Squash Hosts Five Matches Over Key Weekend

Thursday, January 16

New York, N.Y.

Noon

Columbia

Trinity College (Conn.)

1/15/2020 11:50:00 AM | Men's Squash, Women's Squash

Women's Live Score Men's Live Score

Lions take on No. 2/2 ranked Trinity on Thursday and No. 1/1 ranked Harvard on Sunday; Women also host Stanford on Sunday.

NEW YORK—The Columbia Men's and Women's Squash teams will host five important matches this weekend including head-to-head matchups against the nation's No. 2 and No. 1 ranked squash teams in Trinity and Harvard on Thursday and Sunday respectively at New York's SL Green StreetSquash (41 West 115^th Street, between 5^th and Lenox avenues).

Columbia enters the weekend with a No. 10 national men's ranking and a No. 8 national women's ranking by the College Squash Association. The men's team enters the weekend with a 5-3 record, while the women's squad is 7-1 and is currently riding a five-match win streak.

On Thursday, the Lions' men's and women's teams will take on Trinity (Conn.). First-serve is scheduled for noon ET. Trinity enters the matchup ranked No. 2 in both the men's and women's national squash team rankings. The Bantams' men's squad is a perfect 9-0 while the women's squad holds a 7-0 record.

Columbia's ties to Trinity are deep as Head Coach Jacques Swanepoel is a 2007 graduate of the Connecticut school. A former member of the South African National Squash Team, Swanepoel was a two-time All-American at Trinity, and helped lead the Bantams to four consecutive national championships. Swanepoel served as a captain at Trinity as a senior, and was named the team's Most Improved Player in back-to-back seasons (2005 and 2006). Prior to his time at Trinity, Swanepoel was the No. 2 ranked junior player in South Africa, and participated on the country's U-19 national team. Additionally, Associate Head Coach Joanne Schickerling served as an assistant coach at the Connecticut school for five seasons from 2013-17.

On the women's side, three Columbia players own perfect 8-0 individual records including Julia Masch, Jane Pincus, and Cynthia Cao. Habiba Mohamed (4-2), Eric McGillicuddy (3-3), Nicole Kendall (5-1) and Jui Kalgutkar (5-1) have competed at the top four sports for Columbia thus far.

On the men's side, Callan Hall (2-4), James Wyatt (3-1), Robin Mann (3-3) and Chait Shah (5-3) have occupied the top four positions. Rahul Sehrawat (7-1), Aditya Kankariya (6-2) and Krish Kapur have top records.

On Sunday, Columbia's women's team will take on Stanford in a match scheduled for 10:30 a.m. followed by a combined men's and women's matchup against Harvard, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. Both the Harvard men's and women's teams own perfect 4-0 records and are both ranked No. 1 nationally.

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WEEKEND COLUMBIA SQUASH SCHEDULE

Day, Date	Event	Time
Thursday, Jan. 16	No. 8 Women's Squash vs. No. 2 Trinity	Noon
	No. 10 Men's Squash vs. No. 2 Trinity	Noon
Sunday, Jan. 19	No. 8 Women's Squash vs. Stanford	10:30 a.m.
	No. 10 Men's Squash vs. No. 1 Harvard	1:30 p.m.
	No. 8 Women's Squash vs. No. 1 Harvard	1:30 p.m.