Cornell University Athletics - Squash Makes Pivotal Ivy League Trip ...

ITHACA, N.Y. ? The squash teams will return to Ivy League play this weekend, taking on Dartmouth at noon Saturday before making the trip to the southeast to take on Harvard at noon Sunday.
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The sixth-ranked Big Red men's team (11-2, 2-1 Ivy League) is coming off an eventful week which started with a 6-3 victory over fifth-ranked Rochester on Wednesday at Belkin International Squash Courts. No. 2 Trinity then handed Cornell its second loss of the season, but the Big Red still figures to move up to fifth in the next edition of College Squash Association's national rankings by virtue of its mid-week victory over the Yellowjackets.
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Senior Nick Sachvie and sophomore Aditya Jagtap both won their matches last week at the Nos. 1 and 2 spots, respectively. Sophomore Ryan Todd has a team-leading 11 victories for the Big Red, primarily from the middle of the lineup, one ahead of freshman Graham Dietz, who typically competes a couple spots lower in the order.
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Dartmouth (5-5, 1-2) is ranked eighth in the nation, coming off a narrow 5-4 loss to Rochester last Sunday. The Big Red has won its last six meetings against the Big Green over the last four years, including an 8-1 decision at home on Feb. 4, 2012.
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Harvard (10-1, 2-1) is currently ranked third after defeating Western Ontario and Amherst at the Pioneer Round Robin on Jan. 19. The Crimson's only loss on the season came the weekend prior, when defending national champion Princeton earned a 5-4 decision on its home courts on Jan. 13. Harvard holds a dominating 43-2 advantage in the all-time series, with the Big Red's two victories coming at Belkin on Dec. 6, 2008 and Dec. 4, 2010. Cornell's two losses to Harvard last season were both by a score of 5-4.
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The Big Red women's team (9-2) retained its No. 6 ranking from the CSA after suffering a heart-breaking 5-4 loss to No. 2 Trinity last Sunday. Rachel Au, Laura Caty and Jaime Laird each had five-game victories, which ? when combined with Jessenia Pacheco's four-game win at the No. 2 spot ? had the Big Red one point away from its first-ever victory against the Bantams before the visitors swept the final rotation to escape with the win.
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Freshman Abbey Foster and senior co-captain Maggie Remsen are tied for the team lead with nine victories apiece, one ahead of Au and Pacheco ? the latter of which is a perfect 8-0 on the campaign from the top third of the order.
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The Big Green's women's team (4-5, 0-3), like the men, is ranked eighth. Cornell has won five straight in the series, though the last three have been decided by a razor-thin 5-4 margin. The Big Red's No. 1, Danielle Letourneau, won the deciding match in last season's tilt on Feb. 4, 2012 at Belkin. Both meetings the previous year had identical scores, including the seventh-place match at the Howe Cup.
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Harvard (7-1, 2-1) is the defending national champion, but is currently ranked second in the country after a 5-4 loss to Princeton on Jan. 13. The Crimson
has won all 18 of its matches with Cornell in the programs' history, including a 9-0 victory on Feb. 5, 2012 at Belkin. Sophomore Amanda Sobhy is top-ranked player in the country.
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Both the Cornell men's and women's teams will then return to Ithaca for a Feb. 5 afternoon match against Hobart and William Smith, respectively, at Belkin.

Source: http://cornellbigred.com/news/2013/1/30/MSQUASH_0130133448.aspx

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