CARLISLE,  Pa. – The Dickinson men's squash team opened their Pennsylvania State Cup campaign with a 8-1 defeat against #21 ranked Chatham University in the Kline Squash Center on Friday night.

Inside the Match
The Red Devils found themselves facing a tough opponent with a long weekend still ahead of them. The lone win for the Red Devils came in the third flight, with first-year Noah George battling for over an hour to come from behind to take down Lucas Oliveira in five sets. Another standout performance from the Red Devils came in the eighth flight, with senior Bradley Hennessy pushing the Cougar all the way to the wire, eventually going down in five sets. Throughout the rest of the matches, there were multiple tiebreaker sets, but Chatham in the end prevailed and won out the other matches in straight sets.

Results
1. Jared Nalliah (CHAT) def. Will Krizek (DSON) 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-7)
2. Agustin Carranza (CHAT) def. Owen Buroker (DSON) 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9)
3. Noah George (DSON) def. Lucas Oliveira (CHAT) 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9)
4. Muhammad Hassaan Raza (CHAT) def. Samuel Knipp (DSON) 3-0 (11-2, 11-4, 11-9)
5. Abdelrahman Sadek (CHAT) def. Aidan Ray (DSON) 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-6)
6. Alejandro Cruz (CHAT) def. George Vollmer (DSON) 3-0 (11-5, 11-5, 11-2)
7. Haidar Jafry (CHAT) def. Menghou Du (DSON) 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-8)
8. Brett Poles (CHAT) def. Bradley Hennessy (DSON) 3-2 (11-4, 8-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5)
9. Keyel Beasley (CHAT) def. Adam Warburton (DSON) 3-0 (12-10, 13-11, 11-9)
10. Obed Roman Garcia (CHAT) def. Henry Ballou (DSON) 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-7)

Up Next
The Red Devils (2-2) return to action tomorrow morning at 11am, to take on a top 8 ranked team in the nation, the #7 Drexel Dragons on their home courts.