MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The No. 10-ranked Cornell men's squash team defeated No. 17 Middlebury 6-3 in its season opener Saturday afternoon at the Bostwick Family Squash Center.

Freshmen Aly Ezzat (No. 2) and Vedant Chheda (No. 9) each registered the lone three-game victories on the day for the Big Red.

Sophomore Youssef Sarhan (No. 1) and freshman Edward Thng (No. 4) each had four-game victories, while junior Arnav Tevatia (No. 3) and sophomore Vivaan Shah (No. 8) had five-game triumphs.

Middlebury's victories came in matches played at the No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7 positions. Aditya Kothari rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Daniel King, while Nicholas Brown and Kian Kardestuncer had four- and three-game victories, respectively.

RESULTS
No. 1: Youssef Sarhan def. Gabriel Feinstein, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6.
No. 2: Aly Ezzat def. David Zhao, 12-10, 11-9, 11-6.
No. 3: Arnav Tevatia def. Theo Kogan, 9-11, 11-7, 14-12, 5-11, 12-10.
No. 4: Edward Thng def. Caleb Boateng, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5.
No. 5: Aditya Kothari def. Daniel King, 5-11, 9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-2.
No. 6: Nicholas Brown def. Roman Bicknell, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9.
No. 7: Kian Kardestuncer def. Jeh Pandole, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9.
No. 8: Vivaan Shah def. Naum Lekovic, 11-5, 5-11, 4-11, 11-4, 11-9.
No. 9: Vedant Chheda def. Ronin Kaplan, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8.

UP NEXT
Cornell will conclude its season-opening two-game road trip on Sunday, Nov. 16, when it faces No. 15 Williams in Williamstown, Mass. Match action will begin at noon from the Simon Squash Center.

Williams (0-1) is coming off a 7-2 loss to No. 2-ranked Trinity on Saturday afternoon as Rafay Syed and Anden Boulan each posted three-game victories for the Ephs at the No. 8 and No. 9 positions.