ITHACA, N.Y.—The Big Red men's squash team opened the Cornell Invitational with a 9-0 shutout of Amherst on Friday afternoon at the Belkin International Squash Courts. Eight Cornell players blanked their opponents 3-0. The Big Red moves to 7-2 overall this season.

Moving up to play at the No. 1 position, Will Hartigan blanked Drew Blacker in the first two games, and only allowed his opponent one point in the third game. At the No. 7 and 8 positions, Pat Brady and Chris Vernick did not allow their competition to score a single point.

Cornell plays Rochester at 7 p.m. on Friday night.

1. Will Hartigan (Cornell) def. Drew Blacker, 3-0 (9-0, 9-0, 9-1)
2. Alex Domenick (Cornell) def. Jerome Giovinazzo, 3-0 (9-0, 9-3, 9-2)
3. Charlie Wagner (Cornell) def. Ben Bishop, 3-0 (9-1, 9-4, 9-3)
4. McKay Claghorn (Cornell) def. Todd Lavine, 3-0 (9-3, 9-2, 9-1)
5. Amar Gupta (Cornell) def. Tom Rapisarda, 3-0 (9-4, 9-1, 9-7)
6. Steve Peever (Cornell) def. Kevin Cecala, 3-1 (9-1, 9-3, 6-9, 9-1)
7. Pat Brady (Cornell) def. Brad Corbin, 3-0 (9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
8. Chris Vernick (Cornell) def. Zach Porges, 3-0 (9-0, 9-0, 9-0)
9. Andrew McReynolds (Cornell) def. Jacob Glass, 3-0 (9-4, 9-5,9-5)
10. Ian Holton (Cornell) def. Saahil Sud, 3-0 (9-6, 9-1, 10-9)