NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 8 Yale Men's Squash Team opened its 2021-22 season in style, defeating No. 7 Virginia 6-3 at the Brady Center on Saturday. Thanks to several dominant performances, the Bulldogs successfully avenged their 5-4 loss to Virginia at nationals two years ago. 
 
Three Elis swept their Cavalier opponents, including two first-years, No. 4 Maxwell Orr and No. 5 Brian Leonard, and senior No. 9 Tyler Carney. 
 
Sophomore No. 3 Siow Yee Xian beat a formidable opponent in a five-game match that lasted nearly 90 minutes. Lynn Leong, the Brooks G. Ragen Director of Squash at Yale, deemed it "the match of the day."
 
Fellow sophomore No. 6 Jed Burde surrendered a close match at the No. 6 seed. He fought tooth-and-nail in a 70-minute, five-game contest that was decided in an 11-8 final game.
 
The Elis (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) are back at the Brady Center tomorrow at noon to face No. 12 Western University. 
 
RESULTS VS. VIRGINIA
 
1. Aly Hussein (VIRG) def. Harrison Gill (YALE), 11-8, 11-2, 11-2
2. Omar El Torkey (VIRG) def. Max Forster (YALE), 10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-3
3. Siow Yee Xian (YALE) def. Taha Dinana (VIRG), 11-13, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
4. Maxwell Orr (YALE) def. Cullen Little (VIRG), 11-7, 11-2, 11-6
5. Brian Leonard (YALE) def. Tyler Mackesy (VIRG), 11-5, 12-10, 11-3
6. Myles McIntyre (VIRG) def. Jed Burde (YALE), 11-4, 6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-8
7. Eric Kim (YALE) def. Cj Baldini (VIRG), 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6
8. Merritt Wurts (YALE) def. William Holey (VIRG), 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8
9. Tyler Carney (YALE) def. Andrew Barr (VIRG), 11-6, 11-6, 11-9