NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The men's squash team was upset by St. Lawrence, 5-4, in the consolation semifinals of the Potter Cup on Saturday at Yale. The fifth-seeded Big Red will play in the seventh-place game at 9 a.m. Sunday against seventh-seeded Franklin & Marshall.
The Saints nailed down their first victory against the Big Red in nine all-time meetings, salvaging a victory at the No. 1 position in a final shift that saw Cornell make a bid for a come-from-behind win. Cornell sophomore
Ryan Todd won his match at No. 6 for the squad's lone point in the opening rotation, then St. Lawrence took a commanding 4-2 lead despite a three-game victory from senior co-captain
Owen Butler at No. 5.
Junior
Bryan Keating (No. 7) and sophomore
Michael Sunderland (No. 4) came through with three-game victories in the final shift, but the Saints escaped with the decisive point from the top spot. Cornell will now take on F&M on Sunday after having defeated the Diplomats in the final weekend of the regular season.
8-ST. LAWRENCE 5, 5-CORNELL 4
Saturday; at New Haven, Conn.
1. Amr Khaled Khalifa (SL) def.
Nick Sachvie, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9
2. Ibrahim Khan (SL) def.
Aditya Jagtap, 11-2, 11-6, 11-6
3. Sebastian Riedelsheimer (SL) def.
Arjun Gupta, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9
4.
Michael Sunderland (C) def. Kyle Ogilvy, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
5.
Owen Butler (C) def. Anderson Good, 11-6, 11-5, 11-8
6.
Ryan Todd (C) def. Will Campo, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-8
7.
Bryan Keating (C) def. Christopher Fernandez, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
8. Vir Seth (SL) def.
Graham Dietz, 11-8, 6-11, 11-2, 11-7
9. Duncan Maxwell (SL) def.
Abhijit Malik, 10-12, 11-6, 13-11, 6-11, 11-7
Ex. Amay Merchant (SL) def.
Matthew Shang, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10