UVA’s squash teams wrap up weekend with wins

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Posted on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, 7:13 pm

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The No. 5 Virginia men’s squash team finished the weekend 2-1 after a 9-0 win over MIT and the No. 7 Virginia women’s squash team topped Williams College on Sunday afternoon to finish the weekend 2-1.

UVA’s men (4-2) won six matches 3-0 and Patrick Keller made his collegiate debut with a win at the eight position on the ladder against the Engineers (5-3).

Taha Dinana finished 3-0 on the weekend after picking up a 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-6) win at the two position over MIT’s Tom Hogan. Aly Hussein won at the top of the ladder, 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-7) over Eli Kramer. Cullen Little earned a 3-2 win after falling behind 2-1. Little battled back to win the fourth game 11-9 and the fifth 12-10.

CJ Baldini won 3-1 at the four position. Evan Hajek, Charles Braff, Max Valezquez and Keller all won 3-0 and Andrew Barr rounded out the ladder at nine with a 3-1 win.

The Cavaliers will have a break before returning to action to host two weekends of matches in January.

MEN’S RESULTS
No. 5 Virginia 9, No. 17 MIT 0
1. Aly Hussein (UVA) def. Eli Kramer (MIT) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7
2.. Taha Dinana (UVA) def. Tom Hogan (MIT) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
3. Cullen Little (UVA) def. Philip Hyun Su Price (MIT) 11-9, 7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10
4. CJ Baldini (UVA) def. Collin Wen (MIT) 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3
5. Evan Hajek (UVA) def. Robert Albani (MIT) 12-10, 11-5, 11-3
6. Charles Braff (UVA) def. Matt McManus (MIT) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6
7. Max Velazquez (UVA) def. Mitav Nayak (MIT) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5
8. Patrick Keller (UVA) def. Saechow Yap (MIT) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5
9. Andrew Barr (UVA) def. yos wagenmans (MIT) 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10

It was the first sweep of the season for the Cavalier women (3-2) and eight players finished their matches 3-0 in the win over the Ephs (1-4).

Meagan Best won 3-0 at the top of the ladder and Emma Jinks added a 3-0 victory at the two position.

Sydney Maxwell dropped the first game but came back to win the next three for a 3-1 victory at the three. Nicolina Tessitore, Maureen Foley, Julia Curran, Eliza Mills and Caroline Pellegrino each won 3-0 at the 4-8 positions, respectively. Erin O’Connor was down 2-1 but rallied to win the last two games 11-3 and 11-0 to win 3-2 at the nine.

WOMEN’S RESULTS
No. 7 Virginia 9, No. 15 Williams 0
1. Meagan Best (UVA) def. Haley Jefferson (WC) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4
2. Emma Jinks (UVA) def. Yu Quan Ng (WC) 11-8, 11-9, 11-2
3. Sydney Maxwell (UVA) Theresa Kay ( WC) 12-14, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4
4. Nicolina Tessitore (UVA) def. Amanda Solecki (WC) 11-4, 11-2, 11-1
5. Maureen Foley (UVA) def. Nora Brant (WC) 11-4, 13-11, 11-6
6. Julia Curran (UVA) def. Deena Iqbal (WC) 11-9, 11-5, 11-8
7. Eliza Mills (UVA) def. Roshni Pal (WC) 11-2, 11-5, 11-9
8. Caroline Pellegrino (UVA) def. Nikita Srivastava (WC) 11-7, 11-5, 11-2
9. Erin O’Connor (UVA) def. Isabel Kelly (WC) 10-12, 11-8, 10-12, 11-3, 11-0
Exh: Nasreen Hashmi (UVA) def. Nora Brant (WC) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4