No. 9 Men’s Squash Drops Saturday Match at No. 7 Columbia

Saturday, November 19

New York, N.Y.

2 p.m.

Drexel University

No. 7 Columbia

No. 9 Men’s Squash Drops Saturday Match at No. 7 Columbia

11/19/2016 6:27:00 PM | Men's Squash

Drexel Squash
No. 9 Men: Schedule | Statistics

Saturday, November 19
No. 9 Drexel at No. 7 Columbia | L, 9-0

Sunday, November 20
10 a.m. and noon | Hartford, Conn. | Kellner Squash Center
No. 9 Drexel at No. 1 Trinity, vs. No. 24 Bowdoin

NEW YORK – The No. 9 Drexel men's squash team (2-1) dropped its first match of the season on Saturday against No. 7 Columbia by a final of 9-0 from SL Green StreetSquash in New York City.

Senior Michael Thompson took his match to five games but fell to Columbia's Rishi Tandon from the No. 3 spot, 9-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4.

Sophomore Bransten Ming and junior Luke Willemse were the only other Dragons to take their matches beyond three games as both lost in four.

Although they came as exhibition matches from the No. 10 and 11 positions, sophomores Royston Raymond and Ryan Leslie earned wins on Saturday. Raymond defeated Sambhav Anand from the No. 10 spot, 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 7-11, 12-10. Leslie also grabbed a five-game victory over Richard Soper after trailing in the match 2-1 as he won a 3-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 final.

No. 9 Drexel continue its weekend road trip in Hartford, Conn. tomorrow, Sunday, November 20 with No. 1 Trinity at 10 a.m. followed by No. 24 Bowdoin at noon.

No. 7 Columbia 9, No. 9 Drexel 0
1 | Osama Khalifa (Columbia) def. Bransten Ming (Drexel); 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5
2 | Seif Attia (Columbia) def. Lucas Rousselet (Drexel); 12-10, 13-11, 11-7
3 | Rishi Tandon (Columbia) def. Michael Thompson (Drexel); 9-11, 11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4
4 | Carter Robitaille (Columbia) def. Atticus Kelly (Drexel); 11-5, 11-8, 11-4
5 | Adham Madi (Columbia) def. Luke Willemse (Drexel); 7-11, 17-15, 11-7, 11-7
6 | Arhum Saleem (Columbia) def. Joshua Hughes (Drexel); 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
7 | Rahul Sehrawat (Columbia) def. Mostafa Aboul Makarim (Drexel); 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
8 | Robin Mann (Columbia) def. Noel Solomon (Drexel); 11-9, 11-7, 11-3
9 | Joshua Sekhar (Columbia) def. Cillian Dunne (Drexel); 11-7, 13-11, 11-2