PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Columbia Lions men's and women's squash programs began the new year off with success. Columbia's women's team defeated No. 12 Brown, 7-2. The men's team dominated No. 16 Brown, 7-2
 
The No. 8 Lions women's team had great success this weekend. On Saturday, Julia Masch competed against Katherine Dowling in a three-game match. Masch scored eleven points each game, solidifying her match point. Jane Pincus went up against Esha Lakhotia winning the match games by eleven. Jui Kalgutkar Battled against Danielle Benstock playing a five game match series. Kalgutkar successfully defended the match point winning, 3-2. Habiba Mohamed had a clean match game series against Alexa Jacobs playing three games and winning each game by eleven.
 
For the No. 10 men, Andrew Jung rallied through five match games against Raghav Pemmireddy. The first game came smoothly, scoring 11-5, then 11-9, and 11-8. He ended the last two game in dominating fashion winning 3-2. Callan Hall had a clean sweep against Grant Sterman for three games. James Wyatt played against Maximo Moyer winning 3-1.
 
 
WOMEN'S RESULTS
 
1 | Habiba Mohamed (Columbia) def. Alexa Jacobs (Brown), 11-3, 11-8, 11-9
2 | Nicole Kendall (Columbia) def. Abigail Dichter (Brown), 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
3 | Hannah Seckendorf (Brown) def. Erica McGillicuddy (Columbia), 11-5, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
4 | Jui Kalgutkar (Columbia) def. Danielle Benstock (Brown), 12-10, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6
5 | Bunny Fox (Columbia) def. Isabel Young (Brown), 11-6, 11-8, 11-6
6 | Isabella Kearns (Brown) def. Ellie McVeigh (Columbia), 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 12-10
7 | Cynthia Cao (Columbia) def. Scarlett Bergam (Brown), 16-14, 11-7, 11-9, 11-4
8 | Doria Chen (Columbia) def. Catheirn Kimmel, 11-7, 11-8, 11-3, 14-12
9 | Jane Pincus (Columbia) def. Esha Lakhotia (Brown), 11-4, 11-3, 11-8
 
 MEN'S RESULTS
 
1 | James Wyatt (Columbia) def. Maximo Moyer (Brown), 11-7, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9
2 | Callan Hall (Columbia) def. Grant Sterman (Brown), 11-8, 11-7, 11-3
3 | Robin Singh Mann (Columbia) def. Declan McCarthy (Brown), 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3
4 | Chaitanya Shah (Columbia) def. Andrew Wei (Brown), 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 11-3
5 | Ahmed Amin (Brown) def. Justin Ghaeli (Columbia), 11-8, 11-8, 12-10
6 | Rahul Sehrawat (Columbia) def. Nicholas Pitaro, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8
7 | Aditya Kankariya (Columbia) def. Harrison Boyer (Brown), 11-5, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3
8 | Blake Gilbert-Bono (Brown) def. Hugh Camiener (Columbia), 12-10, 11-8, 11-5