The University of Rochester squash team bested one of its oldest rivals on Wednesday evening, defeating visiting Hobart College 9-0 in a non-conference matchup at the Lyman Squash Center.
 
Wednesday's match was the 98th meeting all-time between Hobart and Rochester in squash, moving into a tie with Hamilton College for the most in UR program history. After the victory, Rochester now holds a 66-32 record all-time against the Statesmen.
 
On the season, UR improves to 3-6, while Hobart slides to 1-9. The win for the Yellowjackets avenges and upset win by Hobart last season in Geneva.
 
Eight of the nine matches went by 3-0 scores in favor of Rochester. Wave one featured a sweep from Victor Xu at number eight (11-1, 11-3, 11-1), Nic Gill at number six (11-3, 11-4, 11-0) and Omar Zakaria at number two (11-6, 11-5, 11-5).
 
Two quick wins in the second set of matches clinched the victory for Rochester. At four, Arnav Mandhana won 11-7, 11-8 and 11-6, with Yash Fadte earning the fifth and decisive point in the match, securing his win at the top of the ladder by an 11-2, 11-7 and 11-6 score.
 
The final match of wave two was the lone contest to get extended past three games. In that one at number nine, UR's Sam Knoll battled Hobart's Jayden Saldana. Saldana opened with an 11-5 win before Knoll responded with 11-7 and 11-9 wins to surge in front. Saldana held off Knoll with an 11-9 triumph in the fourth before Knoll answered back in the deciding game, winning 11-7 to secure the point in the back-and-forth overall match.
 
In the last three contests on court, Jake Koeppel (11-3, 11-3, 11-6), Tom Whiteley (11-3, 11-5, 11-7) and Alejandro Porras (11-1, 11-5, 11-2) posted wins for Rochester at positions five, three and seven, respectively.
 
Up next on the schedule is the College Squash Association Individual National Championships taking place this weekend in New York City. Three individuals, Fadte, Zakaria and Dhirren Rajarathinam are competing in the 64-player event showcasing some of the top collegiate squash players in the country.