NEW YORK – The Columbia Lions No. 6 Women (5-1) and No. 7 Men (4-2) returned home successful this evening after the Ivy league season opener against Cornell. The women finished their matches with and overall score of 8-1 and the men, 7-2.
 
HOW THE WOMEN FINISHED: In dominating fashion, the No. 6 Columbia women defeated No. 9 Cornell in a clean competition. No. 9 Doria Chen played a close first game against Ania LaDow, taking the game 12-10, sweeping the second game, 11-4, and pulling through the last game for the match, 10-12. No. 8 Jane Pincus played great against Lucy Martin winning her games, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7. No. 4 Jui Kalgutkar started the match against Madison Miles, 11-5, then dropped the second game in a close loss, 7-11 but went on to take the last two games 14-12, 11-5 for the victory. No. 2 Nicole Kendall played tough five game battle defeating Lily Zelov, 5-11, 12-10, 10-12, 13-11. 
 
HOW THE MEN FINISHED: On the men's side, The Lions got their wins from No. 9 Hugh Camiener who played a close match against Jared Scherl, winning the first two games 11, 9, 11-6 but then dropping the third game 5-11.  Hugh was able to rally back to take the 5th game 12-10. No. 7 Aditya Kankariya had a clean sweep over Humza Khan, winning the first game 11-9 and the second in a long rally for, 16-14. Kankariya finished the match with a close win, 11-8. No. 6 Rahul Sehrawat battled through five game match games against Illia Presman winning the first game, 11-9, while dropping the second game, 11-13. Sehrawat pushed through the games to come out on top winning the match, 3-2. No. 5 Krish Kapur competed well after losing the first game to come back and sweep the next three games to defeat Nicolas Goth Errington, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8,11-6.  No. 2 James Wyatt defeated Charles Culhane coming out on top, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8. 
 
UP NEXT: The Lions play the next Ivy League team on the schedule Brown January 11 at noon EST in Providence, R.I.
 
Women's Results
 
No. 6 Columbia 8, No. 9 Cornell 1
 
1 | Sivasangari Subramaniam (Cornell) def. Habiba Mohamed (Columbia), 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
2 | Nicole Kendall (Columbia) def. Lily Zelov (Cornell), 5-11, 12-10, 10-12, 13-11
3 | Erica McGillicuddy (Columbia) def. Colby Gallagher (Cornell), 11-0, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4
4 | Jui Kalgutkar (Columbia) def. Madison Miles (Cornell), 5-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-5
5 | Ellie McVeigh (Columbia) def. Alexis Shatzman (Cornell), 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8
6 | Bunny Fox (Columbia) def. McKenna Stoltz (Cornell), 11-4, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9
7 | Cynthia Cao (Columbia) def. Mia Krishnamurthy (Cornell), 11-6, 13-11, 11-3
8 | Jane Pincus (Columbia) def. Lucy Martin (Cornell), 11-8, 11-7, 11-7
9 | Doria Chen (Columbia) def. Ania LaDow (Cornell), 12-10, 11-4, 12-10
10 | Julia Masch (Columbia) def. Samira Chatrathi (Cornell), 11-9, 16-14, 11-2
 
Men's Results
No. 7 Columbia 7, No. 14 Cornell 2
 
1 | Veer Chotrani (Cornell) def. Callan Hall (Columbia), 11-4, 11-9, 11-8
2 | James Wyatt (Columbia) def. Charles Culhane (Cornell), 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
3 | Robin Mann (Columbia) def. Nikhil Lyer (Cornell), 11-4, 11-6, 11-3
4 | Chaitanya Shah (Columbia) def. Luke Park (Cornell), 11-5, 11-1, 8-11, 11-3
5 | Krish Kapur (Columbia) def. Nicholas Goth Errington (Cornell), 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
6 | Rahul Sehrawat (Columbia) def. Illia Presman (Cornell), 11-9, 11-13, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5
7 | Aditya Kankariya (Columbia) def. Humza Khan (Cornell), 11-6, 11-4, 12-10
8 | Alex Dworetzky (Cornell) def. Justin Ghaeli (Columbia), 11-4, 11-9, 11-9
9 | Hugh Camiener (Columbia) def. Jared Scherl (Cornell), 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10
10 | Yohann Surti (Cornell) def. Nico Hughes (Columbia), 4-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5
 
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