PHILADELPHIA, PA. – The No. 4 Yale men's squash team suffered a tough defeat to No. 2 Penn, 7-2, at the Penn Squash Center. The loss puts Yale at 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the Ivy League.
 
"Not the result we were looking for today, but we are looking for a better result to close out the weekend at Princeton," says Lynn Leong, Brooks G. Ragen Director of Squash. Arav Bhagwati had the strongest match after going down a set and then responding with three-straight victories. Max Forster also had a strong and dominant performance, blanking his opponent, 3-0. 
 
Match Results

1. Nathan Kueh (PENN) def. Siow Yee Xian (YALE) – 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-9
2. Nick Spizzirri (PENN) def. Maxwell Orr (YALE) – 12-10, 11-7, 11-2
3. Max Forster (YALE) def. Roger Baddour – 11-8, 11-3, 11-1
4. Omar Hafez (PENN) def. Tad Carney (YALE) – 11-8, 11-4, 11-3
5. Dillon Huang (PENN) def. Jed Burde (YALE) – 8-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-4
6. Saksham Choudhary (PENN) def. Nikhil Ismail (YALE) – 11-5, 13-11, 11-6
7. Arav Bhagwati (YALE) def. Tushar Shahani – 6-11, 11-8 11-7, 11-5
8. Dana Santry (PENN) def. Brian Leonard (YALE) – 13-11, 11-4, 4-11, 4-11, 11-5
9. Abdelrahman Dweek (PENN) def. Eric Kim (YALE) – 11-8, 11-5, 11-5

 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will face another tough opponent in Princeton on Sunday, Jan. 29.