NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The eighth-ranked men's squash team fought off a slow start Sunday, coming up just short in a 5-4 loss to third-ranked Yale at Brady Squash Center.
 
The Bulldogs swept the opening rotation to take a commanding 3-0 lead, but Cornell kept the match interesting by winning four of the six remaining matches. Junior Aditya Jagtap needed just three games to dispatch of his opponent at the No. 2 position, and sophomore Graham Dietz outlasted his matchup in a five-game tilt at No. 8.
 
With the score 4-2 entering the final rotation, the Big Red could only muster two of the last three points of the match. Senior Nick Sachvie never wavered in a three-game victory at the No. 1 spot, and freshman Gustav Runersjö rallied from a 2-0 deficit to come out victorious in his showdown at No. 7.
 
The Big Red concludes its three-match road trip Monday at Trinity.
 
No. 3 YALE 5, No. 8 CORNELL 4
Sunday, at Brady Squash Center; New Haven, Conn.
1. Nick Sachvie (C) def. Neil Martin, 11-7, 11-3, 11-4.
2. Aditya Jagtap (C) def. Sam Fenwick, 11-3, 11-7, 14-12.
3. Zachary Leman (Y) def. Ryan Todd, 13-11, 8-11, 14-12, 11-6.
4. Thomas Dembinski (Y) def. Kevin Flannery, 11-3, 11-6, 11-4.
5. Kah Wah Cheong (Y) def. Bryan Keating, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6.
6. Liam McClintock (Y) def. Rishi Jalan, 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-13, 11-8.
7. Gustav Runersjö (C) def. Eric Caine, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9.
8. Graham Dietz (C) def. Charlie Wyatt, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-8.
8. Joseph Roberts (Y) def. Abhijit Malik, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9.
Ex. Pehlaaj Bajwa (Y) def. Harry Freeman, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.