NEW HAVEN, Conn. – In the first round of the College Squash Association Team National Championships, No. 8 Columbia Women's Squash (9-7, 4-3 IVY) fell 9-0 to No. 1 Harvard to drop into the consolation bracket with a chance to fight back and finish top three in the country at the Brady Squash Center in New Haven, Connecticut.
 
Columbia will now face Penn, who fell, 9-0, to Trinity in the first round, on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 12:30 p.m. in the consolation semifinals round.  A win would advance Columbia to the consolation finals and a shot at third place.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: Columbia would get set wins from Bunny Fox and Jane Pincus in a tough match that saw Harvard control the action from start-to-finish.  At No. 6, Fox stole a second set win against Madeleine Chai, before dropping the next two sets to fall, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, while at No. 7, Pincus outscored Hannah Craig in the second set, 13-11, to even the action up, but Craig would get the next two sets to take the match, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7, 11-3.
 
CSA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND ONE
NO. 1 HARVARD 9, NO. 8 COLUMBIA 0
New Haven, Connecticut (Brady Squash Center)
 
No. 1 | Georgina Kennedy (Harvard) def. Habiba Mohamed (Columbia), 11-5, 11-2, 11-2
No. 2 | Amelia Henley (Harvard) def. Nicole Kendall (Columbia), 11-1, 11-2, 11-5
No. 3 | Hana Moataz (Harvard) def. Erica McGillicuddy (Columbia), 11-7, 11-7, 11-1
No. 4 | Amina Yousry (Harvard) def. Jui Kalgutkar (Columbia), 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
No. 5 | Eleonore Evans (Harvard) def. Cindy Cao (Columbia), 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
No. 6 | Madeleine Chai (Harvard) def. Bunny Fox (Columbia), 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5
No. 7 | Hannah Craig (Harvard) def. Jane Pincus (Columbia), 11-8, 11-13, 11-7, 11-3
No. 8 | Charlotte Orcutt (Harvard) def. Doria Chen (Columbia), 11-3, 11-7, 11-1
No. 9 | Grace Steelman (Harvard) def. Elizabeth Lentz (Columbia), 11-6, 11-8, 12-10
 
UP NEXT: Columbia will now face Penn, who fell, 9-0, to Trinity in the first round, on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 12:30 p.m. in the consolation semifinals round.  A win would advance Columbia to the consolation finals and a shot at third place.
 
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