ROCHESTER, N.Y. – In a close battle, which came down to a match at No. 1, No. 11 Columbia Men's Squash (5-7) fell 5-4 at No. 5 Rochester in a hard-fought match in Rochester, New York on Friday, Jan. 31 at the Lyman Squash Center.
 
Columbia got wins from Robin Mann, Rahul Sehrawat, Aditya Kankariya and Hugh Camiener, but the wins were not enough for the Lions in a battle of top-15 programs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: Rochester took an early 3-0 lead when at No. 5, Chaitanya Shah fell in four sets, 11-7, 4-11, 4-11, 4-11, to Marcus Sim.  At No. 2, Callan Hall battled against Matthew Toth, but fell in four sets, 10-12, 6-11, 11-4, 6-11, and at No. 4 Krish Kapur fell in straight sets to Abdelrahman Lasheen, 8-11, 5-11, 6-11, to give Rochester a 3-0 lead.
 
But the Lions bounced back, and the hunt back began at No. 8 when Kankariya fought with Emilio Carrillo through five sets.  Kankariya took the first set, 11-7, but Carrillo took the next two sets, 11-7, 13-11, putting Kankariya in a hole.  But Kankariya found the fight to battle back and he took the final two sets, 11-7, 11-9, to win the match and put Columbia on the board.
 
Camiener kept the momentum in Columbia's court with a four-set win at No. 9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9, over Alex Riedelsheimer, putting the score at 3-2.  Thijs Van der Pluijm beat Columbia's Justin Ghaeli in straight sets, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8, at No. 6 to put Rochester up 4-2 in the match.
 
At No. 3, the Lions got their next win of the match, when Mann knocked off Cesar Corona in straight sets, 11-9, 11-4, 11-9, making it 4-3 with Rochester still in front.  But a win at No. 1 by Rochester, with James Wyatt falling in four sets to Ashley Davies, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, clinched the match for Rochester.  The Lions did get another win at No. 7 from Sehrawat, when he battled to a five-set win, 10-12, 11-4, 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, but it was a tad bit too late as Columbia dropped the match 5-4.
 
NO. 5 ROCHESTER 5, NO. 11 COLUMBIA 4
Rochester, N.Y. (Lyman Squash Center)
 
No. 1 | Ashley Davies (Rochester) def. James Wyatt (Columbia): 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7
No. 2 | Matthew Toth (Rochester) def. Callan Hall (Columbia): 12-10, 11-6, 4-11, 11-6
No. 3 | Robin Mann (Columbia) def. Cesar Corona (Rochester): 11-9, 11-4, 11-9
No. 4 | Abdelrahman Lasheen (Rochester) def. Krish Kapur (Columbia): 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
No. 5 | Marcus Sim (Rochester) def. Chaitanya Shah (Columbia): 7-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-4
No. 6 | Thijs Pluijm (Rochester) def. Justin Ghaeli (Columbia): 13-11, 11-8, 11-8
No. 7 | Rahul Sehrawat (Columbia) def. Sergio Martin (Rochester): 10-12, 11-4, 11-7, 3-11, 11-6
No. 8 | Aditya Kankariya (Columbia) def. Emilio Carrillo (Rochester): 11-7, 7-11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9
No. 9 | Hugh Camiener (Columbia) def. Alex Riedelsheimer (Rochester): 11-9, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9
No. 10 | Andrew Jung (Columbia) def. Quinlan Jeudy (Rochester): 11-7, 11-5, 11-9
 
UP NEXT: Columbia returns to the city for a Sunday, Feb. 2 matchup with No. 7 Dartmouth at the SL Green Streetsquash Center.
 
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