CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—Robin Mann, Chaitanya Shah and Justin Ghaeli each claimed individual wins, but it was not enough as the No. 11 ranked Columbia men's squash team dropped a 6-3 decision at No. 8 Virginia Sunday at McArthur Squash Center.
 
The loss drops Columbia to 5-6 on the year, while Virginia improves to 11-3 overall.
 
Virginia went up 2-0 with victories at No. 1 and No. 8 before the Lions got on the board with Shah's 11-7, 11-6 11-9 win at No. 5 over Virginia's Peter Miller.
 
The Cavaliers then won the next three matches at No. 4, No. 2 and No. 7 to clinch the team victory.
 
Ghaeli followed with an 11-3, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8 win at No. 6 over Virginia's Glenn Yates and Mann won a come-from-behind 7-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 decision at No. 3 over Virginia's Will Holey.
 
Columbia gets back into action next weekend when it travels to the University of Rochester for a 4 p.m. matchup on Friday, Jan. 31 before returning to New York to host Dartmouth on Sunday, Feb. 2 at noon at SL Green StreetSquash.
 
NO. 8 VIRGINIA 6, NO. 11 COLUMBIA 3
 
1 | Omar El Torkey (Virginia) def. James Wyatt (Columbia) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
2 | Aly Hussein (Virginia) def. Callan Hall (Columbia) 11-3, 11-7, 11-6
3 | Robin Singh Mann (Columbia) def. Will Holey (Virginia) 7-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-6
4 | Cullen Little (Virginia) def. Krish Kapur (Columbia) 11-9, 13-11, 4-11, 11-5
5 | Chaitanya Shah (Columbia) def. Peter Miller (Virginia) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
6 | Justin Ghaeli (Columbia) def. Glenn Yates (Virginia) 11-3, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8
7 | Toby Hansford (Virginia) def. Rahul Sehrawat (Columbia) 11-3, 11-9, 11-7
8 | William Braff (Virginia) def. Aditya Kankariya (Columbia) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
9 | Teddy Durfee (Virginia) def. Hugh Camiener (Columbia) 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9
 
Order of Finish (1, 8, 5, 4, 2, 7, 6, 3, 9)