
#16 Brown Men's Squash Beats #15 Cornell, Falls to #2 Columbia
2/4/2018 12:00:00 AM | Men's Squash
Providence, R.I. - Brown's 16th ranked men's squash team defeated #15 Cornell for the first time in 17 years with a 5-4 win over the Big Red Saturday afternoon. The Bears completed the weekend with an 8-1 loss to second-ranked Columbia on Sunday.
Sophomore Harrison Boyer posted a 2-0 weekend at number eight, beating both Cornell and Columbia by a 3-1 margin.
The win over the Big Red came down to Andrew Wei at number three, with the freshman earning an 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5 decision. Also earning wins over the Big Red were sophomore Nick Pitaro, 3-0, at number five; sophomore Blake Gilbert-Bono, 3-0 at number six and junior Palek Goel, 3-2 at number nine.
Coach Stuart leGassick's team is back in action again on Thursday, February 8, hosting Williams at the Pizzitola Sports Center.
Match Date | Home | Matches Won |
Visitor | Matches Won |
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02/03/18 | Brown University | 5 | Cornell University | 4 | ||||
Singles ![]() |
Indicates Winner |
Brown University | Rating | Cornell University | Rating | Winner's Score | Winner | Status | |
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1S | Blecher, Thomas | 5.44995 | Muran, Andrew C. | 5.60151 | 10-12,8-11,12-10,11-7,11-8 | Cornell University | C |
2S | Moyer, Maximo L | 5.44154 | Hanson, Perry W. | 5.56978 | 11-8,12-10,14-12 | Cornell University | C |
3S | Wei, Andrew | 5.38198 | Brail, Jordan M | 5.32992 | 11-8,6-11,11-8,11-5 | Brown University | C |
4S | Demeulenaere, Philip | 5.28897 | Presman, Illia | 5.29634 | 8-11,11-9,11-4,11-6 | Cornell University | C |
5S | Pitaro, Nicholas L | 5.21011 | Jung, Alex | 5.3062 | 11-3,15-13,11-5 | Brown University | C |
6S | Gilbert-Bono, Blake A | 5.34555 | Obieta-Chichizola, Sebastian | 4.97046 | 11-8,14-12,14-12 | Brown University | C |
7S | Walker, Thomas E | 4.9512 | Park, Victor | Lapsed-member | 11-6,12-10,11-7 | Cornell University | C |
8S | Boyer, Harrison | 5.22982 | Paolella, James H. | 4.92267 | 11-7,11-7,11-13,11-5 | Brown University | C |
9S | Goel, Palak | 5.08177 | Ong, Kenan | 5.05582 | 11-4,11-3,8-11,6-11,11-1 | Brown University | C |
10S | Glaser, William R | 5.12984 | Gilevskiy, Nikita | 5.00773 | 14-12,11-3,15-13 | Brown University | C |
Match Date | Home | Matches Won |
Visitor | Matches Won |
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02/04/18 | Brown University | 1 | Columbia University | 8 | ||||
Singles ![]() |
Indicates Winner |
Brown University | Rating | Columbia University | Rating | Winner's Score | Winner | Status | |
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1S | Blecher, Thomas | 5.44995 | Khalifa, Osama K. | 6.29267 | 11-3,11-5,11-2 | Columbia University | C |
2S | Moyer, Maximo L | 5.44154 | Senthilkumar, Velavan | 6.10972 | 11-7,12-10,11-8 | Columbia University | C |
3S | Wei, Andrew | 5.38198 | Robitaille, Carter B. | 5.80435 | 11-3,11-3,11-5 | Columbia University | C |
4S | Demeulenaere, Philip | 5.28897 | Saleem, Arhum | 5.72287 | 11-2,11-1,11-4 | Columbia University | C |
5S | Pitaro, Nicholas L | 5.21011 | Madi, Adham | 5.74664 | 11-7,11-6,11-6 | Columbia University | C |
6S | Gilbert-Bono, Blake A | 5.34555 | Mann, Robin Singh | 5.72726 | 11-4,11-9,11-4 | Columbia University | C |
7S | Walker, Thomas E | 4.9512 | Kapur, Krish | 5.78391 | 11-7,11-6,11-8 | Columbia University | C |
8S | Boyer, Harrison | 5.22982 | Awalt, Mac R. | Lapsed-member | 9-11,13-11,13-11,11-9 | Brown University | C |
9S | Goel, Palak | 5.08177 | Anand, Sambhav | 4.93957 | 7-11,12-10,6-11,11-6,11-5 | Columbia University | C |
10S | Blasberg, Charlie | 5.00825 | Amin, Salmaan (Manu) | 5.10292 | 2-11,11-6,11-4,10-12,11-4 | Columbia University | C |