NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Franklin & Marshall's No. 13 men's squash team suffered a tough 5-4 loss to No. 14 Cornell on the campus of Yale University Sunday.

The Diplomats saw their overall record drop to 11-4 while the Big Red improved to 5-6. 

By the Numbers

Six matchups were determined in the minimum three games with three of those sweeps belonging to F&M. Only one contest went the distance as Raunak Advani provided a valiant effort at No. 6, battling back from a 2-0 deficit to capture three consecutive frames. 

The Results

1. Veer Chotrani (CORN-M) def. Aryan Parekh (FMCM) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5
2. Sanjay Jeeva (FMCM) def. Charles Culhane (CORN-M) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8
3. Nikhil Arjunan Iyer (CORN-M) def. Shams Abbas (FMCM) 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7
4. Yannis Senkel (FMCM) def. V. Luke Park II (CORN-M) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8
5. Nicholas Errington (CORN-M) def. Matt Dukarm (FMCM) 11-7, 11-7, 11-8
6. Raunak Advani (FMCM) def. Illia Presman (CORN-M) 8-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9
7. Humza Khan (CORN-M) def. Flavio Hinostroza (FMCM) 11-4, 12-10, 11-7
8. Teddy Eill (FMCM) def. Alex Dworetzky (CORN-M) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
9. Jared Scherl (CORN-M) def. King Bassett (FMCM) 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-8
Exh. Thomas Mocorrea (CORN-M) def. Allen Tompkins (FMCM) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7

Up Next

The Diplomats return home on Wednesday to host Navy at 5:30 p.m. Before the match, F&M is set to honor its senior class.