CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In a clash which featured four five-game matches, the seventh-ranked men's squash team outlasted Rochester for a 5-4 victory on Saturday in the consolation semifinals at the Potter Cup at Harvard's Murr Center. The victory advances the Big Red to the fifth-place match against No. 4 St. Lawrence at 11 a.m. Sunday.
 
Sixth-ranked Rochester took a 2-1 lead after the first rotation, including a five-game victory at the No. 6 position. Freshman Harry Freeman started the Big Red's sweep of the bottom third with a four-game victory at the No. 9 position.
 
Sophomore Abhijit Malik made short work of his opponent at No. 8 in three games, and senior Aditya Jagtap rallied for a pair of one-game deficit to win the fifth game of his No. 2 match in extra points to tie the score at 3 heading to the final three matches.
 
Senior Bryan Keating won handily in three games at the No. 4 position, and sophomore Graham Dietz held off his opponent at the No. 7 spot in five games to guarantee the Big Red a fifth- or sixth-place finish in the this year's national championship.
 
#7 CORNELL 5, #6 ROCHESTER 4
Potter Cup consolation semifinals; at Murr Center; Cambridge, Mass.
1. Neil Cordell (R) def. Nick Sachvie, 11-6, 11-13, 4-11, 11-6, 12-10
2. Aditya Jagtap (C) def. Mario Yanez, 4-11, 14-12, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10
3. Ryosei Kobayashi (R) def. Kevin Flannery, 11-8, 12-10, 11-9
4. Bryan Keating (C) def. William Mohr, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6
5. Karm Kumar (R) def. Gustav Runersjö, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8
6. Aria Fazelimanesh (R) def. Rishi Jalan, 4-11, 4-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-5
7. Graham Dietz (C) def. Meng Xiaomin, 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 4-11, 11-8                                         
8. Abhijit Malik (C) def. Christian Reidelsheimer, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4
9. Harry Freeman (C) def. Jesse Cramer, 11-8, 11-2, 11-13, 11-6