LANCASTER, Pa. – The No. 16 Franklin & Marshall men's squash team (0-1) lost its season-opener to No. 8 Drexel (1-0), 8-1, Friday evening on the opening day of the Penn Cup.

Despite the team loss, Kyle Broadhurst earned a big upset-victory by taking down Drexel's Nicolas Serna, 3-1, in the No. 1 match. Broadhurst won the first game, 11-5, before Serna responded with an 11-4 win in the second. The senior then answered with an 11-9 win in the third and an 11-7 victory in the fourth to take the match.

Sharan Punjabi battled his opponent in the No. 2 slot, falling just short in his comeback efforts. Trailing 2-0, Punjabi responded with wins of 13-11 and 11-8 to tie the match. However, Drexel's Guido Lindner claimed an 11-7 victory in the fifth game. From that point, the Dragons rolled to 3-0 sweeps in the bottom seven matches of the day.

No. 16 Franklin & Marshall now turns its attention to Saturday, playing a doubleheader on the second day of the Penn Cup. F&M will play No. 1 Penn at 11:00 a.m., followed by No. 23 Chatham at 3:00 p.m.

No. 8 Drexel 8, No. 16 Franklin & Marshall 1

1. Kyle Broadhurst (F&M) over Nicolas Serna (Drexel); 3-1 (11-9, 11-3, 11-8)
2. Guido Lindner (Drexel) over Sharan Punjabi (F&M); 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-5)
3. Luhann Groenewald (Drexel) over Toby Clegg-Petri (F&M); 3-1 (11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6)
4. Youssef Bastawy (Drexel) over Aditya Chandani (F&M); 3-0 (11-9, 11-3, 11-4)
5. Yuri Pollak Pelbart (Drexel) over Noah Katzer (F&M); 3-0 (11-6, 11-7, 11-1)
6. Tavneet Singh Mundra (Drexel) over Jamie Stait (F&M); 3-2 (8-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8)
7. Dumitru Goian (Drexel) over Akshat Agarwal (F&M); 3-0 (11-3, 11-2, 11-8)
8. Darien Benn (Drexel) over Dean Vahlsing (F&M); 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-3)
9. Sean Kiernan (Drexel) over Eeshan Sawant (F&M); 3-1 (11-5, 3-11, 11-8, 11-9)