PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Yale men's squash team came up just short in the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) National Championship Match, falling to No. 1 Penn, 6-3. The Bulldogs battled all weekend long and concluded the postseason tournament with their best team result since 2016.

In the championship match, Penn won the first four matches, but wins from Merritt Wurts and Rishi Srivastava kept the Bulldogs' hopes alive. Salman Khalil clinched the title for the Quakers in hard-fought matchup against Tad Carney. Max Forster earned a win for Yale in his final collegiate match. 

Yale finished the season with a 10-3 record. Penn wrapped up its second consecutive National Championship campaign with a perfect 20-0 record.

Match Results

• Salman Khalil (PENN) def. Tad Carney (YALE) 3-1
• Nicholas Spizzirri (PENN) def. Arav Bhagwati (YALE) 3-0
• Omar Hafez (PENN) def. Lachlan Sutton (YALE) 3-0
• Marwan Abdelsalam (PENN) def. Maxwell Orr (YALE) 3-1
• Nathan Kueh (PENN) def. Rohan Gondi (YALE) 2-1
• Rishi Srivastava (YALE) def. Dana Santry (PENN) 3-1
• Max Forster (YALE) def. Zane Patel (PENN) 3-1
• Abdelrahman Dweek (PENN) def. Nikhil Ismail (YALE) 3-0
• Merritt Wurts (YALE) def. Varun Chitturi (PENN) 3-2

Match Notes

• The runner-up finish is Yale's best result since winning the CSA National Championship in 2016.
• Yale's only losses this season came against No. 1 Penn and No. 2 Princeton.
• The Bulldogs reached the finals by defeating Harvard in the quarterfinals and Princeton in the semifinals. 
• Srivastava completed an undefeated first year at Yale going a perfect 12-0.
• Yale graduates five seniors: Orr, Forster, Ismail, Wurts, and Taylor Clayton.