#1 Men’s Squash Advances to Potter Cup Semifinals With 9-0 Win Over #8 Drexel

PHILADELPHIA – The #1 University of Pennsylvania men's squash team improved to 17-0 and advanced to the College Squash Association (CSA) Potter Cup semifinals with a 9-0 win over #8 Drexel on Saturday afternoon from the Penn Squash Center, the Quakers' second sweep of the Dragons this season.

Saksham Choudhary picked up the first win of the day in 3-0 fashion, running his record for the season to 15-0; Nick Spizzirri followed with a 3-0 win of his own. After winning the first two games, then dropping the next two of his match, newly-minted Ivy League Rookie of the Year Nathan Kueh took the fifth game 11-9, closing out a match that lasted 76 minutes.

Roger Baddour opened the second flight with a tightly-contested 3-0 win, with each game ending 11-8 or closer. With the men now up 4-0, Aly Abou Eleinen rallied from 2-1 down for a five-game win over Matias Knudsen, his second five-game win over Knudsen this season, clinching the match for Penn. Yash Bhargava made it 6-0 a few minutes later with a 3-1 win.

Shaam Gambhir and Andrew Douglas made it 8-0 with wins just minutes apart, Gambhir with a 3-1 win, Douglas winning due to opponent retirement (Douglas was leading 11-3, 11-3 at the time). With the final match of the day changed to a best-of-three, Dillon Huang closed out the sweep for Penn.

The men will now face #4 Yale tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. in one Potter Cup semifinal, following the Bulldogs' win over Princeton. The other semifinal will pit the #2 seed Harvard against the #6 seed Columbia. The winners of those semifinals will face each other on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. for the Potter Cup championship.

Results

Andrew Douglas def. Lucas Rousselet – 11-3, 11-3 (Ret.)
Aly Abou Eleinen def. Matias Knudsen – 7-11, 11-2, 11-13, 11-8, 11-6
Nick Spizzirri def. Haris Qasim – 12-10, 11-7, 11-8
Dillon Huang def. Fritiof Jacobsson – 11-9, 7-11, 11-1 (Best of 3)
Nathan Kueh def. Dylan Kachur – 11-8, 11-3, 3-11, 8-11, 11-9
Yash Bhargava def. Jose Lopez – 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6
Saksham Choudhary def. Noel Heaton – 11-9, 11-4, 11-5
Roger Baddour def. Filip Krueger – 11-9, 11-9, 11-8
Shaam Gambhir def. Matthew Lucente – 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8

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

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Players Mentioned

Aly Abou Eleinen: 5' 9"; Senior

Roger Baddour: 5' 11"; Freshman

Yash Bhargava: 5' 7"; Graduate Student

Saksham Choudhary: 6' 2"; Junior

Andrew Douglas: 5' 10"; Graduate Student

Dillon Huang: 6' 0"; Junior

Nick Spizzirri: 6' 3"; Sophomore

Shaam Gambhir: 5' 11"; Freshman

Nathan Kueh: 5' 5"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Aly Abou Eleinen
: 5' 9"; Senior

Roger Baddour
: 5' 11"; Freshman

Yash Bhargava
: 5' 7"; Graduate Student

Saksham Choudhary
: 6' 2"; Junior

Andrew Douglas
: 5' 10"; Graduate Student

Dillon Huang
: 6' 0"; Junior

Nick Spizzirri
: 6' 3"; Sophomore

Shaam Gambhir
: 5' 11"; Freshman

Nathan Kueh
: 5' 5"; Freshman