PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The #1 Penn Quakers handed Cornell men's squash its first loss of the season in a 7-2 contest on Friday afternoon. The Big Red book ended the day with victories by Veer Chotrani and Tanay Punjabi in the No. 1 and No. 9 matches, respectively. The team battled hard in two other matches, forcing extra games in each, but undefeated Penn came out on top. Cornell fell to 7-1, while the Quakers improved to 8-0.

Results

No. 1 Match: Veer Chotrani def. Salman Khalil, 11-6, 11-7, 11-4.

No. 2 Match: Omar Hafez def. Aaron Liang, 11-8, 14-12, 11-3.

No. 3 Match: Nicholas Spizzirri def. Arnaav Sareen, 11-6, 11-7, 11-6.

No. 4 Match: Nathan Tze Bing Kueh def. Spencer Yager, 11-9, 11-5, 11-3.

No. 5 Match: Varun Chitturi def. Syan Singh, 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-4.

No. 6 Match: Abdelrahman Dweek def. Rohan Iyer, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2.

No. 7 Match: Dana Santry def. Shreemann Raghavan, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.

No. 8 Match: Rehan Luthra def. Morgan Huberman, 11-9, 11-5, 12-10.

No. 9 Match: Tanay Punjabi def. Jat Tse, 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 11-6.

 

Looking Ahead

The Big Red gets the opportunity to bounce back when it returns home to host #5 Princeton in a Sunday matinee. Cornell and the Tigers begin facing off at noon at the Belkin Squash Courts in Ithaca, N.Y. on Sunday, Jan. 21.