The #5-ranked University of Rochester squash team kicked off the 2018-19 season with a strong 8-1 victory over visiting Cornell University on Saturday evening at the Lyman Squash Center.
 
Rochester moves to 1-0 while #15 Cornell, who played earlier in the day on Saturday and won, fell to 1-1.
 
Five of the Yellowjacket wins came by 3-0 sweeps.  Lawrence Kuhn won at #4 13-11, 11-6, and 11-6 over Alex Dworetzky while Marcus Sim posted a win at #6 11-8, 11-4, and 11-3 over Nick Goth Errington.
 
The bottom third of UR's lineup was perfect as well, with first-year Cesar Segundo, senior Rodrigo Porras and junior Alex Riedelsheimer all going 3-0 in their matches at #7, #8 and #9 respectively.  Segundo won 11-4, 15-13 and 11-5 over Luke Park, Porras defeated Jared Scherl 11-3, 11-3 and 11-3 while Riedelsheimer won 11-9, 11-5 and 11-3 over Yohann Surti.
 

Junior Matthew Toth posted a nice comeback win for UR at #3, rallying from 0-2 down in his match to Perry Hanson.  The Big Red player opened with 11-8 and 14-12 wins before Toth rallied with 11-7, 11-7 and 11-5 wins to earn the win.
 
At #5, first-year Thijs Van Der Pluijm also won in five games, defeating Cornell's Illia Presman 9-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-3 and 12-10.  The other UR win came from sophomore Ashley Davies at #2 as he beat Charles Culhane 11-6, 11-5, 7-11 and 11-5.
 
Cornell's win was earned by Andy Muran at the top spot against UR's Ricardo Lopez.  Muran won in three games, 11-6, 11-9 and 12-10.
 
In the #10 exhibition match, Rochester's Siddhant Iyer won 3-0 over James Paolella (11-9, 12-10, 15-13).
 
The Yellowjackets are back in action on November 29th with another home match, coming against Western Ontario.