After winning two comebacks from two games down, the St. Lawrence University men's squash team defeated Hobart 7-2 on Friday evening in Geneva, N.Y.

The Saints improved to 1-0 overall, while the Statesmen fell to 0-1.

Mina Wasseem led the way at one with a 3-0 victory over Adam Le, 11-6, 11-4, 11-3, in 20 minutes, while Emirhan Sen followed at two, defeating Caio Paiva 11-6, 11-7, 11-8.

Dmitry Stepanenko staged the first comeback in the fourth spot. He dropped the first two games to Gabriel Garcia, 11-4 and 11-6, then won the next three, 11-8, 12-10, 11-6, to take the match 3-2.

Rukudzo Midzi did the same at five. Down 0-2 to Pablo Paredes, he rallied to win 11-2, 11-9, 11-2 in the final three games for a 3-2 victory after nearly an hour.

Suhaan Shareef also needed five games at six, defeating Peter Vorbach 3-2 (11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-6) in 43 minutes.

At seven, Milo Stephenson took down Joslin Joy 3-1, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7. Luke Black completed the Saints' wins at eight, beating Miles Mackey 3-1 (8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2).

St. Lawrence is back on court next Thursday, November 5, when the team heads to Squash on Fire in Washington, D.C., to take on the Naval Academy in a 6:30 p.m. match.