No. 12 Dartmouth Drops 6-3 Battle with No. 9 Cornell

Saturday, January 11

Ithaca, N.Y. / Belkin Squash Courts

10:30 AM

Dartmouth College

Cornell

Christian Shah men's squash action versus Trinity

Photo by: Ryan Yong

No. 12 Dartmouth Drops 6-3 Battle with No. 9 Cornell

1/11/2025 8:08:00 PM | Men's Squash

The Big Green were victorious at the top two positions and three of the top five

By: Justin Lafleur

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Dartmouth men's squash team put forth a strong fight at No. 9 Cornell on Saturday, but fell short in a 6-3 final. The Big Green picked up hard-fought wins at Nos. 1, 2 and 5, but it wasn't enough.

The match was the Big Green's first since facing Virginia on Dec. 7.

It took senior Christian Shah over an hour to pick up a hard-fought 3-2 win at No. 1. He had to win the fourth and fifth games (11-8 and 11-7) for the victory.

Meanwhile, senior Mac Aube captured the second position, winning 3-1 (11-9, 13-11, 13-15, 11-1).

Sophomore Callan Venkatesan also pulled out a tough 3-2 win at No. 5. After falling behind 2-1, he won 12-10 in the fourth game and 13-11 in the fifth.

The Big Green return to action on Sunday when they travel to No. 8 Columbia to face the Lions.

RESULTS

Cornell 6, Dartmouth 3

1. Christian Shah (Dartmouth) def. Aaron Liang (Cornell) — 3-2 (11-9, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7)
2. Mac Aube (Dartmouth) def. Syan Singh (Cornell) — 3-1 (11-9, 13-11, 13-15, 11-1)
3. Arnaav Sareen (Cornell) def. Ekam Singh (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-6, 11-3, 11-2)
4. Youssef Sarhan (Cornell) def. Quintin Campbell (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-9, 13-11, 11-4)
5. Callan Venkatesan (Dartmouth) def. Tanay Punjabi (Cornell) — 3-2 (11-2, 7-11, 4-11, 12-10, 13-11)
6. Rohan Iyer (Cornell) def. Brandon Wang (Dartmouth) — 3-1 (11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 12-10)
7. Shreemann Raghavan (Cornell) def. Felix Feldman (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-3, 14-12, 11-5)
8. Roman Bicknell (Cornell) def. Rana Thakkar (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-7)
9. Jeh Pandole (Cornell) def. Warren Klein (Dartmouth) — 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-7)