PHILADELPHIA — The No. 8-ranked Cornell men's squash team battled No. 7 Drexel on Friday night at the Kline & Specter Squash Center, falling to the host Dragons, 6-3.

Seven of the nine matches featured Cornell recording at least one point in the setback.

Arnaav Sareen (No. 3), Spencer Yager (No. 4), and Nicholas Göth Errington (No. 9) were victorious for Cornell.

Sareen posted a five-game victory over Jose Andres Lopez, while Yager won in four games against Yuri Pollak Pelbart and Göth Errington did not lose a game to Shaan Dalal.

Veer Chotrani and Aaron Liang each fell in five-game matches at the top two positions.

Chotrani had a 2-1 lead over Matias Knudsen, who used 11-7 and 11-5 victories in the final two games to record the victory for the Dragons. Liang and Nicolas Serna were engaged in a back-and-forth match as the duo alternated victories until Serna logged consecutive 11-8 wins to claim the match.

Results

No. 1: Matias Knudsen def. Veer Chotrani, 11-5, 9-11, 2-11, 11-7, 11-5.
No. 2: Nicolas Serna def. Aaron Liang, 10-12, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8.
No. 3: Arnaav Sareen def. Jose Andres Lopez, 11-9, 1-11, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9.
No. 4: Spencer Yager def. Yuri Pollak Pelbart, 11-7, 11-9, 3-11, 11-8.
No. 5: Fritiof Jacobsson def. Humza Khan, 11-9, 11-5, 11-3.
No. 6: Filip Krueger def. Rohan Iyer, 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 9-11, 11-3.
No. 7: Noel Heaton def. Tanay Punjabi, 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5.
No. 8: Shomari Wiltshire def. Morgan Huberman, 16-14, 11-5, 11-4.
No. 9: Nicholas Göth Errington def. Shaan Dalal, 11-6, 12-10, 11-4.

Looking Ahead

Cornell will remain in Philadelphia when it takes on No. 6 Virginia in the program's regular season finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.