No. 5 Virginia Falls 5-4 to No. 8 Cornell
HARTFORD, Conn. – The No. 5 Virginia men’s squash team (13-6) fell 5-4 to No. 8 Cornell on Saturday in the consolation bracket of the CSA Men’s Squash Championship.
UVA and Cornell traded points throughout the match. Aly Hussein took over an hour to gut out a 3-1 win at No. 1. Omar El Torkey picked up a 3-0 win at two and Evan Hajek won 3-0 at five.
CJ Baldini fell 3-2 at four after falling behind 2-0 and winning the next two games.
Myles McIntyre’s 3-0 win at six put UVA ahead 4-3 with two courts remaining. Both courts went to five games. JP Tew and Charles Braff battled, both falling 3-2 to close out the match.
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Virginia will pay Princeton on Sunday at 11 a.m. in the final round of the CSA Championship.
No. 8 Cornell 5, No. 5 Virginia 4
- | Aly Hussein (UVA) def. Veer Chotrani (CORN) 11-7, 11-4, 12-14, 11-7
- | Omar El Torkey (UVA) def. Aaron Liang (CORN) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5
- | Arnaav Sareen (CORN) def. JP Tew (UVA) 11-4, 9-11, 11-8 8-11, 11-7
- | Spencer Yager (CORN) def. CJ Baldini (UVA) 11-7, 11-3, 4-11, 5-11, 11-5
- | Evan Hajek (UVA) def. Humza Khan (CORN) 11-7, 11-7, 11-2
- | Myles McIntyre (UVA) def. Rohan Iyer (CORN) 11-6, 15-13, 11-6
- | Tanay Punjabi (CORN) def. Tyler Mackesy (UVA) 12-10, 11-6, 16-14
- | Morgan Huberman (CORN) def. Teddy Durfee (UVA) 4-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-8
- | Nicholas Errington (CORN) def. Charles Braff (UVA) 11-5, 10-12, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7