WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The men's squash team kicked off its season in style with sweeping 9-0 victories over Middlebury on Saturday and the host team on Sunday at the Williams Round Robin.
The sixth-ranked Big Red didn't drop a single game in the 10 matches against 14th-ranked Middlebury. Junior
Nick Sachvie won both of his matches in straight sets at the No. 1 position, as did
Owen Butler (No. 6),
Bryan Keating (No. 7) and Rishi Jalen (No. 8).
The Big Red returns home to open the home portion of its schedule after the Thanksgiving holiday. Eleventh-ranked Western Ontario visits Ithaca to kick off the weekend on Friday, Dec. 2, followed by a doubleheader on Saturday, Dec. 3 featuring the Ivy League opener against Columbia (11 a.m.) and 12th-ranked St. Lawrence (3 p.m.).
RESULTS
Saturday, Nov. 19, at Williams Round Robin
#6 CORNELL 9, #14 MIDDLEBURY 0
1.
Nick Sachvie (C) def. Valentin Quan, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5.
2.
Aditya Jagtap (C) def. Jay Dolan, 11-2, 11-6, 11-2.
3.
Arjun Gupta (C) def. Parker Hurst, 11-1, 11-7, 11-5.
4.
David Hilton (C) def. Spencer Hurst, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8.
5.
Will Hartigan (C) def. Cooper Redpath, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4.
6.
Owen Butler (C) def. William Moore, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4.
7.
Bryan Keating (C) def. Addison DiSesa, 11-5, 11-5, 12-10.
8.
Rishi Jalan (C) def. Player Unknown, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9.
9.
Stephen Stinson (C) def. Player Unknown, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3.
Sunday, Nov. 20, at Williams Round Robin
#6 CORNELL 9, #10 WILLIAMS 0
1.
Nick Sachvie (C) def. William Morris, 11-2, 11-5, 11-9.
2.
Aditya Jagtap (C) def. Nick Marks, 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9.
3.
Arjun Gupta (C) def. Kevin Chen, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6.
4.
David Hilton (C) def. Taylor Foehl, 11-4, 11-13, 13-15, 11-7, 11-8.
5.
Will Hartigan (C) def. Andrew Maruca, 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 11-1.
6.
Owen Butler (C) def. Alexander Greaves-Tunnell, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.
7.
Bryan Keating (C) def. Christopher Wilkinson, 11-7, 11-2, 11-8.
8.
Rishi Jalan (C) def. Aaron Seong, 11-5, 11-3, 11-5.
9.
Chris Stinson (C) def. Nicholas Greaves-Tunnell, 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7.