ITHACA, N.Y. — Sophomore Arnaav Sareen posted an impressive five-game victory over Harvard's Ido Burstein despite the No. 8-ranked Cornell men's squash team falling to the Crimson, 8-1, at the Belkin Squash Courts on Saturday afternoon.

Burstein won the first two games by identical 11-9 scores before Sareen took over the match at the No. 3 position on the ladder, dropping just five points over the final three games, 11-4, 11-1, 11-1.
 
Senior Veer Chotrani also avenged losing the opening two games, 15-13, 11-8, to Marwan Tarek in No. 1 match with 11-6 and 11-2 victories in the third and fourth games. Tarek recorded the victory in the match by an 11-6 score in the final game.

Spencer Yager (No. 4), Tanay Punjabi (No. 7), and Nick Robinson (No. 8) each lost in four games.

Results

No. 1: Marwan Tarek def. Veer Chotrani, 15-13, 11-8, 6-11, 2-11, 11-6.
No. 2: George Crowne def. Aaron Liang, 11-6, 13-11, 11-6.
No. 3: Arnaav Sareen def. Ido Burstein, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-1.
No. 4: Tate Harms def. Spencer Yager, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-4.
No. 5: Denis Gilevskiy def. Humza Khan, 11-5, 11-1, 11-4.
No. 6: David Costales def. Rohan Iyer, 11-2, 11-2, 11-5.
No. 7: Neel Joshi def. Tanay Punjabi, 11-6, 11-2, 9-11, 11-3.
No. 8: Ishant Shah def. Nicholas Robinson, 11-6, 3-11, 11-4, 12-10.
No. 9: Ayush Menon def. Morgan Huberman, 11-4, 11-7, 11-5.

Looking Ahead

Cornell will look to snap its five-match losing streak on Sunday when it hosts Dartmouth at the Belkin Squash Courts. First matches are scheduled to begin at noon. Game action can be viewed on Stretch Internet.