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No. 29 Men's Squash Defeated by No. 13 Chatham

John Collins
John Collins

LANCASTER, Pa. - The No. 29 Haverford College men's squash team (1-2) wrapped up its stint at the annual Penn Cup with a trip west to the Lancaster Country Day School for a matchup with 13th-ranked Chatham (1-1). The Cougars came up victorious, taking a 9-0 victory over the Fords on Saturday morning. 

Facing a quick turnaround from last night's home match against Drexel, Haverford earned a strong performance from Aarayaman Jaising, as the first year fended off a sweep at the second flight, taking the first game from Sebastian Vaca Sanchez (5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5) in a spirited battle. Muhammad Hassan Raza got past Ben Schiltz at the third flight (11-2, 11-4, 11-5) while Kai Schinaman fell to the Cougars' Agustin Carranza at the fourth flight (11-2, 11-5, 11-4).

In the middle of the ladder, Abdelrahman Sadek bested John Collins at the fifth flight (11-1, 11-3, 11-6) while Mohamed Sadek got past Garret Fantini at the sixth flight (11-3, 11-4, 11-4). Matthew Sullivan took seven points in the third game against Alejandro Cruz, but was defeated in three at No. 7 (11-0, 11-1, 11-7). 

Alaaeldin Abdelkhalik was a 3-0 winner over Ali Nurkhaidarov at the eighth flight while Brett Poles earned the win over Zadoc Bond at the ninth flight (11-3, 11-3, 11-5).  Ted Pyle was defeated by Keyel Beasley in the exhibition (11-2, 11-6, 11-4). 

With the challenging slate of Penn Cup opponents now serving as a valuable experience as College Squash Association play continues, the Fords will next be in action on Saturday, November 19, as the team travels to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for a 1 p.m. first serve against No. 32 Connecticut College. The Fords will then face off with No. 33 host Vassar at 3 p.m to wrap up the day of action.