No. 4 Columbia Begins CSA Nationals Friday in Boston

Friday, February 25

Cambridge, Mass.

12:30 P.M.

Columbia University

Yale

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

No. 4 Columbia Begins CSA Nationals Friday in Boston

2/24/2022 6:29:00 PM | Women's Squash

CSA Championship Home Howe Cup Draw Live Scoreboard vs. Yale Live Video (Day 1)Live Video (Day 2)Live Video (Day 3)

No. 4 Lions meet No. 5 Yale in quarterfinals Friday

NEW YORK — The Columbia women's squash team (7-4) will compete in the top draw at the College Squash Association National Collegiate Women's Team Championships this Friday-Sunday. The fourth-seeded Lions will begin their journey against No. 5 Yale (6-4) on Friday. The National Championships are hosted by Harvard at the Murr Center in Boston.

MATCH COVERAGE
Fans can watch all three days of action live on YouTube. Links to live scoreboards will be updated on GoColumbiaLions.com as the tournament progresses.

THE HOWE CUP
Columbia is one of eight teams in the Howe Cup Draw, which are the eight teams competing for the CSA Women's Team National Championship. The Lions earned the No. 4 seed by virtue of their CSA National Ranking. Their quarterfinal matchup against No. 5 Yale will mark the third time the two programs have gone head-to-head at CSA Nationals. Yale has won the last two such occasions.

REGULAR SEASON WRAP-UP
Columbia went 7-4 in the regular season with a 4-2 Ivy League record. Columbia's .667 Ivy League winning percentage marked its best Ivy season in program history. The Lions were victorious over Yale, 6-3, Cornell, 5-4, Dartmouth, 8-1, and Penn, 7-2. Their two losses came to Princeton, 5-4, and No. 1 Harvard, 8-1.

ALL-IVY STANDOUTS
A program-record three Lions were named to the 2022 All-Ivy League Team this season – Habiba Mohamed, Farida Mohamed and Simmi Chan. Farida Mohamed was named the first Ivy League Rookie of the Year in program history. The trio combined to go 25-2 this season with all of their matches coming in the top three spots in the lineup.

ORDER OF PLAY
The College Squash Association released the order of play for the CSA Women's Team National Championships on Thursday. The order of play for all three days can be found on the table below.

Friday, Feb. 25	Saturday, Feb. 26	Sunday, Feb. 27
First court – 2,3,1	First court – 3,1,2	First court – 1,2,3
Second court – 6,4,5	Second court – 4,5,6	Second court – 5,6,4
Third court – 7,8,9	Third court – 8,9,7	Third court – 9,7,8

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