Fordham Squash took away two resounding wins this past weekend, facing Dartmouth College and Drexel University’s club teams at the Lombardi Squash Courts. This is the final weekend of home matches, as the Rams will head on the road for the rest of the season, but they’ll bring a five-game win streak with them.
Kicking things off was the first matchup between the Dartmouth club team and Fordham. The Rams were granted a free point automatically due to Dartmouth only having eight players, essentially forfeiting a match.
Across the board, the Rams made quick work of the Big Green, ending the matches in three games. This included efforts from eighth position junior Sofia Arseniev, seventh position sophomore Gray Kearns and sixth position junior Robert Cruikshank, who never conceded more than three points to their opponents in a single set.
These efforts continued in the third through fifth positions, held down by senior Henry Frawley, sophomore Jack Stanley and freshman Peter Vorbach, respectively.
The one defeat for the Rams came in the second position, in which Dartmouth’s Will Vrattos took on junior Bennett Van Liew. The match extended to five games, before Vrattos was able to narrowly win in the last game, 12-10, 11-9, 12-14, 12-14 and 14-12.
But the Rams ended on a high note, with sophomore Nicholas Gilman in first position, winning in four games over Avijit Singh, 10-12, 11-8, 11-5 and 11-7.
Fordham wasn’t done winning just yet as they took away a clean sweep against Drexel’s club team to wrap up the weekend.
In this matchup, Frawley shifted to first position, getting his win over Theo Rosenberg in three games, 11-5, 11-3 and 11-3. Vorbach switched from fifth to second position this time, also getting an easy win, with three straight 11-1 victories.
More lineup changes included Kearns and Arseniev moving to third and fourth positions, respectively, securing wins in those matchups in only three games as well.
Senior Nicholas Choo picked up a win at fifth position over Mary Catherine Touloupis, 11-1, 11-1 and 11-2. Lastly, rounding out the Rams is sophomore Crisipn McCarthy (sixth) and juniors Edwin Hess (seventh) and Aarav Jhunjhunwala (eighth), who locked down their wins to make it a perfect 9-0 appearance for Fordham.
The Rams are now 16-6 on the season and conclude their home record 13-2. Next up for them is the annual Denison Round Robin in Gambier, Ohio. Fordham will see tough opponents in the University of Notre Dame, the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan over a two-day stretch.
