Men’s Squash Wins Three Matches, Falls 6-3 to Cornell on Senior Day

Sunday, February 4

Hanover, N.H.

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Cornell

Photo by: Rebecca Osowski

Men’s Squash Wins Three Matches, Falls 6-3 to Cornell on Senior Day

2/4/2024 3:38:00 PM | Men's Squash

Christian Shah, Quintin Campbell, and Callan Venkatesan each won their respective positions

By: Rebecca Osowski

HANOVER, N.H. – Juniors Quintin Campbell, Christian Shah, and first-year Callan Venkatesan led the way for the Big Green Sunday, picking up victories at the second, fifth, and eighth positions but it was not enough to propel the Big Green over the Big Red, as Cornell won the remaining six matches to defeat the Big Green 6-3 at the Berry Squash Courts.

With the loss, the Big Green fall to 5-8 on the season and 0-6 in Ivy League play, while the Big Red move to 8-5 and 1-4 in the Ivy League.

At the second position, Shah got out to a strong start, winning the first two games to take the 2-0 lead (11-6, 12-10). Cornell's Spencer Yager continued to stay with it though, winning the next two straight to force a fifth game. The two played for over an hour before Shah was able to secure the victory in the fifth game, defeating Yager 3-2 and putting his team on the board.

After falling behind and losing the first game, Campbell swung momentum in his favor at the fifth position. He and Cornell's Rohan Iyer went back and forth in the second game before Campbell was able to pull away for the 11-7 victory. He dominated the next two games, only allowed six points to win the match 3-1 (11-2, 11-4).

Venkatesan only allowed five points in the first game to take a quick 1-0 lead over Cornell's Tanay Punjabi. Punjabi won the second game, but Venkatesan did not look back, winning the third game in extra points (13-11) and the fourth game 11-9 to add the third Big Green victory.

Junior Mac Aube, senior Ned Gildea, and sophomore Felix Feldman were each able to win one game at the first, sixth, and seventh positions, however ultimately fell 3-1.

The Big Green return to action at home on Wednesday where they will play host to Middlebury for their final regular season match. The match is set to start at 3 p.m. and can be followed via live scoring or the international stream on Stretch Internet, both available on the official Dartmouth sports website.

RESULTS:
1. Veer Chotrani (Cornell) def. Mac Aube (Dartmouth) – 3-1 (11-7, 4-11, 7-11, 8-11)
2. Christian Shah (Dartmouth) def. Spencer Yager (Cornell) – 3-2 (11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11, 11-8)
3. Arnaav Sareen (Cornell) def. Ekam Singh (Dartmouth) – 3-0 (6-11, 3-11, 6-11)
4. Syan Singh (Cornell) def. David Rubin – 3-0 (14-16, 8-11, 8-11)
5. Quintin Campbell (Dartmouth) def. Rohan Iyer (Cornell) – 3-1 (7-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-4)
6. Shreemann Raghavan (Cornell) def. Ned Gildea (Dartmouth) – 3-1 (1-6, 5-11, 7-11, 9-11)
7. Morgan Huberman (Cornell) def. Felix Feldman (Dartmouth) – 3-1 (6-11, 3-11, 11-9, 6-11)
8. Callan Venkatesan (Dartmouth) def. Tanay Punjabi (Cornell) – 3-1 (11-5, 6-11,13-11, 11-9)
9. Arnav Tevatia (Cornell) def. Rana Thakkar (Dartmouth) – 3-0 (9-11, 6-11, 6-11)