PHILADELPHIA – The #2 University of Pennsylvania men's squash team advanced to the College Squash Association (CSA) Potter Cup semifinals with a 7-2 win over #7 Drexel on Friday afternoon from the Penn Squash Center, the Quakers' second 7-2 win over the Dragons this season.
Three matches went to five games on Friday; Penn won all three of them. The first of those five-gamers opened the day's action, with
Dana Santry picking up the victory.
Omar Hafez followed with a 3-0 win and
Shaam Gambhir followed with the second five-game win to close the opening wave; Gambhir took the first game 13-11 after facing four game balls down 10-6, then rallied again after trailing two games to one.
After Drexel opened the second wave with a win to close to 3-1,
Saksham Choudhary picked up his 50th victory at Penn in dramatic fashion, rallying from 2-1 down for the Quakers' final five-game win of the match, pushing the team's lead to 4-1. The Dragons took the final match of the second wave to close back within two at 4-2.
Nick Spizzirri erased any hope of a Drexel comeback to open the final flight, winning 3-0, officially clinching the match for Penn.
Abdelrahman Dweek made it 6-2 with a 3-0, 23-minute win, the quickest match of the day.
Dillon Huang closed the match with a four-game win.
Penn will play the host #6 Trinity in the Potter Cup Semifinals tomorrow at 2:30.
Results
- Matias Knudsen (D) d. Nathan Kueh – 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
- Nick Spizzirri d. Nicolas Serna (D) – 11-2, 11-4, 11-7
- Omar Hafez d. Jose Andres Lopez (D) – 11-4, 11-8, 11-8
- Dillon Huang d. Yuri Pollak Pelbart (D) – 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5
- Saksham Choudhary d. Fritiof Jacobsson (D) – 11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7
- Dana Santry d. Filip Krueger (D) – 9-11, 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6
- Noel Heaton (D) d. Tushar Shahani – 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9
- Abdelrahman Dweek d. Shomari Wiltshire (D) – 11-2, 11-3, 12-10
- Shaam Gambhir d. Gautam Nagoal (D) – 13-11, 8-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-8
Order of finish: 6, 3, 9, 1, 5, 7, 2, 8, 4
