ITHACA, N.Y.  – Harvard men's squash completed the sweep of its weekend matches this afternoon after earning a 7-2 result over the No. 9 Cornell Big Red. Harvard (5-1, 3-0 Ivy) won four matches in the fifth game to lift the team to a result over the top 10 Big Red.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED

Fresh off a thrilling 5-4 victory over Columbia yesterday afternoon, the Harvard Crimson made the trip to Ithaca to take on the No. 9 Cornell Big Red, looking to sweep the weekend and remain unbeaten in Ivy League action. The team jumped out to a strong 3-0 lead after the first set of matches completed with a trio of Crimson victories.
 
David Costales led the way with a quick 3-0 win at the top of the ladder, remaining unbeaten on the season with another winning result. Segev Rome followed his lead, winning in a 3-0 sweep. At the seven spot, Conner Stoltz completed one of the best victories of the day after winning a five-set thriller. Stoltz and his opponent split the first four games, before the junior emerged victorious in a tie-breaker during the fifth and final game, 12-10.
 
In the second wave, Neel Joshi put the Crimson in a position to clinch with a clutch 3-2 victory at the third pairing. Louis Murray clinched the victory for Harvard with another 3-2 win in his matchup in the eight spot. After falling in a competitive first game, Murray won two games in a row before claiming the win in five games.
 
In the final wave, Jacob Lin claimed another victory from the four spot in a 3-1 win, to boost the Crimson advantage. Denis Gilevskiy added another win to the Crimson tally with a 3-2 victory at the second pairing to close out the scoring for Harvard.
 
 

RESULTS

No. 6 Harvard –
No. 9 Cornell -
 
1 - David Costales def. Aaron Liang (COR), 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 11-4)
2 – Denis Gilevskiy def. Arnaav Sareen (COR), 3-2 (10-12, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8)
3 - Neel Joshi def. Youssef Sarhan (COR), 3-2 (10-12, 11-1, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9)
4 – Jacob Lin def. Tanay Punjabi (COR), 3-1 (11-8. 8-11, 11-3, 11-2)
5 - Segev Rome def. Rohan Iyer (COR), 3-0 (11-9, 11-5, 11-8)
6 - Shreemann Raghavan (COR) Tate Harms, 3-2 (11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5)
7 - Conner Stoltz def. Roman Bicknell (COR), 3-2 (11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 5-11, 12-10)
8 - Louis Murray def. Arnav Tevatia (COR), 3-2 (9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6)
9 – Jeh Pandole (COR) def. Marcus Lee, 3-1 (11-7, 11-8, 1-11,
 
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 7, 3, 6, 8, 4, 2, 9
 

Up Next

A big weekend awaits the Crimson, as it will welcome the No. 4 Trinity Bantams to the Murr Squash Center on Friday afternoon before heading to New Haven, Conn. to battle the No. 2 Yale Bulldogs.