Columbia University
University of Rochester
Men's Squash Moving On at Nationals
2/23/2018 10:00:00 PM | Men's Squash
HARTFORD, CONN. - No. 2 men's squash got by Rochester in the first round of CSA Team Nationals, 6-3 today to advance to the semi-finals of the Potter Cup.
It was a total team effort today against Rochester. First-year No. 2 Velavan Senthilkumar improved to 13-1 on the season, and undefeated in the No. 2 position. Seniors Osama Khalifa and Seif Attia picked up victories in the No. 1 and 3 slots.
The Lions advance to play No. 3 Harvard tomorrow at 2:30 pm. Harvard defeated No. 6 Penn today, 6-3.
The Lions defeated the Crimson 5-4 on January 14, marking the first Columbia win over Harvard in program history. The Lions will look to double that total tomorrow.
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FINAL RESULTS |
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| POS. | ROCHESTER | COLUMBIA | WINNER'S SCORE | WINNER |
| 1 | Ashley Davies | Osama Khalifa | 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 11-2 |  |
| 2 | Tomotaka Endo | Velavan Senthilkumar | 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 |  |
| 3 | Ricardo Lopez | Seif Attia | 15-13, 14-12, 6-11, 11-9 |  |
| 4 | Lawrence Kuhn | Carter Robitaille | 8-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-3 | ROCHESTER |
| 5 | Matthew Toth | Arhum Saleem | 9-11, 11-3, 11-13, 11-6, 11-8 | ROCHESTER |
| 6 | Marcus Sim Wei Jie | Adham Madi | 11-8, 11-6, 2-11, 11-8 |  |
| 7 | Numair Sani | Robin Mann |
11-6, 11-8, 11-4 |  |
| 8 | Ben Pitfield | Krish Kapur | 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 |  |
| 9 | Rodrigo Porras | McClain Awalt | 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4 | ROCHESTER |
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