No. 6 Men’s Squash Wins Third-Place Match over No. 12 George Washington

Sunday, February 9

Washington, D.C

10 a.m.

Drexel University

George Washington

Photo by: Gavin Baker

No. 6 Men’s Squash Wins Third-Place Match over No. 12 George Washington

2/9/2020 1:34:00 PM | Men's Squash

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Matthew Lucente's win in the final match of the day gave the sixth-ranked Drexel men's squash team a 5-4 win over No. 12 George Washington in the third-place match of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Championships.

The Dragons (10-6) and Colonials (9-10) split the first four matches of the day, setting up a match-clinching sweep from Lucente in the No. 3 flight. The freshman won handily in the first game, 11-1, before closer 11-9 and 12-10 triumphs.

The heart of the ladder carried the day for the Drexel. The Dragons won matches 2-6.

Dylan Kachur swept Jamie Oakley (11-5, 11-9, 11-8) in the No. 2 flight. Noel Heaton added an 11-4, 12-10, 13-11 sweep of Karim Thabet in the fourth match.

José López dispatched David Varela in three games (11-2, 11-6, 11-5) in the No. 5 match. Fellow freshman Gautam Nagpal also won in three, 17-15, 12-10, 11-6, in the sixth-ranked flight.

The Dragons await the draws of the College Squash Association Team Championships, which run from Feb. 27 to March 1 in Boston.

No. 6 Drexel 5, No. 12 George Washington 4
1 | Salim Khan def. Filip Krueger, 8-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 11-8
2 | Dylan Kachur def. Jamie Oakley, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8
3 | Matthew Lucente def. Inaki De Larrauri, 11-1, 11-9, 12-10
4 | Noel Heaton def. Karim Thabet, 11-4, 12-10, 13-11
5 | José López def. David Varela, 11-2, 11-6, 11-5
6 | Gautam Nagpal def. Lucas Stauffer, 17-15, 12-10, 11-6
7 | Juan Laguna def. Nicko Fehn, 7-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10
8 | Abbas Saeed def. Shaan Dalal, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9
9 | Geordie Laird def. Emil Snyman, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4