PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Columbia men's and women's squash teams were defeated by Penn on Friday afternoon at the Penn Squash Center.
 
The men's team moves to 4-3 overall this season with a 1-2 mark in Ivy play. The women are now 3-4 overall on the season with a 1-2 start to conference action.
 
MEN'S RECAP
The No. 8 Columbia men's team fell to No. 1 Penn, 9-0 Friday. The Quakers dominated by winning eight of nine matches in just three games. Yusuf Sheikh took a game from Marwan Abdelsalam in the No. 4 spot, but Sheikh was defeated in four games.
 
#1 Penn 9, #8 Columbia 0
1 | Salman Khalil (PENN) def. Arhan Chandra (COL) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4
2 | Nicholas Spizzirri (PENN) def. Shaurya Bawa (COL) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
3 | Omar Hafez (PENN) def. Franklyn Smith (COL) 13-11, 11-5, 11-3
4 | Marwan Abdelsalam (PENN) def. Yusuf Sheikh (COL) 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 13-11
5 | Nathan Tze Bing Kueh (PENN) def. Zach Nam (COL) 11-7, 11-3, 11-3
6 | Dana Santry (PENN) def. Imad Athar (COL) 14-12, 11-2, 11-5
7 | Zane Patel (PENN) def. Tommy Soltanian (COL) 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
8 | Abdelrahman Dweek (PENN) def. Varun Fuloria (COL) 11-2, 11-7, 11-5
9 | Roger Alber Baddour (PENN) def. Alexander Yuzpe (COL) 11-5, 11-1, 11-1
 
WOMEN'S RECAP
The ninth-ranked Columbia women's team was defeated by No. 3 Penn, 9-0. Simmi Chan, Kaavya Bansal and Advita Sharma battled to four games, but were all defeated. The Quakers won in three games in the other matches.
 
#3 Penn 9, #9 Columbia 0
1 | Malak Khafagy (PENN) def. Simmi Chan (COL) 13-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-2
2 | Franka Vidovic (PENN) def. Nourin Khalifa (COL) 11-5, 11-7, 4-3 (Retired)
3 | Sohaila Ismail (PENN) def. Eva Salzman (COL) 11-4, 11-5, 11-2
4 | Savannah Ingledew (PENN) def. Amal Izhar (COL) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
5 | Alexandra Stoddard (PENN) def. Kaavya Bansal (COL) 11-2, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7
6 | Jana Dweek (PENN) def. Andreea Ghiorghisor (COL) 11-9, 11-5, 11-2
7 | Yoshna Singh (PENN) def. Eugenia Li (COL) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1
8 | Hailey Wong (PENN) def. Sophia Hu (COL) 12-10, 11-2, 11-6
9 | Natasha Pensler (PENN) def. Advita Sharma (COL) 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7
 
UP NEXT
Columbia's squash teams are back in action Sunday against Princeton for another Ivy League contest to wrap up the weekend. The Lions and Tigers will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday at the SL Green Streetsquash Center in Harlem.
 
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
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