Tew tied his match up with a win in the second game but also fell 3-1.
UVA’s six through nine positions fell in straight games.
No. 3 Princeton 7, No. 6 Virginia 2
- | Aly Hussein (UVA) def. Daelum Mawji (PRIN) 11-1, 11-6, 11-6
- | Karim Elbarbary (PRIN) def. Omar El Torkey (UVA) 11-5, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5
- | Thomas Rosini (PRIN) def. Taha Dinana (UVA) 8-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-7
- | Ahmed Wael (PRIN) def. JP Tew (UVA) 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5
- | Cullen Little (UVA) def. Hassan Khalil (PRIN) 12-10, 12-10, 6-11, 11-6
- | Alastair Cho (PRIN) def. CJ Baldini (UVA) 11-3, 12-10, 11-5
- | Gordon Lam (PRIN) def. Evan Hajek (UVA) 11-0, 11-1, 11-2
- | Zain Ahmed (PRIN) def. Tyler Mackesy (UVA) 11-5, 11-3, 11-3
- | Federico Sosa (PRIN) def. Teddy Durfee (UVA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5
EXH | David Beeson (PRIN) def. Max Velazquez (UVA) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6