Men's Squash Readies for Two Top Teams
1/18/2018 4:10:00 PM | Men's Squash
| DATE | Saturday, January 20 |
| TIME | 12:00 p.m. |
| VENUE | Lyman Squash Center |
| LOCATION | Rochester, N.Y. |
| TWITTER HANDLE | @Columbia_Squash @GoColumbiaLions |
| DATE | Sunday, January 21 |
| TIME | 12:00 p.m. |
| VENUE | Robie Squash Center |
| LOCATION | Canton, NY |
| TWITTER HANDLE | @Columbia_Squash @GoColumbiaLions |
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Columbia men's squash will hit the road this weekend to face a pair of non-league squads in No. 6 Rochester and No. 3 St. Lawrence in upstate New York this weekend.
ABOUT LAST WEEKEND
Columbia is coming off a thrilling 5-4 win over No. 2 Harvard, the first Lion win over the Crimson in program history. With the Lions leading the match 4-2, Osama Khalifa took Harvard's Saadeldin Abouaish down to the wire in a five set thriller. Khalifa was able to come out on top, 11-9 in the fifth, to secure Columbia's victory. Adham Madi, Velavan Senthilkumar, Robin Mann, Krish Kapur represented the other four Lion victories on the day. The Lions are now 3-0 in Ivy League play.
SCOUTING THE COMPETITION
Last season, the Lions, ranked No. 5 at the time, upset the third ranked Yellow Jackets on January 12 at SL Green StreetSquash. Columbia now leads the all-time series, 2-1.
The last time Columbia saw St. Lawrence was at the 3/4 match at the CSA team championships, in which the Lions fell 6-3. St. Lawrence leads the all-time series 3-0.
UP NEXT
The Lions will remain on the road to take on George Washington in New Haven next weekend.
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2017-18 COLUMBIA MEN'S SQUASH |
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| PLAYERS | OVERALL | IVY | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
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6-1 | 3-0 | 5-1 | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
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Seif Attia |
6-2 |
2-1 |
1-0 |
4-1 | 1-1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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5-1 |
1-1 |
0-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | - |
- |
- | - | - | - | |
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5-2 |
2-1 |
- | - | - | 4-0 |
1-2 |
- | - | - | - | |
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6-2 | 1-0 | - | - | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | |
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7-0 | 3-0 | - | - | - | - | - | 5-0 | 2-0 | - | - | |
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3-0 | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2-0 | 1-0 | - | - | |
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7-1 | 3-0 | - | - | - | 1-0 | 2-0 | - | 2-0 | 2-1 | - | |
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2-1 | 0-1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | 1-0 | 0-1 | |
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2-6 | 0-3 | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | |
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2-0 | N/A | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | 1-0 | |
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1-0 | 1-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | - | |
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1-0 | N/A | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1-0 | |
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
• Men's Squash Beats Harvard for First Time in Program History
• Men's Squash Gets Wins over Cornell and Virginia
• Men's Squash Takes Down Drexel 7-2
•Men's Squash Improves to 3-0 with win over Franklin & Marshall
•Lions Squash Puts the League on Notice at Ivy Scrimmages
Players Mentioned
