NEW HAVEN, Conn. - For the second time this season, the University of Pennsylvania men's squash team defeated No. 5 Yale in New Haven - this time to begin the CSA Team Championships. The Quakers defeated the Bulldogs, 8-1, on Friday, setting up a meeting with No. 1 Harvard on Saturday at 3 p.m.
How it Happened
Earlier this year during the Ivy League season, Penn defeated Yale on the road for the first time since the 2006-07 season. The Quakers accomplished that feat for a second time after defeating the Bulldogs, 8-1, at the Brady Squash Center in New Haven on Friday to open the CSA Team Championships.
Karim Hussein got the Red and Blue on the board, 1-0, with an 11-7, 11-4, 11-4 win at number six.
David Yacobucci put the Quakers up, 2-0, win a 3-1 win of his own. Playing a three-court system, Penn took a commanding, 3-0, win after the first shift after
Jonathan Zeitels won, 11-6, in the fifth to win, 3-2.
In the second shift, it the freshmen who closed out the match for the Quakers. At number five,
Michael Mehl came back from losing the fourth game, 11-4, to win the fifth, 11-7, and put the Red and Blue up 4-0.
Aly Abou Eleinen then earned his 15th win of the season, winning 3-0 to clinch the match for Penn.
Wins from
Wil Hagen,
James Flynn, and
Andrew Douglas completed the 8-1 victory for the Quakers. Penn's win over Yale marks its third win over a fifth ranked team this season.
Full Results
1.
Andrew Douglas (PENN) d. Spencer Lovejoy (YALE) - 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8
2.
Aly Abou Eleinen (PENN) d. Nadav Raziel (YALE) - 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
3.
David Yacobucci (PENN) d. Harrison Gill (YALE) - 5-11, 12-10, 11-2, 11-7
4.
James Flynn (PENN) d. Calvin McCafferty (YALE) 11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-8
5.
Michael Mehl (PENN) d. Tyler Carney (YALE) - 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7
6.
Karim Hussein (PENN) d. Tiber Worth (YALE) - 11-7, 11-4, 11-3
7. Eric Kim (YALE) d.
Yash Bhargava (PENN) - 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8
8.
Wil Hagen (PENN) d. James A Losty (YALE) - 12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8
9.
Jonathan Zeitels (PENN) d. Yohan Pandole (YALE) - 11-8, 7-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-6
10 (EXH).
Max Reed (PENN) d. Jacob Rhee (YALE) - 11-8, 11-4, 11-9
