NEW HAVEN, CT – No. 1 Harvard Men's Squash (6-0, 3-0 Ivy) improved to 6-0 on the season and handed Yale (3-1, 0-1 Ivy) its first loss of the year.  In their return to the court, the Crimson looked strong, capturing seven wins on the day and showing resilience in a pair of comeback wins. 

Harvard Highlights

• Senior co-captain, George Crowne, got things started for the Crimson on the night by sweeping his opponent at the No. 2 position.  Crowne was the only Crimson player to not drop a game. 
• Neel Joshi and Ido Burstein, both found themselves down 2-0 in their respective matches but both regrouped and battled back to add wins for Harvard.
• Ishant Shah found himself in a back-and-forth contest but was able to persevere to grab the clinching fifth win for the Crimson with three matches outstanding. 
• Shah, Crowne, and Burstein lead the Crimson with perfect 6-0 records so far this season.  Marwan Tarek also remains undefeated with all five wins coming at the No. 1 position
• With his sweep, Crowne dropped the least number of points of any Crimson player, outscoring his opponent 33-24.
• Harvard now leads the all-time series against Yale 82-22 with the Crimson winning the last seven match ups. 

Results

Harvard – 7, Yale – 2

1. Marwan Tarek def. Siow Yee Xian (Yale), 3-1 (11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7)
2. Ido Burstein def. Maxwell Orr (Yale), 3-2 (10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9)
3. George Crowne def. Max Forster (Yale), 3-0 (11-8, 11-7, 11-9)
4. Tad Carney (Yale) def. Tate Harms, 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-5)
5. Denis Gilevskiy def. Jed Burde (Yale), 3-1 (11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4)
6. David Costales def. Nikhil Ismail (Yale), 3-1 (10-12, 11-3, 11-9, 11-7)
7. Neel Joshi def. Arav Bhagwati (Yale), 3-2 (3-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7,13-11)
8. Brian Leonard (Yale) def. Liam Rotzoll, 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9)
9. Ishant Shah def. Eric Kim (Yale), 3-2 (3-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5)

 
Order of finish: 2, 4, 7, 6, 3, 9, 5, 1, 8

Next up

The Crimson have a quick turnaround between matches as they return home to battle No. 6 Trinity College at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday January 15 at the Murr Squash Center.