NEW YORK – The Columbia men's and women's squash teams fell to Princeton on Sunday afternoon at the SL Green Streetsquash Center.
 
The men's team moves to 4-4 overall this season with a 1-3 mark in Ivy play. The women are now 3-5 overall on the season with a 1-3 start to conference action.
 
MEN'S RECAP
Yusuf Sheikh secured Columbia's lone win of the afternoon in the No. 4 position with a 12-10, 11-3, 11-4 win over Hassan Khalil. Arhan Chandra and Shaurya Bawa battled to five games in the No. 1 and 2 spots, but both were defeated as No. 3 Princeton earned an 8-1 win over No. 8 Columbia on Sunday.
 
#3 Princeton 8, #8 Columbia 1
1 | Ahmed Wael (PRIN) def. Arhan Chandra (COL) 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9
2 | Zain Ahmed (PRIN) def. Shaurya Bawa (COL) 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9
3 | Avi Agarwal (PRIN) def. Franklyn Smith (COL) 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-1
4 | Yusuf Sheikh (COL) def. Hassan Khalil (PRIN) 12-10, 11-3, 11-4
5 | Thomas Rosini (PRIN) def. Zach Nam (COL) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5
6 | Aly Ibrahim (PRIN) def. Imad Athar (COL) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7
7 | Federico Sosa (PRIN) def. Tommy Soltanian (COL) 11-2, 11-5, 11-6
8 | Gordon Lam (PRIN) def. Laszlo Godde (COL) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
9 | Andrew Glaser (PRIN) def. Varun Fuloria (COL) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
 
WOMEN'S RECAP
Simmi Chan and Andreea Ghiorghisor were victorious in their individual contests, but 4^th-ranked Princeton secured a 7-2 team victory over No. 9 Columbia on Sunday. Chan worked through four games to defeat Zeina Zein, 11-7, 12-14, 12-10, 11-2 in the top spot. Ghiorghisor also won in four games at the No. 5 position, defeating Katherine Sapinski, 11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5.
 
#4 Princeton 7, #9 Columbia 2
1 | Simmi Chan (COL) def. Zeina Zein (PRIN) 11-7, 12-14, 12-10, 11-2
2 | Emma Trauber (PRIN) def. Eva Salzman (COL) 11-1, 11-1, 11-3
3 | Charlotte Bell (PRIN) def. Amal Izhar (COL) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2
4 | Caroline Eielson (PRIN) def. Kaavya Bansal (COL) 12-10, 11-5, 11-7
5 | Andreea Ghiorghisor (COL) def. Katherine Sapinski (PRIN) 11-6, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5
6 | Sonya Sasson (PRIN) def. Eugenia Li (COL) 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5
7 | Liyen Teoh (PRIN) def. Sophia Hu (COL) 11-1, 11-8, 11-8
8 | Hermione Cao (PRIN) def. Advita Sharma (COL) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
9 | Josephine Klein (PRIN) def. Shaivi Rau (COL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
 
UP NEXT
Next on the schedule are the CSA Individual Championships starting on Friday, January 24. The championships wrap up on Monday, January 27. The team returns to action on Saturday, February 1 at Trinity College.
 
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