Big Green Drop Hard-Fought 5-4 Final at No. 8 Virginia

Sunday, December 3

Charlottesville, Va. / McArthur Squash Center

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

Virginia

Felix Feldman men's squash action versus Princeton

Photo by: Doug Austin

Big Green Drop Hard-Fought 5-4 Final at No. 8 Virginia

12/3/2023 3:33:00 PM | Men's Squash

Christian Shah improved to 2-0 on the weekend at the No. 1 position

By: Justin Lafleur

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The No. 10 Dartmouth men's squash team found itself in a close matchup at No. 8 Virginia Sunday, getting victories at positions Nos. 1, 4, 7 and 8, but it wasn't enough in a 5-4 loss. Junior Christian Shah improved to 2-0 on the weekend at No. 1, beating UVA's John Paul Tew on Sunday, 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9).

Also picking up a 3-2 win was sophomore Felix Feldman at No. 7. Feldman and his opponent Maxwell Velazquez alternated wins over the first five sets, with Feldman on top in the end, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9. It marked Feldman's second win of the weekend, after beating MIT's Mitav Nayak 3-0 on Saturday.

Dartmouth's two other wins were 3-1, coming from senior David Rubin at No. 4 and first year Callan Venkatesan at No. 8.

The Cavaliers' five wins were 3-0 sweeps.

Dartmouth returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 13 at Amherst.

RESULTS
Virginia 5, Dartmouth 4

1. Christian Shah (Dartmouth) def. John Paul Tew (Virginia) — 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9)
2. Krishna Mishra (Virginia) def. Mac Aube (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-9)
3. Myles McIntyre (Virginia) def. Ekam Singh (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-5, 12-10, 11-5)
4. David Rubin (Dartmouth) def. Francis Hajek (Virginia) — 3-1 (11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4)
5. CJ Baldini (Virginia) def. Quintin Campbell (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-3)
6. Petr Nohel (Virginia) def. Ned Gildea (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-7)
7. Felix Feldman (Dartmouth) def. Maxwell Velazquez (Virginia) — 3-2 (11-9, 4-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9)
8. Callan Venkatesan (Dartmouth) def. Andrew Barr (Virginia) — 3-1 (11-9, 6-11, 14-12, 11-5)
9. Charles Braff (Virginia) def. Rana Thakkar (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-4)

Exhibition: Patrick Keller (Virginia) def. Charles Mattson (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-9)