CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Without needing any five-set victories to claim the win, Columbia Men's Squash (9-8, 4-3 IVY) punched its ticket to the Hoehn Cup finals with a strong 7-2 win over Western Ontario in the semifinals of the Hoehn Cup at the College Squash Association National Championships on Saturday, Feb. 29 at the Murr Center.
 
Across the board Columbia was strong from the start, and they got wins from James Wyatt (No. 1); Callan Hall (No. 2); Krish Kapur (No. 4); Chaitanya Shah (No. 5); Rahul Sehrawat (No. 7); Aditya Kankariya (No. 8) and Hugh Camiener (No. 9).  Four of Columbia's victories came in three-set sweeps and the three wins came almost as easily, falling the Lions' way in four sets as Columbia sets its sights on Cornell.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: Columbia's three-set victories were key to the dominating win, and at No. 4, Kapur did his part for the win with a 11-8, 11-8, 12-10 win over Brett Schille.  At No. 5, Shah joined in with an 11-6, 14-12, 11-5 win over Liam Marrison, while at No. 7 Sehrawat dispatched Adam Vanwyngaarden, 11-9, 12-10, 11-9 and Kankariya locked up a three-set win with an 11-6, 11-6, 13-11 victory over Douglas Kosciukiewicz at No. 8.
 
The Lions got four-set wins as well, with Wyatt taking down Matthew Henderson at No. 1 with an 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7 victory.  At No. 2, Hall snagged an 11-9, 11-3, 10-12, 11-7 over David Mill and Camiener wrapped things up for Columbia, bouncing back from a marathon first set to beat Mitchell Kahnert, 13-15, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 at No. 9 to polish off Columbia's 7-2 win.
 
CSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS HOEHN CUP SEMIFINALS
COLUMBIA 7, WESTERN ONTARIO 2
Cambridge, Massachusetts (Murr Center)
 
No. 1 | James Wyatt (Columbia) def. Matthew Henderson (W. Ontario), 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7
No. 2 | Callan Hall (Columbia) def. David Mill (W. Ontario), 11-9, 11-3, 12-10, 11-7
No. 3 | Akasham Rajagopaul (W. Ontario) def. Robin Mann (Columbia), 11-4, 11-8, 11-3
No. 4 | Krish Kapur (Columbia) def. Brett Schille (W. Ontario), 11-8, 11-8, 12-10
No. 5 | Chaitanya Shah (Columbia) def. Liam Marrison (W. Ontario), 11-6, 14-12, 11-5
No. 6 | Elliott Hunt (W. Ontario) def. Justin Ghaeli (Columbia), 11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8
No. 7 | Rahul Sehrawat (Columbia) def. Adam Vanwyngaarden (W. Ontario), 11-9, 12-10, 11-9
No. 8 | Aditya Kankariya (Columbia) def. Douglas Kosciukiewicz (W. Ontario), 11-6, 11-6, 13-11
No. 9 | Hugh Camiener (Columbia) def. Mitchell Kahnert (W. Ontario), 13-15, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
 
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