PRINCETON, N.J. — The top-seeded University of Pennsylvania men's squash team advanced to the Ivy League Tournament final after defeating fourth-seeded Yale on Saturday, 6-3.
 
The Quakers were led by first-team All-Ivy selections Omar Hafez, Salman Khalil and Marwan Abdelsalam who won in the top three positions in the lineup. Second-team All-Ivy member Alex Dartnell gutted out a 3-2 win in his first postseason match with the Quakers at No. 4, while Zane Patel and Varun Chitturi swept their opponents in three games as Penn advanced to tomorrow's final.
 
Men's Results vs. Yale:

1. Omar Hafez (P) def. Tad Carney (Y) - 3-2 (11-8, 11-7, 14-16, 6-11, 11-4)
2. Salman Khalil (P) def. Lachlan Sutton (Y) - 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-9)
3. Marwan Abdelsalam (P) def. Arav Bhagwati (Y) - DF
4. Alex Dartnell (P) def. Rohan Gondi (Y) - 3-2 (11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8)
5. Rishi Srivastava (Y) def. Rustin Wiser (P) - 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-4)
6. Zane Patel (P) def. Rick Chen (Y) - 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-6)
7. Oliver Velasco (Y) def. Rehan Luthra (P) - 3-0 (11-7, 11-4, 13-11)
8. Varun Chitturi (P) def. Bennett Eun (Y) - 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-8)
9. Jack O'Flynn (Y) def. Hao Cui (P) - 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7)

Up Next
Penn will take on second-seeded Harvard tomorrow at 9 a.m. with the opportunity to be crowned the inaugural Ivy League Tournament champion. The Crimson advanced with an 8-1 win over tournament host Princeton.