Squash Splits With Drexel

Sunday, December 7

New York, N.Y.

1 PM

Columbia University

Drexel

12/7/2025 4:57:00 PM | General, Men's Squash, Women's Squash

The men take down the sixth-ranked Dragons, while the women come up short

NEW YORK – The Columbia men's and women's squash teams split with Drexel on Sunday afternoon at SL Green Streetsquash. On the men's side, the eight-ranked Lions soundly defeated No. 6 Drexel. The women battled, but came up short, falling to the ninth-ranked Dragons 8-1.

"Both the men's and women's matches were closer than the score lines show," Kenneth W. Torrey Head Coach of Squash Chris Sachvie said. "The women had some close matches that were decided by a few key points and credit to Drexel for playing those moments well. Our men's team had a great team performance - strong effort, great squash and we beat a really good team, so we're happy to go into a break with that result."

Men's Recap
Yusuf Sheikh set the tone early, defeating Nicolas Serna in three, winning 11-5, 11-3, 11-7. Paarth Ambani also made quick work of his opponent, defeating Thiago Cabrejos 11-9, 11-9, 11-3.

Winning in four for Columbia were Shaurya Bawa, Franklyn Smith and Varun Fuloria. Ahmad Haq and Imad Athar came away with wins in five sets.

#8 Columbia 7 vs. #6 Drexel 2
1S | Yusuf Sheikh (COL) def. Nicolas Serna (DREX) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7
2S | Shaurya Bawa (COL) def. Guido Lindner (DREX) 6-11, 11-6, 15-13, 11-3
3S | Ahmad Haq (COL) def. Luhann Groenewald (DREX) 11-4, 5-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9
4S | Franklyn Smith (COL) def. Youssef Bastawy (DREX), 11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7
5S | Yuri Pollak Pelbart (DREX) def. Arhan Chandra (DREX) 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10
6S | Imad Athar (COL) def. Charlie Taylor (DREX), 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-2
7S | Paarth Ambani (COL) def. Thiago Cabrejos (DREX) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3
8S | Varun Fuloria (COL) def. Tavneete Singh Mudra (DREX), 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8
9S | Darien Benn (DREX) def. Sam Du (COL) 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5
Sean Kiernan (DREX) def. Alex Yuzpe (COL), 11-3, 11-9, 11-7

Women's Recap
On the women's side, No. 11 Columbia had three matches go the distance, with Isha Gupta coming out on top, defeating Ariyan Irani 11=3, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-3. Charlie McCrone had a spirited battle in the eighth match, trailing 6-4 in the fourth game, she rallied back to take the set 11-7 and force a final set where she came up just short, falling to Lijana Sultana 11-9, 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10.

Eugenia Li also went to five sets, falling to Luciana Castillo 8-11, 11-4, 15-13, 6-11, 11-6.

#9 Drexel 8 vs. #11 Columbia 1
1S | Moa Bonnemark (DREX) def. Nourin Khalifa (COL) 7-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-6
2S | Emma Bartley (DREX) def. Eva Salzman (COL) 11-6, 11-7, 11-1
3S | Ana Kren Botello (DREX) def. Yeheni Kuruppu (COL) 13-11, 11-8, 11-5
4S | Emilia Falconi (DREX) def. Amal Izhar (COL), 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7
5S | Luciana Castillo (DREX) def. Eugenia Li (COL) 8-11, 11-4, 15-13, 6-11, 11-6
6S | Nóra Juhász (DREX) def. Kaavya Bansal (COL), 11-5, 11-8, 13-11
7S | Lijana Sultana (DREX) def. Charlie McCrone (COL) 11-9, 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10
8S | Claudia Adam (DREX) def. Advita Sharma (COL) 12-14, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9
9S | Isha Gupta (COL) def. Ariyan Irani (DREX) 11-3, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-3

Sophia Hu (COL) def. Maddison Laine (DREX), 13-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5

UP NEXT
Columbia's squash teams have a break until January when Ivy League play begins. The Lions will return to action on Saturday, January 17, when they travel to Cambridge, Mass., to take on Harvard.

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