Granville, Ohio- Denison men's squash continued its opening weekend with another top-20 team, the No.19 University of Rochester. The Big Red fell to the Yellow Jackets 6-3, with Juan Felipe Hernandez, Jackson Bragman, and Wylly Molten IV securing the three wins for Denison. 

With both teams coming off tough losses to the No. 6 Cavaliers, each was looking for its first team victory of the season. Rochester jumped to an early lead, notching four, 3-0 wins in under 30 minutes. Molten put up Denison's first win of the day after making quick work of his opponent in a 19-minute 3-0 victory.  Down 4-1, the Big Red continued to put pressure on the Yellow Jackets, forcing the remaining two Rochester victories to four games. Denison's final two wins from Bragman and Hernandez would also go to four games, with both winning the first games and putting their matches away in exciting fashion. 

Match notes

University of Rochester (CSA Ranking- 19th) 1-1

Denison University (CSA Ranking- 30th) 0-2

University of Rochester 6, Denison University 3

1. Juan Felipe Hernandez (DEN) def. Gilberto Noe Aceves Moreno (UoR), 3-1 (11-7,11-9, 4-11, 11-7)

2. Dhirren Rajarathinam (UoR) def. Charlie Fenwick (DEN), 3-0 (11-6, 11-6, 11-0)

3. Arjith Matthew (UoR) def. Alex DeLuca (DEN), 3-1 (11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7)

4. Jackson Bragman (DEN) def. Vandrick Inman-Benavente (UoR) , 3-1 (12-10, 4-11, 11-7, 12,10)

5. Thomas Valderrama (UoR) def. Ross Falcon (DEN), 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-3)

6. Preston Wu (UoR) def. Rayyan Arif (DEN), 3-0 (11-5, 11-3, 11-5)

7. Karim Moataz (UoR) def. Aimaan Zakaria (DEN), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-3)

8. Zhuoran Xu (UoR) def. Owen Mullaly (DEN), 3-1 (9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3)

9. Wylly Molten IV(DEN) def. Sam Knoll (UoR), 3-0 (11-3, 11-4, 11-5)

Up Next for the Big Red

Denison begins its stretch of road matches, traveling to Annapolis, Md., on Saturday, November 8, to take on No. 31 Fordham University and No. 15 Navy.