NEW YORK – The Columbia men's and women's squash teams defeated Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon at the SL Green Streetsquash Center to earn their first Ivy League victories of the season.
 
The men's team improves to 4-2 overall this season with a 1-1 mark in Ivy play. The women are now 3-3 overall on the season with a 1-1 start to conference action.
 
MEN'S RECAP
Arhan Chandra, Yusuf Sheikh, Zach Nam, Imad Athar, Varun Fuloria and Gonzalo De La Mora posted wins Sunday to help the men's squash team earn a 6-3 win over Dartmouth. The Lions got back on track after losing a tight contest to Harvard on Saturday afternoon. Sheikh and Fuloria won in just three games Sunday. Chandra battled through five games at the No. 1 position to earn the victory. Athar also fought through five games to pick up the win at the No. 5 spot.
 
"After a tough result yesterday, it was a good effort today to get back up physically and emotionally," Kenneth W. Torrey Head Coach of Squash Chris Sachvie said. "We had some close matches that required a few players to dig deep in the fifth game. Early wins from Imad Athar and Arhan Chandra helped build a cushion. Varun Fuloria and Gonzalo de la Mora did not play yesterday and stepped up with big wins today with Gonzalo clinching the fifth win for the team. Captain Zach Nam had a strong weekend and closed out the day with his second win of the weekend."
 
#8 Columbia 6, #12 Dartmouth 3
1 | Arhan Chandra (COL) def. Christian Shah (DAR) 11-4, 11-4, 5-11, 6-11, 11-7
2 | William Aube (DAR) def. Franklyn Smith (COL) 11-2, 11-5, 11-7
3 | Yusuf Sheikh (COL) def. Ekam Singh (DAR) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
4 | Zach Nam (COL) def. Quintin Campbell (DAR) 4-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6
5 | Imad Athar (COL) def. Callan Venkatesan (DAR) 11-4, 11-2, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9
6 | Brandon Wang (DAR) def. Tommy Soltanian (COL) 11-8, 11-9, 15-13
7 | Felix Feldman (DAR) def. Alexander Yuzpe (COL) 11-8, 11-7, 11-1
8 | Varun Fuloria (COL) def. Rohan Ray (DAR) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4
9 | Gonzalo De La Mora (COL) def. Warren Klein (DAR) 11-6, 11-7, 11-13, 11-9
 
WOMEN'S RECAP
Simmi Chan, Eva Salzman, Amal Izhar, Kaavya Bansal, Andreea Ghiorghisor, Eugenia Li and Advita Sharma picked up wins Sunday to help Columbia earn a 7-2 win against Dartmouth. The Lions secured their first Ivy victory of the season after rebounding from Saturday's loss to top-ranked Harvard. Chan, Ghiorghisor and Sharma secured dominant wins in just three games. Salzman, Izhar, Bansal and Li all won in four games to help the Lions earn the team victory.
 
"The women played well against No. 1 ranked Harvard," Sachvie said. "We backed it up with another good outing against Dartmouth. A 7-2 convincing win against a team just below us in the rankings was a good way to the end the weekend."
 
#9 Columbia 7, #11 Dartmouth 2
1 | Simmi Chan (COL) def. Maria Clara Ramirez Velasquez (DAR) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4
2 | Eleanor Clifford (DAR) def. Nourin Khalifa (COL) 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 11-6
3 | Eva Salzman (COL) def. Chelsea Cho (DAR) 8-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9
4 | Amal Izhar (COL) def. Maya Mansoor (DAR) 11-6, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4
5 | Kaavya Bansal (COL) def. Zayna Usman (DAR) 12-10, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5
6 | Andreea Ghiorghisor (COL) def. Aubrey Lennon (DAR) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
7 | Eugenia Li (COL) def. Maya Shroff (DAR) 11-8, 7-11, 13-11, 11-7
8 | Kriti Muthu (DAR) def. Sophia Hu (COL) 11-13, 2-11, 9-11
9 | Advita Sharma (COL) def. Nathalie Taylor (DAR) 11-6, 11-7, 11-3
 
UP NEXT
Columbia's squash teams are back in action next weekend for another pair of Ivy League contests. The Lions head to Philadelphia on Friday, January 17 for a 2 p.m. contest against Penn. Columbia then returns home to host Princeton on Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
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