LANCASTER, Pa. - The Dickinson men's squash team continued their time in the Pennsylvania State Cup on Saturday afternoon, by battling two opponents during the day. The Red and White were knocked off by Drexel University 9-0, before besting Haverford College by the slimmest of margins 5-4.

Match One - Dragons 9, DEVILS 0
Inside the Match
The Dragons were in control of the match from the outset to the very end as they posted nine victories by 3-0 scorelines. Dickinson's best chance to take a game came at the number seven slot where Derek Du pushed Dumitru Goian to a 12-10 decision in the third game.

Results

1. Nicolas Serna (DREX) def. Joe Smythe (DSON) | 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-5)
2. Guido Lindner (DREX) def. Elian Vera (DSON) | 3-0 (11-0, 11-1, 11-6)
3. Luhann Groenewald (DREX) def. Owen Buroker (DSON) | 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-3)
4. Youssef Bastawy (DREX) def. Gerardo Ortiz (DSON) | 3-0 (11-1, 11-4, 11-1)
5. Yuri Pollak Pelbart (DREX) def. Cormac Sullivan (DSON) | 3-0 (11-1, 11-8, 11-2)
6. Tavneet Singh Mundra (DREX) def. James Kiracofe (DSON) | 3-0 (11-8, 11-3, 11-2)
7. Dumitru Goian (DREX) def. Derek Du (DSON) | 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 12-10)
8. Darien Benn (DREX) def. George Vollmer (DSON) | 3-0 (11-1, 11-1, 11-3)
9. Sean Kiernan (DREX) def. Adam Warburton (DSON) | 3-0 (11-1, 11-0, 11-2)

Match Two - DEVILS 5, Fords 4
Inside the Match
At the number one spot Smythe needed four games to upend Aaryaman Jaising, while Vera, William Krizek and Buroker at flights two through four dispatched of their opponents in three straight games. Kiracofe playing at the seven dropped the first two games to Francis Betkowski, before taking the third 11-7. Unfortunately, he would drop the fourth 11-9. At five, six and nine the trio of Ortiz, Sullivan and Vollmer were tripped up in three by Qianzhi Zhao, Advait Chandramouli and Dan Ibrahim respectively which leveled things at 4-4. However, after falling behind two games to one against Arvin Krishnan he grabbed wins of 11-6 and 11-6 to secure a five game win.

Results

1. Joe Smythe (DSON) def. Aaryaman Jaising (HAV) | 3-1 (12-14, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6)
2. Elian Vera (DSON) def. Henry Jiang (HAV) | 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-2)
3. William Krizek (DSON) def. Jet Li (HAV) | 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-7)
4. Owen Buroker (DSON) def. Ben Levy (HAV) | 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-9)
5. Qianzhi Zhao (HAV) def. Gerardo Ortiz (DSON) | 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-8)
6. Advait Chandramouli (HAV) def. Cormac Sullivan (DSON) | 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 11-5)
7. Francis Betkowski (HAV) def. James Kiracofe (DSON) | 3-1 (14-12, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9)
8. Derek Du (DSON) def. Arvin Krishnan (HAV) | 3-2 (11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6)
9. Dean Ibrahim (HAV) def. George Vollmer (DSON) | 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-5)
10. Wei-En Hsu (HAV) def. Henry Ballou (DSON) | 3-0 (11-5, 11-2, 11-3) Exhibition

Up Next
Dickinson (2-1) continues the Pennsylvania State Cup tomorrow at 9am with a matchup against Franklin & Marshall College, before battling University of Pennsylvania (2:30pm).