ITHACA, N.Y. — Four players earned three-game sweeps as the No. 9-ranked Cornell men's squash team (2-0) defeated No. 11-ranked Williams (1-1), 7-2, at the Belkin Squash Courts on Sunday afternoon.
Seniors
Aaron Liang (No. 1),
Arnaav Sareen (No. 2) and
Rohan Iyer (No. 6), and sophomore
Arnav Tevatia (No. 9) were the Big Red players to win in straight games.
Freshman
Youssef Sarhan improved to 2-0 in his collegiate career, posting a four-game victory at the No. 4 position. Sarhan claimed the final three games, 11-4, 12-10, 11-7, to avenge dropping the first game, 11-8.
Senior
Shreemann Raghavan also won in four games at the No. 7 position and fellow senior
Tanay Punjabi claimed Cornell's only other victory in five games, highlighted by winning the final two games by 11-8 and 11-5 scores.
Sophomore
Syan Singh had his eight-match win streak snapped, losing in four games to Williams' Jack Lee, 11-2, 9-11, 9-11, 7-11.
Freshman
Roman Bicknell battled with Causey Green in five games, coming back from a 2-0 deficit with victories of 11-7 and 11-3. In the decisive fifth game, Green posted an 11-9 victory.
RESULTS
No. 1:
Aaron Liang def. Nick Agger, 11-8, 11-5, 11-3
No. 2:
Arnaav Sareen def. Andrew Minnis, 11-7, 11-4, 11-6
No. 3: Jack Lee def.
Syan Singh, 11-2, 9-11, 9-11, 7-11
No. 4:
Youssef Sarhan def. Alex Akbari, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-7
No. 5:
Tanay Punjabi def. Himanshu Pannu, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5
No. 6:
Rohan Iyer def. Pierce Henderson, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4
No. 7:
Shreemann Raghavan def. William Newton, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-8
No. 8: Causey Green def.
Roman Bicknell, 8-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11
No. 9:
Arnav Tevatia def. Rafay Syed, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8
UP NEXT
Cornell will return to the court on Saturday, Dec. 7, when it travels to Medford, Mass., to face No. 10-ranked Tufts (2-3) at the Tufts Squash Center. First matches are scheduled for 1 p.m. Match action will be streamed through PlaySight.