HARTFORD, Conn. — Arnaav Sareen and Nicholas Göth Errington posted five-game victories to lift the No. 8-ranked Cornell men's squash team past No. 5-ranked Virginia, 5-4, in the consolation semifinals of the Potter Cup at the College Squash National Championships on Saturday night.

In what proved to be a back-and-forth contest throughout, Sareen and Göth Errington's wins secured Cornell a spot in the consolation final with No. 7-ranked Drexel on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Drexel also posted an upset in the other consolation semifinal, defeating No. 3-ranked Princeton by a 5-4 score.

Tanay Punjabi gave Cornell an early lead with his three-game victory at the No. 7 position, which included a marathon third game that ended with a 16-14 score.

Virginia took the next two matches at the No. 1 and No. 5 positions, but the Big Red would even the match at 3-all with victories by Morgan Huberman and Spencer Yager.

Huberman avenged dropping the opening game, 11-4, with victories of 12-10, 11-5, 11-8. Yager claimed the decisive fifth set, 11-5, after opening the match with 11-7 and 11-3 wins.

The Cavaliers regained the lead with a three-game victory at the No. 2 position before Sareen and Göth Errington's matches went final.

Results

No. 1: Aly Hussein def. Veer Chotrani, 11-7, 11-4, 12-14, 11-7.
No. 2: Omar El Torkey def. Aaron Liang, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5.
No. 3: Arnaav Sareen def. John Paul Tew, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7.
No. 4: Spencer Yager def. CJ Baldini, 11-7, 11-3, 4-11, 5-11, 11-5.
No. 5: Francis Hajek def. Humza Khan, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2.
No. 6: Myles McIntyre def. Rohan Iyer, 11-6, 15-13, 11-6.
No. 7: Tanay Punjabi def. Tyler Mackesy, 12-10, 11-6, 16-14.
No. 8: Morgan Huberman def. Teddy Durfee, 4-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-8.
No. 9: Nicholas Göth Errington def. Charles Braff, 11-5, 10-12, 13-11, 10-12, 11-7.

Scouting Drexel

Drexel, who is currently No. 7 in the College Squash Association's rankings, has a 9-8 overall record on the year. The Dragons fell to No. 2-ranked Penn, 7-2, in the quarterfinals of the Potter Cup before recording its upset victory over Princeton.

Cornell fell to Drexel, 6-3, back on Feb. 10 in Philadelphia. Sareen, Yager, and Göth Errington posted victories in the setback.