HANOVER, N.H. -The Dartmouth men's squash team fought hard but were unable to secure a victory against No. 2 Princeton, falling 8-1 at home.
Mac Aube clinched the Big Green's sole victory at the second position, 3-2. He went back and forth with Princeton's Avi Agarwal for an hour and four minutes, trading close games before winning the fifth and final game, 12-10.
Christian Shah battled for almost an hour and a half at the first position. He started out strong, dropping only one of the first three games. Princeton's Ahmed Wael took a pair of 11-7 games to walk away with the win.
Felix Feldman lost his first game at the sixth position but bounced back to clinch two straight, 11-7 and 11-6. However, he wasn't able to keep the momentum going and dropped the following two sets 11-4 and 11-8.
Warren Klein and Rohan Ray both lost their matches at the eighth and ninth positions, falling 3-0.
The Big Green will attempt to get back in the win column when they host No. 1 Penn for Senior Day on Sunday.
RESULTS Princeton 8, Dartmouth 1
Ahmed Wael (Princeton) def. Christian Shah (Dartmouth) - 3-2 (5-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7)
Mac Aube (Dartmouth) def. Avi Agarwal (Princeton) - 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 6-11, 12-0)