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Chris Vernick
Patrick Shanahan/Cornell Athletics

Men's Squash Records First-Ever Win Over Harvard

12/6/2008 10:41:14 PM

ITHACA,N.Y.- History was made on Saturday as the Cornell men's squash team beat Harvard, 6-3, for the first time in the program's 47-year history. The win moves the Big Red to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in Ivy League play.

The match saw great performances from the team as a whole. Freshmen David Hilton (#8) and Charlie Wagner (#6) gave the team a great start, each shutting out their opponents, 3-0. Junior Chris Vernick (#9) clinched the match with his 3-2 win over Harvard's Will Ahmed. The match was the squash team's last for a month, when it will face off against Bates on January 9th in the Yale Round Robin.

Match Results:
1.    Colin West (Harvard) def. Alex Domenick (Cornell)  9-3,9-0,9-5
2.    Chris Sachvie (Cornell) def. Verdi DiSesa (Harvard) 9-6,9-1,9-0
3.    Niko Hrdy (Harvard) def. Will Hartigan (Cornell) 9-5,9-0,(9-7),9-6
4.    Richard Hill (Harvard) def.Thomas Spettigue (Cornell) 9-5,10-9,(9-5), 9-4
5.    Steven Peever  (Cornell) def. Eliot Buchanan (Harvard) (10-8), 9-7, (9-4), 9-1,9-4
6.    Charlie Wagner (Cornell) def. Franklin Cohen (Harvard) 9-3,9-5,9-4
7.    McKay Claghorn (Cornell) def. Reed Endresen (Harvard) (10-8), 9-4, 9-0, 9-2
8.    David Hilton (Cornell) def. Alastair Smith (Harvard) 9-2,9-2,9-2
9.    Chris Vernick (Cornell) def. William Ahmed (Harvard) (9-4), 9-4, 9-0,(10-8), 9-3
10.    Amar Gupta (Cornell) def. Adam Varikar (Harvard) 9-2,9-0,9-4
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