No. 5 Virginia Falls 6-3 to No. 4 Yale
HARTFORD, Conn. – The No. 5 Virginia men’s squash team (13-5) fell 6-3 to No. 4 Yale in the first round of the CSA Men’s Squash National Championship on Friday afternoon.
UVA’s wins came at the one, two and four positions. Aly Hussein won his 12th match at the No. 1 position with a 3-0 victory. He secured the match with an 11-0 third game.
Omar El Torkey earned a hard-fought 3-2 win at two. El Torkey fell behind 0-1 but won the next two games to go up 2-1. He dropped the fourth before winning 11-7 to take the match.
JP Tew rounded out the wins for UVA with a 3-0 victory at four. Taha Dinana, Cullen Little and Myles McIntyre both forced five-game matches at three, five and eight, respectively.
Dinana took a 1-0 lead before falling behind 2-1. He edged Yale 12-10 in the fourth to force a fifth game but fell 11-6. Little was ahead 2-1 before dropping the last two games and McIntyre traded games but fell 11-6 in the fifth.
UP NEXT
UVA will play No. 8 Cornell at 6 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 25) in the Consolation bracket of the Potter Cup.
No. 4 Yale 6, No. 5 Virginia 3
- | Aly Hussein (UVA) def. Siow Yee Xian (YALE) 11-8, 11-2, 11-0
- | Omar El Torkey (UVA) def. Maxwell Orr (YALE) 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7
- | Max Forster (YALE) def. Taha Dinana (UVA) 7-11, 11-4, 11-3, 10-12, 11-6
- | JP Tew (UVA) def. Tad Carney (YALE) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7
- | Jed Burde (YALE) def. Cullen Little (UVA) 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-1
- | Arav Bhagwati (YALE) def. CJ Baldini (UVA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-1
- | Nikhil Ismail (YALE) def. Evan Hajek (UVA) 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5
- | Brian Leonard (YALE) def. Myles McIntyre (UVA) 11-9, 10-12, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6
- | Eric Kim (YALE) def. Tyler Mackesy (UVA) 11-7, 11-3, 11-3