MEDFORD, Mass. — Senior Arnaav Sareen and sophomore Syan Singh each registered three-game victories to aid the No. 9-ranked Cornell men's squash team (3-0) to an 8-1 victory over No. 10-ranked Tufts (2-4) at the Tufts Squash Center on Saturday afternoon.

The victory for Cornell, who is sporting a 24-3 record in individual matches this season, marked the third consecutive year that it has opened a campaign with a 3-0 record.

Senior Aaron Liang (No. 1), Rohan Iyer (No. 6), and Shreemann Raghavan (No. 7) posted victories in four games for the Big Red, while freshman Youssef Sarhan (No. 4), senior Tanay Punjabi (No. 5), and sophomore Arnav Tevatia (No. 9) came away with victories in five games.

Freshman Roman Bicknell staked out to a 2-0 lead against Rutva Samant at the No. 8 position, but Samant was able to prevent a Big Red clean sweep by winning the next three games, 11-8, 11-9, and 11-4.

MATCH RESULTS
No. 1: Aaron Liang def. Nachiket Desai, 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-3
No. 2: Arnaav Sareen def. Aarav Gill, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10
No. 3: Syan Singh def. Kerwin Teh, 11-8, 11-4, 11-3
No. 4: Youssef Sarhan def. Santiago Medina, 11-4, 8-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-8
No. 5: Tanay Punjabi def. Rohan Valla, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-6
No. 6: Rohan Iyer def. Jared Chin, 11-5, 11-3, 7-11, 11-9
No. 7: Shreemann Raghavan def. Youssef Ezzo, 11-3, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6
No. 8: Rutva Samant def. Roman Bicknell, 12-10, 11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 4-11
No. 9: Arnav Tevatia def. Ali Tarek, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8, 2-11, 11-6

UP NEXT
Cornell will return to action on Sunday, Dec. 8, when it faces No. 19-ranked Amherst (4-1) at the Davenport Squash Courts in Amherst, Mass. First matches are scheduled to begin at noon, with action being streamed live on PlaySight.com.