The UR squash team dominated St. Lawrence University’s (SLU) team to the tune of an 8–1 victory in St. Lawrence’s Robie Squash Center this Sunday.
UR senior Nic Gil (8) started the contest off well with a three-game sweep of St. Lawrence junior Athrva Yadav, with game scores of 11–8, 11–2, and 11–7.
Senior Omar Zakaria (2) won the second match in four games against junior Patrick Walford. The scores were 11–7, 11–8, 9–11, and 11–3.
Senior Jake Koeppel (6) made it three in a row for UR with his own sweep, this time over first-year Miguel Posada Villa.
Sophomore Van Inman-Benavente (7) dropped the first game 9–11 before winning the next three against senior Harry Robson by scores of 11–6, 11–6, and 11–4.
UR won the next match too on the back of sophomore Dhirren Rajarathinam (3). Rajarathinam swept his opponent, SLU senior Oliver Bikhazi-Green, in three games with the scores of 11–7, 11–3, and 11–6.
Senior Arnav Mandhana (5) defeated his SLU senior counterpart, Hassan Madkour after losing the first game 8–11. He went on to win the next three games by scores of 11–8, 11–8, and 11–5.
First-year Preston Wu (9) beat senior Dean Brooker in three games with the scores of 11–7, 11–4, and 11–5.
Senior Yash Fadte (1) was forced to concede his match against first-year Gregory Malsang down two games to one, giving UR its only loss of the day.
Finally, senior Tom Whiteley (4) defeated junior Harrison Callaway in three sets, scoring 11–9, 11–7, and 11–3.
With this victory, UR won their sixth consecutive Liberty League squash title and their 12th overall.
