Men's Squash | 2/8/2026 5:02:00 PM

Granville, Ohio - In their final home match of the 2025-26 season, the No.27 Denison men's squash team topped No. 23 Chatham 5-1. Denison improves its overall record to 6-5 for the season, while Chatham drops to 6-8. 

#27 Denison 5, #23 Chatham 1

Denison battled in its 5-1 victory over Chatham. On court one, Nate Cukierman secured a decisive 3-1 victory over his opponent. Also beating his opponent by a 3-1 decision was first-year Rayyan Arif, in fifth place. Two more members of the Big Red staved off their opponents to put Denison up 4-1 late into the matchup. Ross Falcon traded points for most of his match; though he gave up 25 points, he was the only player not to drop a game and finished with a 3-0 victory. Rounding out the four close matches of the day was Gus Nelson's win over Chatham's Obed Roman Garcia. After winning the first game, Garcia would tie the match at one apiece, resulting in the pair trading game wins until Nelson held steady and took game five with a resounding 11-5 win.

1. Nate Cukierman (DEN) def. Abdelrahman Sadek (CHAT) 3-1 (11-3, 11-1, 4-11, 13-11)

2. Charlie Fenwick (DEN) def. Muhammad Hassaan Raza (CHAT) by ret. (8-11, 7-9 ret.)

3. Alejandro Cruz (CHAT) def. Alex DeLuca (DEN) 3-2 (10-12, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7)

4. Ross Falcon (DEN) def. Brett Poles (CHAT) 3-0 (11-7, 12-10, 11-8)

5. Rayyan Arif (DEN) def. Keyel Beasley (CHAT) 3-1 (11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 11-6)

6. Gus Nelson (DEN) def. Obed Roman Garcia (CHAT) 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 12-14, 11-5)

Up Next: The Big Red travels to Canton, N.Y., for the 2026 Liberty League Championships, from February 14-15. St. Lawrence University hosts this year's championships.