PHILADELPHIA — Sophomore Alex Dworetzky won a pair of matches from the No. 7 position, but the men's squash team was handed a pair of 7-2 losses by Virginia and Drexel on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
 
Cornell (3-6), which is ranked 14th in the nation by the College Squash Association, started its trip with a neutral-site match against the Cavaliers at Penn Squash Center. Eighth-ranked Virginia (10-3) took a 2-1 lead out of the first rotation despite Dworetzky's three-game sweep at No. 7. Sophomore Nicholas Göth Errington then survived an hour-long match of four games at No. 5 to give the Big Red its second point, but the Cavaliers went on to sweep the final rotation to clinch.
 
On Sunday at Drexel's Kline & Specter Squash Center, Dworetzky once again got the Big Red on the board – this time with a lengthy four-game affair that he locked down with extra-point victories in the third and fourth. Senior Jared Scherl later won in four at No. 9 for the other point against the fifth-ranked Dragons (7-3).
 
Senior James Paolella also competed in the exhibition match at No. 10 both days, winning in both.
 
Cornell's travels continue next weekend with a couple neutral-site matches at Yale's Brady Squash Center in New Haven, Connecticut. The Big Red opens the weekend against George Washington at 2 p.m. Saturday and Franklin & Marshall at 11 a.m. Sunday.

VIRGINIA 7, CORNELL 2

National rankings: Virginia 8, Cornell 14
At Penn Squash Courts; Philadelphia
1. Aly Hussein (V) def. Veer Chotrani, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5
2. Omar El Torky (V) def. Charles Culhane, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
3. William Holey (V) def. Nikhil Arjunan Iyer, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9
4. Cullen Little (V) def. V. Luke Park II, 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6
5. Nicholas Göth Errington (C) def. Glenn Yates, 12-10, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9
6. Peter Miller (V) def. Illia Presman, 12-10, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6
7. Alex Dworetzky (C) def. William Braff, 11-8, 11-9, 13-11
8. Toby Hansford (V) def. Thomas Mocorrea, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5
9. Teddy Durfee (V) def. Jared Scherl, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
Ex. James Paolella (C) def. Andrew Braff, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7
Order of play: (3,1,2 / 4,5,6 / 7,9,8)

DREXEL 7, CORNELL 2

National rankings: Drexel 5, Cornell 14
At Penn Squash Courts; Philadelphia
1. Lucas Rousselet (D) def. Veer Chotrani, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6
2. Matias Knudsen (D) def. Charles Culhane, 11-6, 11-2, 11-4
3. Dylan Kachur (D) def. Nikhil Arjunan Iyer, 12-10, 11-5, 7-11, 5-11, 11-4
4. Noel Heaton (D) def. V. Luke Park II, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
5. Filip Krueger (D) def. Nicholas Göth Errington, 17-15, 4-11, 3-11, 11-4
6. Matthew Lucente (D) def. Illia Presman, 13-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6
7. Alex Dworetzky (C) def. Jose Andres Lopez, 11-8, 5-11, 13-11, 16-14
8. Gautam Nagpal (D) def. Thomas Mocorrea, 11-8, 11-5, 13-11
9. Jared Scherl (C) def. Shaan Dalal, 12-10, 11-5, 8-11, 11-3
Ex. James Paolella (C) def. Michael Berry, 12-10, 11-7, 4-11, 11-0
Order of play: (1,2 / 3,4 / 6,5 / 7,8 / 10,9)