Men’s, Women’s Squash Post Victories Over St. Lawrence

Sunday, November 19

New York, N,Y.

Noon

Columbia University

#21 St. Lawrence

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.

Men’s, Women’s Squash Post Victories Over St. Lawrence

11/19/2023 10:17:00 PM | Men's Squash, Women's Squash

Men's Results Women's Results

Both teams registered 9-0 wins Sunday

NEW YORK – The Columbia men's and women's squash teams both cruised to take 9-0 wins over St. Lawrence Sunday at SL Green Streetsquash.

"Great overall performance from both teams," Columbia Assistant Coach Chris Fernandez said. "Thought we competed well and brought a great level of energy to start the day. Having a quick and positive turn around on the women's side after a tough battle yesterday. St. Lawrence was an excellent competitor and put up a great fight. We needed to be in our A game to take them down and we were. Kudos to them!"

WOMEN'S RECAP
The No. 10 Lions bounced back in big way after losing to Stanford on Saturday. Columbia recorded wins at every court to take the 9-0 win over No. 22 St. Lawrence. The win marked the first of the season for the Lions as they improve to 1-2 overall to get the season started.

Reigning College Squash Association (CSA) Women's National Champion Simmi Chan continued her dominant start to the season with an 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 win over Abhisheka David. Chan is now 3-0 individually on the season.

First-year Kaavya Bansal posted the first win of the afternoon with an 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 win over Ksenia Merkulova in the No. 6 spot of Columbia's lineup. Fellow first-years Eugenia Li and Advita Sharma also picked up wins Sunday.

Erica McGillicuddy, Aleeza Khan, Amal Izhar, Uditi Mishra and Shaivi Rau also earned wins to help the Lions complete the shutout.

MEN'S RECAP
The No. 7 ranked men's team also dominated with a 9-0 win over No. 21 St. Lawrence on Sunday afternoon. The Lions improve to 2-0 overall after opening the season with a victory over former No. 7 Virginia.

Senior Sameer Saxena posted an impressive 11-6, 11-2, 11-3 win in the No. 9 spot of the Lion lineup to get the day started. First-year Thomas Soltanian, junior Ryan Chen, first-year Paarth Ambani, senior Rutvik Rau, and junior Adam Goad all finished their matches within minutes of each other to keep the Columbia dominance going.

Jacob Bulbulia, Harold Castiaux and Laszlo Godde each recorded wins to wrap up the afternoon and secure the 9-0 shutout win.

UP NEXT
Columbia returns to the court Sunday, December 3 against Drexel. The Lions will host Drexel at SL Green Streetsquash starting at Noon.

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